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🔵 Middletown Township Committee approves acquisition of properties. 🔵 The plan is to preserve open space and enhance economic growth. 🔵 It turns down proposal by developer to build apartments. A multi-faceted plan in Middletown will include the acquisition of multiple properties and protection of open space...

The Aberdeen Township Police Department made the following arrests May 1st through May 31st, 2023:. • On May 2nd, 2023 a 19-year-old female resident of Matawan, NJ was charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle accident on State Highway 35. Ptl John Palumbo was the arresting officer. •...

Authorities on Wednesday identified the pedestrian struck and killed by an NJ Transit train early Sunday as a 47-year-old Neptune man. Jamie P. Brower was hit by a North Jersey Coast Line train approaching the Spring Lake station in Monmouth County, NJ Transit said. There were eight people aboard train...

Another Whole Foods Market store is set to make its way to New Jersey. New York-based real estate developer Kushner Companies recently signed a lease to bring the popular grocery chain to Eatontown. Whole Foods is set to occupy a 40,000-square-foot space that currently houses Barnes & Noble at the...

Smoke from distant forest fires smothered Red Bank and much of the Northeastern United States in an otherworldly haze Wednesday. Funneled south from Canada, the smoke turned the air “very unhealthy,” according to the federal Environmental Protection Administration’s AirNow website. That designation continued Thursday morning. Check out...

WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ – On Tuesday, the Wall Township Police Department arrested and charged Stefan J. Barnes Jr., a 31-year-old Manchester resident, with criminal sexual contact and sexual assault. The charges stem from an incident reported on May 23, at Massage Heights, located at 2157 State Highway 35 in Wall Township. A 23-year-old woman attending a massage session, alleged inappropriate contact in the groin area, by Barnes, her therapist, on two separate occasions. The investigation led by Patrolman David Smithman and Detective Shane Roland resulted in Barnes’ arrest without incident, and subsequent transportation to Monmouth County Correctional Institution. The Wall The post Wall Township Police Charge Therapist for Inappropriate contact appeared first on Shore News Network.

The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for May, 2023. This information is unedited; see below for additional information. Theft: On 05/01/2023 a patrol unit took a report of theft. In the area of Spring St., the victim reported the theft of an engagement ring from a residence. The ring was valued at $2500.00. Ptl. Piero Vescio.

HOLMDEL, NJ - The PNC Bank Arts Center canceled their events for Thursday evening in Holmdel as smoke and the dangerous chemicals in it will continue to blanket the area. What happened? Forest fires have been raging across Canada. The result in the USA is air pollution levels that pose significant health risks to local residents. The dense smoke, laden with harmful pollutants, make it imperative for individuals, especially young people and the elderly, to take necessary precautions to avoid direct contact with the hazardous conditions. It's not going away quickly. According to the National Weather Service, Monmouth County on Thursday will have smoky haze all day and night....

Two men are seen on video rolling a pair of Sea-Doo watercrafts out of the driveway of a home on Brainard Avenue in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown.

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, Pa. – State police are investigating after skeletal remains were found in an abandoned shed in Freehold Township on the western edge of Warren County Tuesday. In a release issued Wednesday, Corry-based Pennsylvania State Police said troopers had initiated a death investigation after suspected human skeletal remains...

🎡 The Monmouth County Fair returns for five days in Freehold next month. 🎡 Enjoy games, rides, live entertainment, and more. It’s just not summer in New Jersey if you don’t attend a county fair filled with great food, cotton candy, boardwalk-style games, and rides. The...

HOLMDEL, NJ: Tuesday morning, many homeowners in the Beau Ridge development in Holmdel, began their morning viewing their security camera footage, only to find that in the early morning hours, a woman was on foot, dodging quickly in and out of the neighborhood's cul-de-sacs. She was trying, somewhat desperately, to open car doors along the way, and entering those she found unlocked. The earliest recording of the woman was time-stamped on various homeowner security camera's at around 5:30 a.m. Neighbors began gathering outside to share information at around 8:00 a.m. The Holmdel Police responded at around 8:30 a.m. when a homeowner called the department. According to many homeowners, the woman...

The rise of the KKK at the Jersey Shore in 1923 seemed to be meteoric. In February newspapers described the Klan’s activities as quiet and inactive, but by May there were reports of cross burnings, parades, and attendance at local church services. June would mark an attempt by the...

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has appointed Alan Lee as its new president. The promotion took effect Wednesday, according to a statement from RWJBarnabas Health, the hospital’s parent health system. Lee, who previously served as chief operating officer at the New Brunswick facility, will continue as COO in the...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- If you’ve ever browsed the racks at T.J. Maxx, you know all about the thrill of the hunt. One simple shopping trip could net you a Dooney & Bourke handbag, North Face puffer and two sets of Calvin Klein sheets -- all for under $150. Throw in a little Manuka honey and a bottle of Juicy Couture perfume as you snake your way to the register, and you’ve had a pretty impressive day.

LONG BRANCH, NJ -  The primary elections votes have been counted, and the general election is set! As expected, turn out for the primary election this year was abnormally low, Monmouth County Clerk's website reporting it at 11.2% of registered voters. The law around vote by mail ballots allows for the counting of any ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted up to six days following the election. The count remains unofficial until those vote by mail ballots and provisional ballots are counted, however, the ballot is set for the general election and both parties are ready to take on...

MONMOUTH COUNTY – An inmate at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution (MCCI) has admitted to sneaking drugs into jail and giving them to an inmate which resulted in an overdose death. Alvino Hinton, 48, of Long Branch pleaded guilty to a single count of Strict Liability for a Drug-Induced...

A new air quality alert was issued for Thursday, June 8, 2023. Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec. The wind has carried smoke from the fires south, triggering air-quality alerts throughout the United States — and in the Asbury Park region. Fine-particle...

We’ve talked about heroin addiction so many times on our show. Thousands per year die from overdoses in New Jersey. What some people don’t understand about the throes of heroin addiction is that you’re soon not doing it to get high, you’re doing it to stop feeling so sick from withdrawal.

The following is a listing of all home transfers in the Middletown area reported from May 29 to June 5. There were 14 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,308-square-foot home on Leighton Avenue in Red Bank that sold for $390,000.