Monmouth County News- Page 117

July 4, 2026

Fourth of July Blackouts Leave More Than 1.1 Million U.S. Customers Without Power as PJM Issues Alert

Wall Township Cancels Firecracker 5 Race After Storm Brings Down Large Trees

Wall Township, NJ – The Wall Township Police Department announced that the annual Firecracker 5 race scheduled for Saturday has been canceled after severe thunderstorms brought down two large trees overnight. Police…

Marlboro Township Urges Residents to Stay Off Roads as Severe Storm Causes Flooding and Road Closures

Sweet Jackson pup looking for second chance after long shelter stay

Driver critically injured after being thown from car in Parkway crash

TINTON FALLS – A man was critically injured early Wednesday when his car veered into the median between the Garden State Parkway’s express and local lanes and overturned, police said. The driver…

August 2, 2017

School bus engulfed in flames on Garden State Parkway

TINTON FALLS – A school bus burst into flames on the Garden State Parkway’s northbound lanes Wednesday morning, but no injuries were reported, the State Police said. The driver was the only…

August 2, 2017

Watchdog Group: Proposed Howell Recycling Facility Stinks

HOWELL-This afternoon, the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders is expected to hold a hearing on a proposed recycling facility to be built on Randolph Road, near the border of Lakewood Township.…

July 27, 2017

2-car crash damages historic building in Monmouth County

SHREWBURY BOROUGH — The front steps and fence of a a historic building in Shrewbury were damaged after being struck by a car following a crash Sunday afternoon, according to a report…

July 18, 2017

WATCH: Man snags shark barehanded on Jersey Shore beach

BEACH HAVEN — A man pulled a sand shark out of the waves with his bare hands on Sunday afternoon and returned it to deeper waters with the help of a lifeguard…

July 18, 2017

Girl Who Was Rescued, Revived at Sandy Hook Passes

Editor Update: According to officials, the girl in this story passed on Monday at the hospital. SANDY HOOK – A young girl had to be revived with a defibrillator Sunday after being…

July 18, 2017

Arrest made in killing of 11-year-old Keansburg girl

KEANSBURG– Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a young girl found dead at an apartment complex Thursday morning. Andreas Erazo was arrested and charged Thursday morning, the…

July 14, 2017

Baby thrown from SUV during Parkway crash remains critical, cops say

MONMOUTH COUNTY — A 1-year-old girl thrown from a vehicle during a rollover crash on the Garden State Parkway on Sunday after she wasn’t properly secured remains in critical condition, authorities said.…

July 13, 2017

4 firefighters hurt battling house fire

MATAWAN — Four firefighters were hurt and a home badly damaged during a fire Monday afternoon, according to APP.com. A neighboring home on Nawatam Way also sustained smoke damage, the report said.…

July 11, 2017

Attorney for man accused of killing Sarah Stern: 'There will be no plea deal'

FREEHOLD — The man accused of strangling Sarah Stern during a robbery attempt late last year at her Neptune City home will not take a plea deal, his attorney said on Monday.…

July 11, 2017

Ex-gang member testifies he expected associates to kill man who shot him

FREEHOLD — A former Crips street gang member told jurors on Thursday he expected his friends, on trial for racketeering conspiracy, would retaliate against the man who shot him and that he…

July 7, 2017

Heat wave takes aim at N.J. for July 4th weekend

New Jersey could be on the brink of its third heat wave of the year — with temperatures soaring to the 90-degree mark and high humidity making it feel like it’s close…

June 28, 2017

Big shot jeweler helped cover up killing of man found buried in N.J., suit says

The father of a Connecticut man found stabbed to death in Oceanport in November has sued a prominent jeweler alleging he helped cover up the crime, according to NYPost.com. Pat Comunale filed…

June 28, 2017

Edison cop charged with assaulting officer at Jersey Shore

EDISON — An Edison cop was arrested Sunday in Belmar on charges he assaulted an officer and resisted arrest, according to court records. Dmitry Smolkin, who joined the force in December 2015,…

June 16, 2017

Report: Former Red Sox, Met, John Valentin Driver of SUV that Crashed into Red Bank Building

John Valentin, 50, of Holmdel, New Jersey was behind the wheel of an SUV that crashed into a building in Red Bank, New Jersey on Thursday morning. Valentin is a former stand…

June 16, 2017

Jersey Shore town's World War I statute damaged by vandals

BELMAR — An 83-year-old World War I statue has been vandalized, according to Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty. Someone tried to break the soldier’s rifle, which damaged the scabbard and loosened the statue…

June 16, 2017

School Mourns Girl Who Drowned at Jersey Shore Beach

BELMAR — The 12-year-old girl who drowned in Belmar Thursday night and her 11-year-old cousin who remains on life support after being pulled from the ocean would have attended their last day…

June 16, 2017

Wall HS Yearbooks to be Republished After Trump Censorship

WALL — Wall Township High School will reprint corrected yearbooks for every student after a photo was intentionally manipulated to cover up a junior’s Donald Trump T-shirt, according to the district. Superintendent…

March 17, 2021

REPORT: New Jersey is Arresting More People for Weed Than Ever Before

TRENTON — If you lined up every person who had been arrested on marijuana charges in the Garden State since 2000, according to a new report from the state chapter of the…

June 16, 2017

Dangerous clinging jellyfish found in N.J. river

The jellyfish with a dangerous sting that caused a scare on the Jersey Shore last summer, prompting the cancellation of several events, have reappeared in a Monmouth County river, researchers say. Clinging…

June 9, 2017

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