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Red Bank Adds $73,562 In Opioid Settlement Funds To Revenue
Deputy Mayor Kate Triggiano suggests funds could employ a social worker for the Police Department.

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Deputy Mayor Kate Triggiano suggests funds could employ a social worker for the Police Department.

There are 17 officers now trained in Hazlet to provide in-home security assessments in a program to combat car thefts, home burglaries.
Some Marlboro property owners have been contacted by text about tax sale payments. These texts are scams, police say.
"Night Without A Bed" fundraiser for Red Bank social services program was also educational for young people who participated.
The Holmdel Township Committee on Tuesday adopted funding for a variety of capital expenditures; OK's application for Harding House grant.
League of Women Voters of Monmouth County says it's ready to start planning candidate programs with public input for the Nov. 7 elections.
Motorists can expect to be diverted from Route 138 west to a local street in Wall as part of a county DWI initiative.
Motorists on Route 35 south will be diverted into a local shopping center in Shrewsbury as part of a county DWI initiative.
Conor Kavanagh, 31, of Colts Neck was sentenced for robbing banks in Keyport, Middletown and Eatontown from November to December 2021.
An abandoned trailer was found in the area of Tiltons Corner Road in Wall. A police investigation continues.
Howell Day isn't until September, but vendors should apply now to be part of this huge event, the township says.
Major Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement project continues; Oceanic Bridge still under study. Oceanic was briefly stuck open Wednesday.
Superintendent Joe Howe resigns; previous Superintendent Rocco Tomazic returns in interim role for Freehold Borough School District.
Police: After a caller said he was being followed by five people in a car, Red Bank police stopped the car, finding drugs and two handguns.
Group lunches at the Hazlet Senior Center or delivered lunches will be available to residents, nonresidents age 60 and over as of July 17.
Santa, with help from the Farmingdale Fire Department, will collect food for Joshua House food and clothing pantry on July 22.
Wall police urge middle-schoolers to try the department's Youth Fitness Camp, which has four more Thursdays to go.
A Marlboro concert and fireworks had to be postposed from July 9, but now there's a car show added - all on Aug. 13.
Police advise that the JCP&L power utility will be working on Porter Road Wednesday, and some power outages are expected.
Red Bank Borough Council will introduce an ordinance on Thursday to resume municipal election voting in November as of 2025.