HOLMDEL, NJ: Bayshore Medical Center, located at 727 North Beers Street in Holmdel welcomes the community to walk-in visits for COVID-19 vaccinations. Both Pfizer and Moderna are available. Vaccinations are for ages 12 and up (specifically the Pfizer vaccine is recommended for 12-15 year olds).

Walk-ins for vaccinations are currently Monday through Friday from 8am-2pm. Beginning ...

Though behavioral health cases remain a small number of the overall emergency visits, the increase is causing concern

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Emergency room visits for mental ...

HOLMDEL, NJ - Exciting developments have been underway at Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel. You can see them here in a unique time-lapse video released by Hackensack Meridian Health. 

The new emergency care center will include:

Thirty-five private patient bays.
Space for behavioral health patients.
A larger ambulance arrival area that can ...

Governor Murphy, Senate President Sweeney, and Assembly Speaker Coughlin Announce Intention to End COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Governor Extends the Public Health Emergency for Another 30-Day Period, But Will Allow It to Expire if Legislation is Enacted Within the Next Month

TRENTON – As New Jersey continues to make progress in the fight against COVID-19 and with state ...

NEW JERSEY -- Touting the benefits of vaccination in curbing the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Phil Murphy at his press briefing today said that he anticipates that the CDC and the FDA will give the green light to Pfizer’s emergency use authorization application to vaccinate adolescents between the ages of 12 to 15. Murphy added that the New Jersey Dept. of Health is currently ...

HAZLET, NJ - The Governor's briefing is now live on YouTube at 1PM. See it here:

According to New Jersey, over 3.6 million residents are now fully vaccinated.

HOLMDEL, NJ - The 2021 Holmdel Township Municipal Budget has been unanimously adopted. There were no public comments for the hearing. 

During the public meeting, the Finance Committee noted that there was an increase of approximately 1.5% in appropriations, from $14,630,405 to $14,848,687. Committeeman Prakash Santhana lauded the work on the budget and shared his thoughts and ...

HOLMDEL, NJ - Beau Ridge, a neighborhood of 250 Holmdel homes, has been looking over its shoulder to a property next door for a couple years. Called Verde Woods, it is an 8 home subdivision to be built on 3.25 acres. The location is near the back entrance/exit of the development. It is to the right as you enter the development and is currently fully treed (see photo). It is listed for sale at 2.2 ...

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. – Passports may be a no go with legislation introduced by Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger.

Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (LD13-R) has introduced bill A5607, a piece of legislation designed to combat the implementation of mandating individuals acquire “vaccine passports” before taking part in common societal activities as well as preventing ...

HAZLET, NJ - Have you ever considered serving as a volunteer on your local Board of Education? The deadline is coming.

During recent times, the challenge for school boards across the state and the country has been tremendous. One of the key ways to gauge the success of a community is by the success of the local school system. How did your school fare during the pandemic? Did they ...

HOLMDEL, NJ - The re-imagined Bell Works continues to impress. The Block at Bell Works is open and vibrant while maintaining all safety protocols as New Jersey quickens the pace back to normal. Bell Works is open in person, offering a wide variety of great experiences for the community. Visit  Bell.Works for details. 

Through it all, the folks at Bell Works have also ...

HOLMDEL, NJ - The talented students at the Satz School in Holmdel have done it again.

As the school year winds down the percussion and other sounds of the classic Star Wars come to life in a tribute collection you can see right here!

HOLMDEL, NJ - The election is heating up in the 13th Legislative District as charges of some big spending were lodged by Serena DiMaso against Holmdel Board of Education President, Vicky Flynn.

Flynn was recently voted in by several hundred local elected republican women and men to replace DiMaso on the organizational line in the 13th legislative district to run with Assemblyman ...

HOLMDEL, NJ: It's time to MEET THE CANDIDATES via zoom. Monday, May 17, 2021 at 7:30 PM, Citizens for Informed Land Use (CILU) will host a Republican Candidate Forum for the Holmdel Township Committee elections, just a couple weeks away in June.  Republican primary candidates Ron Emma and Rocco Impreveduto will be attending. These candidates are competing for one seat on ...

RUMSON, NJ: Support a fundraiser in honor of Rumson's Maddy Massabni. Nineteen-year-old Maddy Massabni died tragically and suddenly, of toxic shock syndrome, in 2017. Today, her mom Dawn, brother Georgie, and many supporters are gathering to raise funds for Toxic Shock Awareness.

Join the cause for Maddy and you can help save lives! Reserve for May 23, 2021. EDUCATION, ...

IMA Urgent Care and Primary Care Centers are collecting and matching bottled water donations through May 15, to benefit local firefighters and first aid squads. 

MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ — IMA Urgent Care Centers and Primary Care, which has doctors' offices from Hazlet to Shrewsbury, will be collecting cases of bottled water to benefit local fire departments and first aid ...

RED BANK, NJ: The YMCA of Greater Monmouth County joined Clean Ocean Action, over 50 YMCA Together volunteers and Girl Scout Brownie Troop 60237 picking up plastics and debris on April 17 making our beaches cleaner and safer.

They did a great job, collecting hundreds of pounds of flotsam.  Click HERE to check out the photo album to see the volunteers in action!

Summer Camp ...

NEW JERSEY — April is National Donate Life Month: A Burlington County man and his family are asking for the public’s help to save his life.

Mark Klayman, who lives in Marlton, is in desperate need to find a kidney donor — and time is literally running out.

Mark, who was diagnosed in 2009 with kidney cancer, has Stage 4 Kidney Disease. He also has diabetes, restless ...

MIDDLETOWN, NJ:  New Jersey Youth Soccer recently held another round of its 4v4 Club Foundation Program at the Normandy Turf Field in Middletown. The NJYS 4v4 Club Foundation Program is designed to provide a fun hour of open play and friendly competition to 7U-8U boys and girls.

This event was made up of participants from Marlboro, World Elite, Millstone and Middletown Soccer Clubs. To ...

COLTS NECK – Following a bottom half of the fifth inning in which Colts Neck scored twice to snap a tied score, Ava Metzger delivered the knockout punch when she struck out the side on 12 pitches, seizing the momentum her club needed to secure a 6-3 victory over divisional rival St. John Vianney.

The victory was the Cougars (6-0) second straight over the Lancers (4-3) – who entered ...

The Middletown high school softball community gathered at High School North on Saturday for the inaugural Rick Unterstein Invitational, a six-game event featuring some of the top programs in the Shore Conference competing in honor of the late Middletown educator and softball coach, who unexpectedly passed in 2019.

Prior to the Lions 12-0 victory over Red Bank Regional, the Middletown ...

HOLMDEL, NJ: The moment Holmdel has been waiting for.... The Grand Opening of Bar Bella at Bell Works!  Bar Bella officially opens May 13th and will be open Wednesdays 1-10pm, so Bell Works Fresh market-goers can enjoy a refreshing sip al fresco after shopping with local vendors, and Thursdays-Saturdays 4-10pm. 

This summer, Bell Works is transforming their beautiful Roof Deck ...

HOLMDEL, NJ: On June 24th from 5-9pm at Bell Works in Holmdel, NJ The Connection Inc. will be hosting a Small Business Office Symposium. You won't want to miss it!

The Small Business Symposium is an event designed to aid area business in gathering information for various needs of your business.

Our lineup of vendors includes representatives from various industries ...

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Camp Coconuts is the premier Monmouth County Summer Camp for kids ages 4-14.

Our beautiful campus situated in Hazlet New Jersey, at the Hazlet Twp Swim and Tennis Club offers four pools: a splash pool, a step pool for beginners, an Olympic size main pool and a diving tank. Additional amenities include a snack stand, shade pavilions, ...

THE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL OF COLTS NECK IS NOW ENROLLING FOR SUMMER CAMP AND THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR! ENROLL EARLY TO SECURE YOUR CHOICE OF DAYS.

COLTS NECK, NJ: Country Day School of Colts Neck (CDSCN) summer camp is an eight-week program that runs Monday through Friday. Half and full day schedules are offered to accommodate every family’s needs. Each week is designed with different ...

RED BANK, NJ: Heading on a well-deserved vacation or just getting ready for sunny days ahead?

Then it's a perfect time to create your own stylish look with custom sunglasses.  Whether you want prescription or plano lenses (non-prescription), Anywhere Vision has an impressive selection of frames and lenses, and as a concierge service, they come to you.

Licensed Optician Jerry ...

"Our cat is missing since 4/14, around East Lawn Drive, Holmdel. Grey, furry and looks like a Maine coon, very timid and did not have a collar."

If found call/text 908-839-8586

MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES:  It’s been a long and often lonely year for senior citizens. From losing family and friends to the coronavirus to enduring long periods of isolation, the pandemic has impacted older adults in unimaginable ways.

But as a wave of vaccinations among the country’s most vulnerable population has occurred, three organizations are reaching out to ...

NEW JERSEY — Struggling under coronavirus restrictions and travel limitations, New Jersey’s tourism industry took a major hit last year, with the number of people visiting the state — and the amount of money they spent — registering dramatic declines, according to the state’s 2020 tourism report.

While the number of visitors declined to 84.6 million — a ...

HOLMDEL, NJ: The moment Holmdel has been waiting for.... The Grand Opening of Bar Bella at Bell Works!  Bar Bella officially opens May 13th and will be open Wednesdays 1-10pm, so Bell Works Fresh market-goers can enjoy a refreshing sip al fresco after shopping with local vendors, and Thursdays-Saturdays 4-10pm. 

This summer, Bell Works is transforming their beautiful Roof Deck ...

RED BANK, NJ: the town of Red Bank is home to the "local restaurant market". After more than 14 months of closures and capacity limits, Red Bank restaurants are excited to welcome back patrons in a bigger way, in mid-May.

Gov. Phil Murphy on May 3, announced an additional easing of restrictions, removing capacity limits for indoor businesses and ending all limits on outdoor ...

FREEHOLD, NJ - The ex-husband of a “Real Housewives of New Jersey” cast member is in real hot water. Thomas Manzo, 56, of Franklin Lakes, has been charged in a new indictment - charging as acting as an accomplice in a 2017 home invasion where the TV star Dina Manzo's current husband was beaten with a baseball bat. This was the story that shocked the neighborhood and ...

NEW JERSEY AND PARKLAND, FL - Parkland FL, resident Pat Truglia has been charged in New Jersey for his role in a $93 million healthcare fraud scheme. 

Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Thursday that Truglia from Parkland, Florida was one of five charged for their roles in massive durable medical equipment and genetic cancer screening kickback fraud ...

Add a bit of fiber to your garden and diet. Consider growing edamame (edible soybeans) in this year’s garden.

Soybeans help promote overall health reducing the risk of high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.  Plus, the high fiber in soy helps fight colon and some other cancers.

Edamame is an ancient Asian vegetable and is often eaten right from ...

Add a burst of color to the start of the garden season with spring flowering shrubs. Small or large, these beauties add color, support pollinators, and help attract birds to the landscape.

Make room in mixed borders and gardens for these spring bloomers. Use varieties with slightly different bloom times to create continuous color throughout the spring. Complement these with spring ...

NEW JERSEY: National Police Week 2021 began Sunday, May 9 and commences on May 15. The origin of the event dates back to 1962 when President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15, as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which that date falls as National Police Week.

During pre-pandemic years, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world ...

MIDDLETOWN, NJ - An accident on  Garden State Pkwy express lanes at Northbound mile marker 112.9 has been reported as of about 5pm.

Police reporting that the vehicle up on the guardrail, engine is in the right shoulder. Heavy entrapment is involved according to unverified reports.

...

 Samra Plastic Surgery, located in Monmouth, Middlesex, and Union Counties, New Jersey, is a premier plastic surgery practice specializing in cosmetic, reconstructive, and hand surgery.

For over 30 years, Samra Plastic Surgery has been providing outstanding surgical care to the community. Allowing no less than the highest standards of moral and intellectual excellence, our ...

Vienna's mommy, brother and sister prepare for Saturday's Bench Dedication. They made a sibling hand print mold in the cement. Vienna's hand print was recreated using a mold made from her last hand print she made while creating a craft for her daddy. 

HOLMDEL, NJ: Dr. Denise Wunderler, her husband, Dr. Michael Savino and their three children moved to Holmdel nearly three ...

Luray, VA - Tragedy struck the Bayshore this week as 18-year-old Ty Sauer, a Union Beach, NJ resident (and Keyport High School graduate) was found dead in Shenandoah National Park.

Facebook and other outlets had hundreds of comments about the lost young man and prayers for his safe return.

Sadly, the search ended without hope. The details are not clear but may have involved ...

HOLMDEL, NJ - It seems to be a case of landscaping 101. Cut grass, not flowers. Particularly when the flowers, daffodils to be exact, are located at the famous Bayonet Farm in Holmdel.

A new employee at Donofrio Landscaping, the vendor for Holmdel, didn't know the difference according to Holmdel officials. It didn't sit well with longtime resident and volunteer Jenny ...

HOLMDEL, NJ - Beau Ridge, a neighborhood of 250 Holmdel homes, has been looking over its shoulder to a property next door for a couple years. Called Verde Woods, it is an 8 home subdivision to be built on 3.25 acres. The location is near the back entrance/exit of the development. It is to the right as you enter the development and is currently fully treed (see photo). It is listed for sale at 2.2 ...

NEW JERSEY - Jeff Tittel, a man considered to be synonymous with environmental preservation and advocacy, is retiring.

"In the 23 years that I have been with the New Jersey Sierra Club, we’ve had many accomplishments. We’ve been involved in writing and lobbying for most major environmental legislation, from the passage of the Highlands Act to the Global Warming Response Act.

Developer Michael Tennyson (CEO and Founder of Ashling Development) and Tom Galante, (Founder of T.Galante Construction), presented plans for 184 total units; 85% one bedroom and 15% two bedroom on the four acre parcel. There are no three bedrooms planned. Low to moderate income (COAH) housing is currently not proposed. There are 385 parking spaces proposed in buildings that range ...

NEW JERSEY — Colonial Pipeline Co. announced in a statement late Wednesday evening that the pipeline that was shutdown by a ransomware hack last week was going to restart and begin operating again. 

“Following this restart, it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal. Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — An ailing mother fox spotted in a Westfield neighborhood is in for a treat, along with some treatment for its mange, thanks to a town resident. 

Susana MacLean told TAPinto she found the red fox on the grounds of her home and noticed its severe mange. Sarcoptic mange is a contagious skin condition that causes severe itching from mites.

“I decided ...

NEW JERSEY — A Stafford Township School District nurse found it extremely hard to witness children wearing masks all day long in school. Her conviction became too strong to continue to keep quiet on the matter. 

When she decided to do something about it, she got suspended from her job in the Stafford School district. 

Nurse Erin Pein has been ...