Spring Lake Heights News

Former Spring Lake Heights Mayor Frank E. Adams died Friday night, July 3, according to the borough's Web site.

Call it a thrilling combination. On Thursday, the Algonquin Arts Theatre in Manasquan will bring together Broadway celebrities, community leaders and supporters for a gala fundraiser honoring the Rev.

Iam opposed to the proposed school consolidation in the towns of Bradley Beach, Avon, Belmar, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, Sea Girt, Manasquan and Brielle.

A teacher's aide from the Rugby School at Woodfield was arrested and charged Friday for having a sexual relationship with a teenage male student.

Whether packed in a old-time wicker basket or in an insulated cooler, a picnic lunch is a wonderful way to enjoy a day at the beach or a park, especially when the cooking is done by someone else.

In a back room, around a corner from rows of second-hand couches and chairs, the gems of Habitat for Humanity's ReStore hang from the ceiling.

Discussions between officials in Spring Lake and Spring Lake Heights on interlocal agreements have included the subject of a possible police merger, Spring Lake Heights Mayor H. Frances Enright said this week.

The Spring Lake Heights Council officially accepted the retirement of Police Chief Mark Steets, at Monday night's meeting.

Police and firefighters helped extricate a 74-year-old Manchester woman who drove into the rear of a vehicle that then struck the vehicle in front of it at about 9:30 a.m. today, said Capt.

Large fluke in 60 feet Capt. Joe Bogan of the Jamaica II in Brielle found some of this season's largest fluke during his Saturday morning trip to 60-foot depths south of Manasquan.

A deal that would mean a lucrative award of back pay to Monmouth County's former emergency management coordinator - Harry Conover Jr., suspended without pay after being accused of pumping 7.8 gallons of gasoline from the county motor pool into a private vehicle - is on hold, with county freeholders tabling a settlement vote at their meeting ...

It didn't take long for Assemblyman Joseph Cryan to figure it out: The people of this community, at least those who attended a forum Tuesday night on school consolidation, are not eager to consolidate.

The Mill at Spring Lake Heights Memorial Day Fireworks Display and Concert are set for this Saturday, May 23, at the Main Street Beach, here.

The Monmouth County freeholders may have been on the verge of awarding a settlement to the former emergency management coordinator, Harry Conover Jr., but took no action after residents pressed for details, including whether money would be part of a deal.

It has been eight years since Jennifer Ventura, 43, was widowed when her husband Robert died in a motor vehicle crash while on patrol as an officer for the Jackson Police Department.

Spring Lake Heights resident Robert Terkildsen has been given a May 18 trial date before Municipal Court Judge Debra Gelson for the 10 violations issued against his Central Avenue properties here.

I wish I could say I can't believe Scott Bennett of Freehold Township - out on bail from a 2007 vehicular manslaughter charge - was in trouble again but his track record tells us otherwise.

Seven candidates will compete for three open seats in Tuesday's school board election as the board president and another member chose not to seek re-election. Residents also will vote on a $22,782,320 school budget.

THE STAKES: Two, three-year seats and one two-year unexpired term are open on the five-member board.

Borough Council members approved a new three-year contract for Borough Administrator Mary Howell, which boosts her salary to $99,000 this year, $105,000 next year and $111,000 in 2011.