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Former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart and his wife, Tracey, Donate Hockhockson Farm Foundation’s First Harvest to Lunch Break
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Lunch Break continues partnership and collaboration with Tracey and Jon Stewart’s Hockhockson Farm Foundation
Red Bank, NJ — The fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic has sent record numbers of people to local food banks. In their ongoing partnership with Lunch Break, Hockhockson Farm Foundation is using their 11 acres of growing fields to grow as much food as possible, with as few people as possible to feed as many people as possible. Hockhockson Farm Foundation will donate everything they grow this season directly to Lunch Break with plans to do even more next season.
Middletown Traffic Advisory: Church Street Closed on Friday
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MIDDLETOWN, NJ - The Monmouth County Highway Division will close Church Street, from Kings Hwy to Holland Road for road work from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM on Friday, May 15th.
Follow posted detours to access the Middletown train station.
Expect delays. Emergency traffic will be allowed through.
Monmouth County has 7,140 Positive Cases of COVID-19
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FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Freeholder Director Thomas A. Arnone and Freeholder Deputy Director Susan M. Kiley have announced that, as of May 13, there are 72 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Monmouth County, bringing the total to 7,140.
The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders meetings will be live streamed tomorrow, May 14 at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., on the Monmouth County Government Facebook and YouTube Channel. The meeting notice has been posted on www.visitmonmouth.com.
The breakdown by municipality is as follows:
Brookdale Students Named to the 2020 All-State Academic Team
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LINCROFT, NJ - Annually, the New Jersey Council of County Colleges (NJCCC) honors students from each of the state’s 18 community colleges by naming to the New Jersey All-State Academic Team. Normally these outstanding students, all members of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK), are celebrated at an Annual Community College Scholars Celebration. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the celebration was cancelled this year.
“While due to the current pandemic we were unable to host a celebration in-person this year, the state’s community colleges are committed to recognizing and celebrating the outstanding achievements and exceptional service of 38 students to their communities and colleges as members of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society,” said NJCCC Chair Dr. Phil Linafante.
Monmouth County awarded $31 Million in Federal Funding for Rumson–Sea Bright Bridge Replacement
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County awarded $800k for Laurel Avenue project
FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County received North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) Board approval of additional $31 million in federal funding for the replacement of the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge and $800,000 in federal funding for a study of Laurel Avenue in Holmdel.
“I am happy to report the NJTPA Board approval of the additional funding necessary for our much needed replacement of the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge. We are finalizing our contract documents to replace a current movable bridge with a new movable bridge structure relocated to the south and anticipate being ready for construction by the end of this year,” said Freeholder Director Thomas A. Arnone, liaison to the Monmouth County Department of Public Works and Engineering who represents the County on the NJTPA Board of Trustees. “With NJTPA programming the additional $31 million, this bridge replacement project will be fully federally funded in the amount of $104 million.”
