By DON STINE Neptune officials will be reviewing the township’s noise ordinance after complaints have been filed over several restaurants having outdoor music. The township allowed outdoor music at a few restaurants to help improve their business during the Covid-19 shutdown. “We continue to look into complaints and respond to them accordingly,” Township Business Administrator […]
Continue readingDelvetto’s Pizzeria and Pub on Route 33 in Neptune will be allowed to continue having outdoor music this weekend. Earlier this week Business Administrator Vito Gadaelta said music would not be allowed due to the complaints the township received and there was no attempt by the restaurant to reduce the noise level. But Mayor Robert […]
Continue readingA Neptune man was arrested Sept. 12 after customers at Stop and Shop supermarket reported a man was grabbing women inside the store. Police said at approximately 2:09 p.m, patrols were dispatched to the supermarket at 116 Third Ave., Neptune City, for a report of a disorderly subject. Upon patrols arrival, the subject who was […]
Continue readingBy CHRIS CHRISTOPHER Tony Richardson does not have to look far to celebrate the history of the Negro Leagues. All the Neptune resident has to do is look around his home, which doubles as a shrine to the professional baseball circuit. While social unrest rages around the nation, Major League Baseball celebrates the 100th anniversary […]
Continue readingBy CHRIS CHRISTOPHER The results are in from the first Tee Off for Mya, a charity golf event, at the Jumping Brook Country Club in Neptune. Capturing first place at minus-13 were Chris Matarazzo, Harry Matarazzo, Jon Desmarais and Brendan Desmarais. Finishing second at minus-13 were Bob Heugle, Chris Heugle, Ed Karaban and Bill (Doc) […]
Continue readingBoth Asbury Park and Neptune school districts will begin the school year with all-remote learning only. Neptune was considering a hybrid plan of some remote learning and some in school learning earlier in the summer. But School Superintendent Tami R. Crader said in a statement to parents that “Current restrictions, coupled with an ever-increasing number […]
Continue readingBy DON STINE Both Ocean Township and Neptune have adopted plans for school reopenings in September which will feature hybrid schedules that have students in school only two days a week and be taught remotely on other days. Their plans had to be submitted to the county school officials earlier this week. Asbury Park, which […]
Continue readingBy DON STINE and ELLEN CARROLL The fast-moving tropical storm which tore through the Jersey Shore Tuesday left little rain but felled trees, damaged homes and caused power outages for thousands, many still without power at press time. In Asbury Park, sections of the city lost power effecting approximately 300 residents and many large trees […]
Continue readingBy DON STINE Neptune has reached an out-of-court settlement with a female police officer who filed a lawsuit charging the police department had a culture of sexism and racism. Also, it is expected that Police Chief James M. Hunt Jr. will file a tort lawsuit against the township in the near future. Cristine Savage, a […]
Continue readingThe Supreme Court ruled last week that the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office must indemnify the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office in the defense of the lawsuit by the estate of Philip Seidle, a former Neptune police officer who is in prison for shooting his wife to death. Monmouth County believed that the determination by the […]
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