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COLTS NECK, NJ - December 7th. Seventy-seven years ago, the United States suffered an incredible blow when our country was attacked at Pearl Harbor. As the services get underway today at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial, no living survivor will be in attendance. There are only five survivors from the Arizona still alive, and due to health reasons they cannot make the trip, as the youngest is now 96 ...

HOLMDEL, NJ - The Holmdel Planning Board will be discussing the proposed acquisition of a property which was the historic childhood home of Holmdel's Adeline (nee Holmes) Lubkert at the Tuesday December 4th meeting.

The home is situated in front of Holmdel High School. Her family has been exceptionally generous to Holmdel over the years in terms of sharing and donating their ...

November 30, 2018

On Tuesday, November 20, 2018, the Colts Neck community was forever changed. At mid-day, Colts Neck emergency services responded to a report of a structure fire on Willow Brook Road. Upon arrival, responding crews found a large home, in a quiet neighborhood engulfed in flames. Given the size of the fire, calls quickly went out to surrounding communities for mutual aid ...

HOLMDEL, NJ - In the first public action of a multi-part process yet to be completed, the Holmdel Township Committee passed a resolution approving a Memorandum of Agreement that swaps approximately 115 acres of Holmdel taxpayer owned land at Cross Farm Park for approximately 13.8 acres of County owned land across from Holmdel High ...

HOLMDEL, NJ - The Holmdel Zoning Board will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room in Town Hall. 

One of the agenda topics will be a public hearing for a gas station that has been around for many years, the B&G Gulf at the corner of Holmdel and Bethany Road. The
applicant is seeking a variance to convert present ...

HOLMDEL, NJ - The Holmdel community is comprised of approximately 17,000 residents within about 18 square miles. They come from a variety of backgrounds and all call Holmdel their home. One of many reason folks move to Holmdel is proximity to religious institutions. A recent zoning board application heard on November 7th  reflected ...

MONMOUTH, NJ – It was a day to celebrate at the County Clerk’s 23rd Annual Archives and History Day. Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon honored the First, Second, and Third Place Winners of the 2nd Annual High School Archives and History Day Photography Contest. 

According to information released by the County Clerk, all high school students who reside or ...

MONMOUTH, NJ - Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11th, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I.

Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938.

Unlike Memorial Day, Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans—living or dead—but especially gives thanks to ...