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Hazlet Township Committee Appoints Rob Bengivenga as New ...
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HAZLET TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MOURNS PASSING OF FORMER MAYOR KEVIN LAVAN
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Monmouth: Local School Board Elections Shaping Up
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The 47th annual Monmouth County Fair, July 27-31
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Holmdel Charter Study Commission Disbands: Vote Fails
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The Monmouth County Special Needs Registry: Enables First Responders to ...
By JEANNE WALL
August 8, 2022HOLMDEL, NJ: Enjoy an Open House for Holmdel's Jersey Shore Chinese School, Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning.
The event open to all in the community, will be held on August 13, from 12 noon-2:00 p.m. at Phillips Park, in Holmdel. Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/42fszu6n and lunch will be provided. This “Welcome Back” get-together at Holmdel's Philips Park ...
HAZLET, NJ - November is shaping up to be a busy election season in local TAPinto towns. In Colts Neck, three seats are up. Candidates include Marian Castner running under the Experienced, Transparent, Pragmatic Banner. Two unaligned candidates are also running, Erin Molinaro and Danielle M. Alpaugh. They are joined on the ballot by three candidates bracketed as the Colts Kids First ticket. They ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ - Higher education is coming with something else in recent years, even higher costs. While not the case for all institutions, tuition for some have spiked.
CARES Act funding in the millions was allocated to local universities during the pandemic. This helped local schools keep a lid on some costs. As such, a number of area colleges and universities had tuition ...
By ELIZABETH A MEYERS
July 24, 2022NEW JERSEY -- The CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton will be one of eight locations to host a Professional Box Lacrosse Association (PBLA) team for its inaugural season set to begin in December 2022, officials have announced.
In addition to Trenton, teams will be located in Binghamton, NY; Charlotte, NC; Elmira, NY; Hampton Roads, VA; New England (Manchester, Springfield); and ...
HOLMDEL, NJ: On Thursday, July 14, at 7:00 p.m. at Roggy Field, Holmdel High School Alumni Lacrosse Game will be played in Jack Dowd’s memory. The community is invited to attend this event to remember and celebrate Jack, loved by so many in the Holmdel community. READ MORE ABOUT JACK: Videos: "Get Busy Living" Honoring and Remembering Holmdel's Jack Dowd at Dash ...
Hazlet & Keyport, NJ Local News
By JEANNE WALL
August 8, 2022
MIDDLETOWN, NJ: A new sitcom, 'On Our Own' created local and starring local talent,is available for streaming on Amazon Prime.
The full season one of On Our Own is now available streaming on Amazon. TAPinto met up with creator and director, who also stars in On Our Own, Middletown's Troy Burbank, "On Our Own is a comedy, about two middle-aged men, who for ...
Songwriters On The Beach: Event by 90.5 The Night.
Dates: Thursdays, July 14 - August 25
Newark Avenue Beach ("The Horseshoe") on the Bradley Beach Broadwalk, Newark Ave and Ocean Ave N, Bradley Beach NJ 07720
Free
More Information: https://www.facebook.com/Songwriters905
https://wbjb.org/songwriters/
MONMOUTH COUNTY: Great entertainment is often local!
Enjoy the Twelfth Night William Shakespeare free at Brookdale Community College
Dates: July 14, 15, 16, 17 and 21, 22, 23, 24 at 7:00 pm
On the Great Lawn behind Larrison Hall on the main campus of Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ, park in lot # 2.
Free, bring lawn chair or ...
By MONMOUTH COUNTY
August 11, 2022Monmouth County Division of Consumer Affairs Presents
Talk: How to Combat Fraud & Protect Yourself from Scams
Location: James J. Cullen Center, 1776 Union Ave., Hazlet
Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
About the program:
The Division of Consumer Affairs and their certified investigators will be holding a FREE presentation on how to combat fraud, protect ...
FREEHOLD – A Keyport man has been charged with robbery and aggravated sexual assault as a result of an assault and an attempted theft that took place Thursday in Tinton Falls, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Tuesday.
Kareem Lee, 31, was charged with first-degree Robbery, as well as first-degree Aggravated Sexual Assault with an Armed Weapon after threatening to ...
By JEANNE WALL
August 8, 2022KEYPORT, NJ - The Keyport Council is taking law enforcement seriously, according to comments in the most recent meeting. During the latter part of the meeting, the Keyport Police Chief, Shannon Torres, thanked residents for their inputs and shared a number of initiatives that are ongoing.
"I want to say that we are in the process of rebuilding not only our manpower but our SLEO ...
HOLMDEL – Assemblymembers Vicky Flynn and Gerry Scharfenberger (Monmouth – Rs) are awaiting answers from the New Jersey State Treasurer and the Department of Banking & Insurance Commissioner regarding the startling reports that have surfaced indicating that State Health Benefit Plan recipients could see drastic rises in their premium costs soon.
The impact ...
HAZLET, NJ: On Tuesday evening, at the Hazlet Township Committee meeting, Rob Bengivenga, 39, was appointed as Hazlet Township's new administrator. He will take the helm at Hazlet Township’s Town Hall starting September 1. His appointment won unanimous support in a vote by the four Township Committee members present.
As the top executive, Bengivenga will have a significant role ...
By AMELIE BAVEJA
August 7, 2022Above photo: Floafers Store Opens in Bell Works, 101 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, NJ, 07733.
HOLMDEL, NJ: Floafers, a new retail shoe store in Bell Works recently celebrated their grand opening and official ribbon cutting. On the day of the event two gigantic sized foam shoes stood outside the entrance of the glowing store, busy with customers. That's right, the ...
HOLMDEL, NJ: Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Holmdel Commons is moving soon and everything in the store is 25% off. Barnes & Noble of Holmdel, which has been at 2134 Route 35 for 21 years is preparing for the big move. So many local children grew up frequenting B&N in Holmdel, for many it was an outing to enjoy the Thomas the Train table that used to be set up in the children's ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY: Denholtz Properties, a leading real estate development and investment company, announces it has negotiated a 12,080-square-foot lease with Birdsmouth Beer at The Commissary at Baseline, part of the historic Fort Monmouth redevelopment site located at 675 Oceanport Way in Oceanport, N.J.
Spanning 53,000 square feet, The Commissary is the focal point of District A in the ...
By JEANNE WALL
July 27, 2022HOLMDEL, NJ - With a strong summer showing of 31% of registered voters in Holmdel, voters turned their nose to a proposal to change their current form of government. The results of the election included (unofficially) 2452 votes against changing the form of government while 1962 voted in favor to switch to a Council-Manager form of government. If passed, the primary election would be ...
By JEANNE WALL
July 17, 2022NEW JERSEY: Mental health in the U.S. has become steadily worse, according to the 2022 State of Mental Health In America report from Mental Health America, which found that an estimated 11.4 million adults have serious suicidal thoughts.
Suicide is the 12th most common cause of death in the United States. In 2020 alone, nearly 46,000 Americans died by ...
By TAPINTO HAZLET
August 8, 2022HAZLET, NJ: Members of Hazlet PBA Local 189 are hosting their 3rd Annual Car Show & Festival on Saturday September 10th, 2022 from 9AM - 3PM. The rain date is Sunday, September 11th. There are numerous spots for silver sponsorships, car show participants, vendors, and food trucks! Let Hazlet PBA know if you're interested in sponsoring by contacting the ...
FREEHOLD – It had all the hallmarks of a call for service that could have easily gone quickly and badly wrong.
Thanks to four Keyport Police Department officers – including three in only their second calendar year of service, one of whom completed MCPO Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training just several months ago – the opposite outcome transpired. It was the second ...
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ: The Monmouth County Special Needs Registry is a voluntary service open to all with disabilities who reside, attend school or are employed in Monmouth County.
The Special Needs Registry was created to help police officers and other emergency service personnel to better assist residents with special needs in the event of an emergency. Information is gathered ...
By ADAM DARSKY
August 10, 2022PARAMUS, NJ — Sen. Joseph Lagana has three main inspirations for wanting to keep New Jersey's children safe at school.
"I try to use my real-life experience and apply it to my job as a legislator," Lagana (D - District 38) told TAPinto. "And part of (that) is being a father and having three kids."
When he takes his daughters — who are headed into ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey's hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) are getting a big financial boost.
Gov. Phil Murphy and Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced Monday the programs, which help and support victims of violence, will receive $10 million in federal American Recovery Plan (ARP) funds.
“The Paterson Healing Collective is pleased to ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey's State Parole Board is teaming up with Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care to help offenders struggling with substance use disorder, both before and after their release.
"We're confident that this is something that could be life-changing to a lot of people," State Parole Board Chairman Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr. told TAPinto.