Leonardo News

ROCKAWAY TWP. -- Picatinny Arsenal will begin construction Monday on a new building that will house Naval operations being transferred to the Army base as a result of the Defense Department's Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations.

A male employee at Naval Weapons Station Earle lost part of his lower left leg this morning when he was struck by a locomotive backing up into a roundhouse, base spokesman Scott Kalbach said.

Saturday's blustery, rainy weather might not have been ideal for beach going, but that didn't stop 17-year-old Julie Peterson and her friends from hitting the sand at Second Avenue in Seaside Park.

Patrick Basilicato would likely have been proud too. Killed in an auto accident in 2006, Patrick, 17, has helped others around the country keep living as an organ donor.

On Saturday October 10, 2009 officers from the Middletown Township Police Department arrested two men from Middletown on charges of Robbery, Conspiracy to commit Robbery and Simple Assault.

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This year marks the 68th year of existence for the Garden Club R.F.D. Their home is the historical Little Red Schoolhouse on the corner of Nut Swamp and Dwight Roads in Middletown.

The sun isn't up yet at 5:07 a.m., but Miguel Morales sure is. He's at the wheel of his 19-foot motorboat, hurtling happily across Sandy Hook Bay, already a half hour and a double espresso into his workday.

The sun isn't up yet at 5:07 a.m., but Miguel Morales sure is. He's at the wheel of his 19-foot motorboat, hurtling happily across Sandy Hook Bay, already a half hour and a double espresso into his workday.

"IT'S THE LIGHT" SHOW OF OIL PAINTINGS AND PHOTOS BY PAT HALSEY at the Oceanic Library, Avenue of Two Rivers and Ridge Rd., Rumson, from July 1-31. Pat Halsey is a Monmouth County Plein Air oil painter and digital photographer.

The sky was clear and the stars were sparkling Saturday night at the first-ever Film One Fest in the Atlantic Highlands marina.

The Leonardo beach party scheduled for tonight has been postponed due to weather conditions, according to an e-mail from Cindy Herrschaft, Middletown Public Information Officer.

The threat of rain did not discourage visitors to the Atlantic Highlands Fireman's Fair at the municipal harbor on Tuesday.

The owner of a Fair Haven-based furniture business has been sentenced to five years in state prison for scamming customers out of nearly $300,000 by failing to deliver merchandise they ordered.

The School district's administration on Wednesday will give a presentation on what they are calling their "final" full-day kindergarten expansion plan.

School superintendent Karen Bilbao said the district hopes to implement full-day, fully inclusive kindergarten for all students in all elementary schools by the 2010-11 school year, largely through the use of $2.6 million in federal stimulus funds.

Italian authorities took into custody a top boss from the Gambino Mafia clan who was deported from the United States after spending more than two decades in jail for drug trafficking.

One lane of Route 36 East is closed near Avenue D because of a gas leak, police said.

A township man, who had been charged with the last December armed robbery of two local Dunkin' Donut stores, pleaded guilty to those and other charges this week.

Best bets for the weekend Striped bass & blues in Raritan Bay The biggest problem for anglers seeking large stripers on bunkers or by trolling Stretch 25 plugs in the bay is the abundance of bluefish.