Tag: Keyport

  • LMxAC Libraries partner with Hoopla Digital

    LMxAC Libraries partner with Hoopla Digital

    LMxAC announced public availability of thousands of movies, television shows, music albums and audiobooks, all available for mobile and online access through a new partnership with Hoopla Digital. Patrons of LMxAC’s member libraries can now download the free hoopla digital mobile app on their Android or IOS device or visit www.lmxac.org/info/ and select hoopla to…

  • Neglected dogs seized from befouled Keyport home

    Neglected dogs seized from befouled Keyport home

    KEYPORT — The Keyport Police Department and the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) have seized 17 dogs from a home due to poor conditions. On June 25, Keyport police responded to a noise complaint due to barking dogs in the area. When police arrived, they came to see that…

  • Jersey Shore Carpenter Cup softball team seeks 3rd title

    Jersey Shore Carpenter Cup softball team seeks 3rd title

    By Matthew Rocco Some of the Shore Conference’s top softball players are looking to carry the Jersey Shore to its third Carpenter Cup title this week. The 12th annual Carpenter Cup, a double-elimination tournament hosted by the Philadelphia Phillies, started June 20 at the Phillies MLB Urban Youth Academy Softball Fields located in FDR Park.…

  • Red Raiders’ future bright after trip to sectional finals

    Red Raiders’ future bright after trip to sectional finals

    By Matthew Rocco Keyport High School anticipates another successful baseball season next year after the team made it to its first NJSIAA sectional final appearance since 2003. The Red Raiders want to build on this year’s run to the Central Jersey, Group I championship game — a destination that Keyport identified as a key objective…

  • County bridge in Aberdeen closes for replacement

    County bridge in Aberdeen closes for replacement

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff writer ABERDEEN – Monmouth County Bridge MA-14 spanning over Matawan Creek on Amboy Avenue and West Front Street will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic until late 2017 in order to make way for the replacement of the 100-year-old structure. According to a release from the Monmouth County Department…

  • Winner of Keyport GardenWalk art contest announced

    Winner of Keyport GardenWalk art contest announced

    Keyport GardenWalk has announced Grace Winrow Sharpe, owner/artist of Grace Your Space, submitted the winning artwork for the fifth annual Keyport GardenWalk Art Contest. Sharpe’s painting, “A Gift,” will be used in all Keyport GardenWalk publicity and merchandise. Keyport GardenWalk is a free, walking/biking tour of approximately 35 public and private Keyport gardens. Keyport GardenWalk…

  • Coldwell Banker of Rumson/Fair Haven supports Bayshore Lunch Program

    Coldwell Banker of Rumson/Fair Haven supports Bayshore Lunch Program

    Volunteers from the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Rumson/Fair Haven real estate office purchased, cooked and served meals to the hungry at the Community Church of Keyport’s Bayshore Lunch Program as part of the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Day event in April. The Rumson/Fair Haven office raises money year-round for the program — about $100…

  • Keyport native earns honor from Navy

    Keyport native earns honor from Navy

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer KEYPORT — A Monmouth County and borough native has been selected as Junior Civilian of the Year for his work as a legal assistant with the United States Navy. “It is very touching,” said William Bonnell, serving Region Legal Service Office Mid-Atlantic Branch Office Earle. “I am one tiny…

  • Keyport native earns Civilian of the Year recognition

    Keyport native earns Civilian of the Year recognition

    MILLINGTON, Tenn. — William Bonnell of Keyport, serving with the Region Legal Service Office Mid-Atlantic Branch Office Earle, has been named Civilian of the Year for 2015. The Civilian of the Year program recognizes superior performance of personnel, emphasizing outstanding achievements, exemplary personal conduct and military bearing, and demonstrated initiative in the performance of duty.…