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TRENTON, April 2, 2013—What strategies should schools and communities consider to ensure student safety following the tragedy at Newtown, Connecticut? Parents, local officials and other citizens in Monmouth County and surrounding areas will hear the viewpoints of law enforcement and education officials during Safe and Secure Schools: A Parents’ Forum, on Tuesday, April 9, starting at 6:45 … [Read more...]
MIDDLETOWN – Deputy Mayor Stephanie Murray recently lent a helping hand at the local Meals on Wheels program at the township’s Senior Center. Her visit is part of an annual awareness campaign organized by the Meals on Wheels Association of America to generate awareness about the growing number of seniors facing the threat of hunger in America and to encourage action on the part of the local … [Read more...]
A mother and her daughter were found dead inside their Middletown home overnight, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Diane Young, 54, and her daughter Jacqueline Young, 27, died in a fire inside the home they shared at 30 Ideal Ave. in the North Middletown neighborhood of the township. Middletown Police received a 911 call from a neighbor at 10:47 p.m. … [Read more...]
Authorities this morning identified the victims of a double homicide in Long Branch as two city residents. Maria Yolanda Cotejo-Munoz, 35, whose last known address was on Joline Avenue and Feredis Venturo, 33, were found dead in his apartment on Sairs Avenue, according to acting Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni. He said the two victims, who were romantically involved, were found by city police … [Read more...]
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that the Port Monmouth flood control project will be funded by Army Corps of Engineers with federal dollars from the Sandy relief package passed by Congress in January. On a “telephone town hall” call to Port Monmouth residents late last week, Pallone announced that the Army Corps of Engineers plans to address major flood … [Read more...]
Despite the devastation that Superstorm Sandy brought to the shore, not everyone wants the government to build sand dunes to protect their homes. Coastal towns can't move forward with beach replenishment and dune projects until all the oceanfront property owners sign easements, giving government the right to access their land to perform the protective work. Gov. Christie wants … [Read more...]
Work to replace bridge deck to continue through November RED BANK, NJ – On or about April 1, Monmouth County will begin a project to replace the bridge deck on the Newman Springs Road bridge (S-16) over the Swimming River just east of the Garden State Parkway. The bridge will remain open to vehicular traffic throughout the project, but motorists should expect delays and plan alternate … [Read more...]
West Long Branch, NJ (March 13, 2013) Monmouth University’s Board of Trustees announced today that Dr. Paul R. Brown, current dean of the College of Business and Economics at Lehigh University, has been appointed the eighth president of Monmouth University effective August 1, 2013. He will succeed Paul G. Gaffney II who will retire July 31. “Dr. Brown was our first and unanimous choice to … [Read more...]
