Author: KELLY GIULIANO, Staff Writer
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Eatontown officials approve disc golf at park over residents’ objections
An outpouring of objections from residents rejecting a disc golf course at Leon Smock 80 Acre Park in Eatontown was not enough to sway a majority of Eatontown Borough Council members from approving a nine-hole course at the facility. During a meeting at the municipal building on Feb. 27, residents who took issue with the…
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NJNG targets Hazlet property for gas regulator station
HAZLET – An application filed by New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG) to construct a natural gas regulator station at 469 South Laurel Ave. in Hazlet is before the Hazlet Township Land Use Board. NJNG is seeking preliminary and final site plan approval to construct a natural gas regulator station with an above-ground heater at the…
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Residents object to Middletown school board’s plan to close Port Monmouth school
The Middletown Township Public School District Board of Education may soon vote to consolidate the Port Monmouth and New Monmouth elementary schools. But the plan has been met with objections from parents and students. The vote is scheduled to take place at 8 p.m. on March 11 during a board meeting in the library at…
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Hazlet couple prepares for The Run for 3.21 in race to nation’s capital
HAZLET – A husband and wife from Hazlet are planning to run more than 250 miles with a little help from their friends. Dori-Anne and Jim Newton will participate in The Run for 3.21, a relay style run that will cover more than 250 miles from New York City to Washington, D.C. The Newtons will…
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Red Bank council terminates contract with health commission
RED BANK – Members of the Red Bank Borough Council have terminated the town’s shared services agreement with the Monmouth County Regional Health Commission. The contract with the commission will expire on Aug. 31, 2020. Following the termination of the agreement, local public health services will be provided in Red Bank by the Monmouth County…
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Center for the Healing Arts in Red Bank creates urgent care program
RED BANK – New Jersey Center for the Healing Arts in Red Bank is offering an urgent care counseling option for individuals who may be in need of an immediate therapy session. Drop-in counseling is now offered to the public at the facility’s office on Broad Street. Graduate-level interns who work at the center will…
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Former Brookdale student who once faced death now helps others live
After his father Ron Price died in 2003, James Price, who was 14 at the time, had trouble coping with the loss of the family’s “primary caretaker,” with whom he had a close relationship. Price and his twin brother, Aaron, were suddenly left under the sole care of their mother, Elena. Price, 32, said his…
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Citizens on parole, probation will make their voices heard in 2020
Jesse Gallagher, 40, of Freehold, has never voted in an election. Although he has been on parole three times and faces more than four years of Drug Court, a form of probation, Gallagher plans to vote in his first election in November. That is because late in 2019, lawmakers in New Jersey passed a bill…
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Red Bank business owner helps out former employee
RED BANK – Amy Berry Healy, owner of the Red Bank Chocolate Shoppe, lent a helping hand to a former employee whose family is facing expensive medical bills. Red Bank resident Bridget O’Neill, 28, worked at the shop as a teenager. In October, O’Neill gave birth to a baby girl, Edie. Two weeks after Edie…
