Little Silver News

Almost 200 guests gathered together at Branches in West Long Branch, Thursday Nov 12 to join in honoring the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce 2009 Spinnaker Award winners.

The holidays will be celebrated by the Seniors of Little Silver at 1 p.m., Dec. 15 at the Clubhouse on Church Street and reservations for the luncheon are needed by Dec.

The days of free parking at the train station, due to outdated, broken meters, are quickly coming to an end.

Two women who were responsible for the care of a developmentally disabled woman, have been named in a 17-count indictment in connection with the alleged abuse, neglect, and starvation death of 29-year old Tara O'Leary. Bridget Grimes, 52, and Debra Sloan, 55, were named in the indictment handed down in a Hunterdon County court last Friday.

Police officers in Beachwood get 17 paid holidays. If they are asked to work on any of eight of them, they receive double time and half.

All of the Republican incumbents representing Monmouth County in the state Assembly were returned to office in last Tuesday's elections.

The real estate laws are changing January 1, 2010. Do you know what they are and will you be ready for them? Two Rivers Title Company, Little Silver, is presenting a free educational seminar "New H.U.D. Guidelines Your Questions Answered," Wednesday, November 18, 2009, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. at the Oyster Point Hotel, Red Bank.

In the 92 years since it was first established, Fort Monmouth has been home to carrier pigeons, helped to launch satellites and been the scene of cutting-edge work intended to protect those in uniform serving around the world.

REPUBLICANS DECLAN O'SCANLON and Caroline Casagrande have spent their last two years in Trenton representing the 12th Assembly District, which includes 14 Monmouth County communities, as well as a handful of Mercer County municipalities.

The 12th District Legislators would like to announce the indictments of two caretakers in the case of Tara Oa Leary, a developmentally disabled woman who was neglected so severely in a sponsor home that it lead to her death.

Democrats and Republicans running for council skirmished about recent decisions to purchase parkland, a lodge and problems with the first shared emergency services dispatching contract.

The 12th is one of a handful of districts that neither Republicans nor Democrats can take for granted.

A fire caused extensive damage to the basement and kitchen of a Kings Road home, leaving the residence uninhabitable, authorities said.

Resources Real Estate on River Road announces the inaugural Peninsula Harvest Home Decorating contest.

Area health departments last week rated one food establishments as unsatisfactory, 11 as conditionally satisfactory for health code violations and restored five others to satisfactory ratings after reinspections.

If someone were to ask what my least favorite part of my job was, I'd say commuting.

PERFORMANCE WITH PASSION PLAYERS PRESENT "SYBIL" at Eatontown Playhouse, 37-13 Hwy.

The Long Branch Concordance is participating in the 29th Annual CROP Walk for the Hungry at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

MONMOUTH COUNTY HEALTH officials are fielding inquiries from the public and working with public school districts in preparation for distributing the new vaccine for H1N1 flu virus.

On Friday morning, students of Point Road and Markham Place schools in Little Silver laced up their sneakers and walked right past their bus stops, heading to school.