Tag: Naval Weapons Station Earle
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Monmouth County and NWS Earle sign shared services agreement
COLTS NECK – Representatives of Monmouth County and Naval Weapons Station Earle (NWS Earle) have signed a shared services agreement that continues a public-public partnership. Through the agreement, the tasks that will be completed will reduce wildfire risk and increase storm water capacity/reduce flooding; increasing NWS Earle and the surrounding communities’ resilience from the impacts…
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Navesink Maritime heritage Association to hold meeting Nov. 13
The Navesink Maritime heritage Association will hold a meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 at Bahrs Landing Restaurant in Highlands. The restaurant is located at 2 Bay Avenue. Meredith Comi, NY/NJ Baykeeper’s Restoration Program Director, will provide an update on the Baykeeper’s Living Shoreline Project at the Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Earle. Since 2016,…
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Veteran helps living shoreline thrive at Naval Weapons Station Earle
Robert Mennella has exchanged his U.S. Air Force uniform for fisherman’s overalls. “This is my new mission, I’ve just changed uniforms,” he said. The Keansburg resident and second-year Brookdale Community College student is one of three scholars who have been selected to take part in the fifth cohort of the NASA STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering…
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Monmouth County will provide shared services on naval base
The signing of an Intergovernmental Support Agreement on May 23 will permit Monmouth County to provide shared services to Naval Weapons Station Earle, including traffic signal maintenance, unimproved road maintenance, snow and ice control, and storm drainage repairs among other services. This is not only the first shared services agreement in New Jersey between a…
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Senate approves bill to require Earle pupils to attend Colts Neck schools
Legislation sponsored by state Senate Education Chair M. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) and Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Monmouth) that would require pupils who reside on certain federal property to enroll in the resident school district in accordance with the enrollment schedule determined by the executive county superintendent of schools was approved by the full Senate on March…
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Navy halts plan to let civilians live in Earle housing
The U.S. Navy has abandoned a plan that would have permitted civilians to live in housing on Naval Weapons Station Earle in Monmouth County. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced that after nearly a year of negotiations with high-ranking officials of the U.S. Navy, the Pentagon has cancelled plans to open housing on NWS Earle to…
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Residents opposed to opening base housing
We oppose the privatization of the Balfour Beatty housing units on Naval Weapons Station Earle. The firm’s lease fails to promote the national defense or public interest. In February, Balfour Beatty will be allowed to market their housing units to the general public on the largest weapons station in the Western Hemisphere. Earle cannot be…
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Officials seek extension of Earle housing stay
Elected officials who represent Monmouth County, Colts Neck and Tinton Falls are planning to ask the U.S. Navy to extend a stay that was in place during December and January and prevented a private company from renting housing on Naval Weapons Station Earle to members of the public. The stay that was in place for…
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Monroe twins join exclusive class of Navy chief petty officers
MONROE – Local Monroe Township High School seniors – and twins – Austin Aitken and Allison Aitken of the Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Earle Division of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corp. have been pinned as chief petty officers. Performing the pinning ceremony on Jan. 28 were Ronald Herman, U.S. Navy command master chief for NWS…