By Monmouth County Freeholder Director Tom Arnone
Believe it or not, the holidays are upon us. We’ve been extremely fortunate as the weather has been mild thus far, allowing many of us to continue to enjoy the outdoor activities we love to do throughout our beautiful county – from the beaches and parks, to local tree and menorah lightings, to shopping in our beautiful downtowns and local shopping centers.
Four Monmouth County high school students enrolled in Communications High School in Wall Township were named the winners of the Congressional App Challenge from New Jersey’s 4th District, Congressman Chris Smith announced on Wednesday.
“The App Challenge encourages school students to become active in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, computer science and programming by creating and exhibiting their software applications,” said Smith. “This challenge is an important step to inspire creativity, career skills and teamwork, which can help participating students to be poised for high-tech jobs of the future.”
Posted: November 30th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Smith, Congress, Education, Monmouth County News | Tags: Armando LMastra, Communications High School, Congressional App Challenge, Congressman Chris Smith, Connor Bruneau, Education, Kevin Dixson, Monmouth County News, NJ CD 4, STEM, Steven Topper | Comments Off on Congressman Smith Announces Congressional App Challenge Winners
FREEHOLD – Monique Moore walked into a Monmouth County courtroom on Tuesday with her hands shackled in front of her and tears in her eyes. The 24-year-old Moore was charged with first-degree murder and third-degree weapons offense after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death during an argument at her apartment, authorities said. Shortly after 11… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: November 30th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County News | Tags: Joseph A. Wilson, Monique Moore, Monmouth County News, Neptune | Comments Off on Neptune woman accused of stabbing boyfriend to death makes tearful court appearance
WASHINGTON – Air conditioning company Carrier Corp. says it has reached a deal with President-elect Donald Trump to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in Indiana. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence plan to travel to the state Thursday to unveil the agreement alongside company officials. Trump confirmed the meeting on Twitter late Tuesday, promising a “Great deal… Read the rest of this entry »
The recent high-profile sightings of whales that have been making a splash along the Jersey Shore and around New York City have come as no surprise to Melville the buoy. The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute launched the buoy in June to serve as an underwater listening post for whale calls. Since… Read the rest of this entry »
By Greg Kelly
Courtesy of Teddy Bears by the Shore
Friday, December 2
(Image via Twitter) Following a dinner with president-elect Donald Trump and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus in New York City Tuesday night, Mitt Romney told reporters that he thinks “America’s best days are ahead of us.” Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, is rumored to be at the top of… Read the rest of this entry »
Ho hum
Posted: November 29th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie, Monmouth County | Tags: Chris Christie, New Jersey, Statehouse renovations | 3 Comments »Speculation is running rampant this morning that Governor Chris Christie is going to announce his resignation this morning during a press announcement from the Statehouse Rotunda at 11:30 a.m.
Watch Christie’s announcement here live courtesy of NJTV.
Posted: November 29th, 2016 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie, New Jersey | Tags: Chris Christie Press Announcement, New Jersey | 2 Comments »
MIDDLETOWN – The rebirth of a long-vacant building into a state-of-the-art outpatient cancer treatment center was celebrated Monday with a ceremony in Middletown. Manhattan-based cancer center Memorial Sloan Kettering purchased the vacant former Lucent Technologies building on Red Hill Road in 2013 and is now just weeks away from opening the new outpatient facility featuring about… Read the rest of this entry »
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