Keyport News

Two area high schools last year graduated students at a rate higher than the state average, according to state Department of Education figures released Wednesday.

A Thanksgiving feast will be served to 500 people Tuesday night at St. Benedict School cafeteria, thanks to numerous community volunteers and local businesses.

A trio of Bayshore residents face shoplifting charges after authorities said they attempted to take more than $2,000 worth of goods in total from the Middletown Sears.

The goal of the drive is to "provide an awesome Christmas" for families that, even more than a year after the storm, are struggling to get back on their feet, according to Robert LaBerta, former chief of the Union Beach Fire Department and founder of the Knights of the Inferno Firefighters motorcycle club.

Corey A. Alexander, 28, of Keansburg and Jason R. Ware, 30, of Keyport were charged with shoplifting after police say the pair left Sears with more than $1,400 in kitchen appliances this week without paying for them, police said Thursday.

Two men were arrested by township police yesterday for allegedly shoplifting nearly $1,500 worth of appliances from the Sears store on Route 35. Cory A. Alexander, 28, of Keansburg, and Jason R. Ware, 30, of Keyport were each charged with shoplifting, a third-degree crime, according to the police complaint forwarded to the Monmouth County ... (more)

Mike Strollo has been selling his beef jerky since he was 10 years old. When Strollo was in fourth grade, eighth graders would show up to his class and get him to leave by telling his teacher, Ms.

Foster families are being sought in Ocean and Monmouth Counties to help children and teens struggling with social and emotional health issues.

During the holiday season, there is no shortage of opportunities to help those in need in our community.

This is a list of some of the largest pantries and soup kitchens in Monmouth. But there are many more faith-based organizations that will be grateful for your contributions.