There will soon be a new area restaurant and bar, and the good news is it has a large outside area for coronavirus-era dining. Once called McGillicuddy’s, the new Deal Lake Bar and Co. will be serving lunch, dinner and weekend brunch. Located on Main Street in Loch Arbour it also fronts on Deal Lake […]
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Village Launches New Recycling Program
This spring, Loch Arbour, in partnership with SC Johnson, an industry-leading manufacturer of household consumer brands, launched a pilot program for residential curbside recycling of plastic film, the second such program to launch in New Jersey. This curbside pilot program allows residents to recycle clean and dry plastic grocery bags, plastic storage bags like Ziploc® […]
Continue readingPolice to Seasonal Residents: Stay Home!
The Deal police department, which handles police coverage to Interlaken and Loch Arbour in addition to Deal, have asked seasonal residents and their families not to relocate in their service area. In a statement released by police it said, “Together we must fight to save lives and ensure the safety and well-being of our residents, […]
Continue readingMcGillicuddy’s Closes
McGillicuddy’s Tap House in Loch Arbour has closed. A new restaurant is scheduled to open soon. The restaurant has had many personalities over the years from Bob Davis restaurant, to the short-lived The swamp and then later Parkhill’s and The Lake House.
Continue readingCourt Rules Village Allowed to Leave Ocean District
By DON STINE The decision by Loch Arbour to withdraw from the Ocean Township school district and establish a new school district for the village will be allowed under an Oct. 18 decision made by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. “Taxpayers will continue to benefit from the large property tax reduction from […]
Continue readingCourt Allows Village Students to Leave Ocean Schools
By DON STINE It looks like most Loch Arbour students will not be attending Ocean Township schools next month following a Superior Court decision this week. The Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County, dismissed an Ocean Township lawsuit against Loch Arbour over leaving the township’s school district and creating its own school board. […]
Continue readingOfficials Disagree on Schools for Village Students
By DON STINE Loch Arbour and Ocean Township continue to butt heads over each municipality’s educational formula and it seems the state Department of Education is the only agency that can straighten things out. Ocean Township contends that the existing education formula, which provides $2.1 million annually in Loch Arbour school taxes to the […]
Continue readingVillage Voters Say Yes to Leaving Ocean District
By DON STINE Loch Arbour voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in support of a special ballot question that would end their educational ties with the Ocean Township school district. In a 93-to-4 vote, voters approved the following ballot question: “Should the Village of Loch Arbour withdraw from the Ocean Township School district and form […]
Continue readingLoch Arbour Voters Go to Polls April 4
By DON STINE A state Appellate Court has ruled the April 4 election allowing Loch Arbour residents to vote on whether they want to leave the Ocean Township school district can take place as scheduled. The state Superior Court, Appellate Division rejected an Ocean Township motion to obtain an injunction to prevent the ballot […]
Continue readingState Denies Request to Halt Special Village Election
By DON STINE Loch Arbour residents moved one step closer to separating their village from the Ocean Township school district after the state’s top education official denied a request to halt a special April 4 ballot. State Department of Education Commissioner Kimberley Harrington on Feb. 24 rejected Ocean Township’s request for an injunction to […]
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