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Newly named New Jersey City University (NJCU) interim president Andrés “Andy” Acebo said Tuesday the key to the future of its Fort Monmouth campus is increased enrollment and that the school will remain open. 

During its final meeting of the year last night, the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) was poised to vote on a Purchase and Sale & Redevelopment Agreement (PSARA) with Netflix for the fort’s 292-acre Mega Parcel in Eatontown and Oceanport.

Major Fort Monmouth redevelopment projects that have been advancing through local, county and state bureaucracies for years are now becoming reality on the former U.S. Army base, causing disruption and some concern for a few neighbors.

Former Rumson-Fair Haven basketball standout Teddy Sourlis has formed Men’s X Mental, a nonprofit to raise awareness about mental health for male athletes

Two months ago, New Jersey City University officials were contemplating vacating the school’s year-old campus on Fort Monmouth following revelations of a financial crisis at the Jersey City-based institution. Last week’s announcement of a new round of cost-cutting measures are bolstering hope the school will remain open on the redeveloping former U.S. Army base.

During the past decade of redevelopment at Fort Monmouth, various projects have evolved based on factors from changing market conditions to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) maintains a master Reuse Plan for the 1,126-acre fort, attempting to balance the needs and desires of developers with neighbors in Eatontown, Oceanport and Tinton Falls.

BarCo Brands, owner of Deal Lake Bar + Co. on Loch Arbour’s border with Asbury Park, has leased a substantial space in Fort Monmouth’s Commissary at Baseline for a new sports bar/restaurant to be called Baseline Social.

Fort Monmouth’s former Commissary sprang back to life last weekend as the first new business to locate there, Birdsmouth Brewery, opened its doors.

The Board of Trustees of New Jersey City University (NJCU) is considering vacating its year-old Fort Monmouth campus as it enacts cost reduction measures following June’s revelation of a financial emergency at the 92-year-old Jersey City-based public institution.

The Two River Times has confirmed that MGT Foods, headquartered in Keyport and owned and operated by the same family for three generations, will create a 19,567-square-foot industrial food manufacturing facility inside Fort Monmouth’s former Commissary building at 675 Oceanport Way.