Tag: Monmouth County

In July the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners approved two resolutions that granted over $24 million dollars in federal aid money to 93 county nonprofit organizations. The awards came through the county’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) COVID-19 Community Recovery Grant Program.

A dispute over undeveloped land in Middletown Township has become a back-and-forth between the mayor and the director of a foundation tasked with preserving open space in the county.

Few people associate the history of Monmouth County with slavery, nor the rest of the state for that matter, yet New Jersey was the last northern state to abolish the act.

CHRISTIAN MONTEOwners of restaurants lining Broad Street in Red Bank eagerly await the reopening of Broadwalk, expected at the end of...

A piece of legislation introduced in 2018 by New Jersey’s Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control left craft brewing operators across the state feeling flat when sweeping constraints on their public interactions were instituted July 1.

NY Waterway is closing its Belford operations but not without a fight.

As the nation once again grieves the loss of young children and staff members in the aftermath of an elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, local administrators, boards of education and police departments in the Two River area have reinforced security rules and ramped up police presence on campuses. 

Mayor Tony Perry called Middletown “one of the safest towns, not just in New Jersey but in America” at a press conference this week, but noted that feeling of security is waning as the entire county – and state – sees a rise in auto thefts.

As crowds flocked to New Jersey cannabis dispensaries, Monmouth County has yet to see the retail side of legal adult recreational marijuana.

After weeks of travel, work and worry, Red Bank residents David and Natasha Halbout are back at home, having succeeded in their efforts to rescue Natasha’s disabled sister Alla, 60, and her brother-in-law Vladimir, 81, from their apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine.