Lakes in the Highlands and Pinelands would get priority. One skeptic says it's "a drop in the bucket" and that future aid should be tied to local action.
St. Patrick's Day parades are the latest big events to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic and Gov. Phil Murphy's executive orders limiting large gatherings.
The COVID-19 pandemic is preventing ParkFest from happening again exactly as it did in 2019, but the 2020 version is still going to be held; it's simply moving online.
The Long Branch man convicted last year of locking an 8-month-old pit bull puppy in a small wire cage and leaving that cage in the rising tide of the Sandy Hook Bay in the Highlands was sentenced to a year in prison.
A heads up for Monmouth County drivers, the NJ DOT will be starting pavement work along stretches of Route 36 which will occasionally close lanes and overnight ramp detours between now and the end of the year.