• Markham Place reunion draws happy alumni

    More than 70 alumni of Markham Place School in Little Silver pose in the same spot where the eighth-grade graduating class picture is taken each year. LITTLE SILVER — The recent Markham Place School reunion was a great success, with more than 170 people turning out to reunite with former classmates. According to Diane Marshall…

  • Residents are choosing to ‘skip the trip’

    I t was about a year ago that the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) began mailing its first batch of Skip the Trip notices to our customers, affording a majority of New Jersey citizens the opportunity to renew their driver’s license or nondriver IDs by mail. The Christie administration and the MVC are pleased…

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    Riders swing past a glowing sunset at the Italian Festival of Ocean Township, held at Joe Palaia Park, Oakhurst.

  • Police to target drunken drivers through Labor Day

    Law enforcement officers around the state will be cracking down on drunken driving as part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. From Aug. 16 to Sept. 2, local and state law enforcement officers will conduct sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols, looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated. Launched across…

  • School tax hike, firehouse fuel outcry in Sea Bright

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — A Borough Council meeting last week saw an unprecedented turnout of citizens concerned about topics including school tax increases, the site of a temporary firehouse, placement of a cell tower and a recent ordinance setting the heights of bulkheads. To accommodate the overflow crowd in the council…

  • Library has September programs for children

    The Eatontown Public Library is offering programs for children in September at 33 Broad St. Registration is required for some programs by stopping by the library or calling 732-389-2665. Parents must remain in the library while children attend programs.  “Preschool Storytime Series” for children age 3½-5 will be held on Wednesdays, Sept. 10, 17…

  • Library has September programs for children

    The Eatontown Public Library is offering programs for children in September at 33 Broad St. Registration is required for some programs by stopping by the library or calling 732-389-2665. Parents must remain in the library while children attend programs.  “Preschool Storytime Series” for children age 3 ½-5 will be held on Wednesdays, Sept. 10,…

  • Antiques, postcards show set for Aug. 23

    The Historical Society of Ocean Grove will hold its 25th annual Postcards and Antiques Collectibles Show and Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Auditorium Pavilion and surrounding grounds, directly across from the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove. Admission is free to this event, which benefits and supports the public programs…

  • Eatontown police use antidote to save heroin user

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Borough police have made their first save using opiate-overdose antidote Narcan. The drug was administered after police officers responded to a residence on Azalea Drive on a report of an unconscious male subject at 1:57 a.m. July 26, according to Eatontown Police Lt. Kenneth Klienman. Upon arrival, officers…

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