
JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Mike LaMontagne, 15, makes contact with the ball during the Lakewood Recreation Department’s annual home run hitting contest at FirstEnergy Park July 9. Mike finished second in the 12- to 15-year-old age group.
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status effective Aug. 2
C1 is highest level
of protection state
offers for rivers
BY DANIELLE MEDINA
Correspondent
New Jersey Department of Environmental Pro-tection (DEP) Commis-sioner Bradley M. Campbell announced Monday that the Metedeconk River has received Category 1 (C1) designation, the state’s highest level of protection against water pollution. More...
jails focus of rally in Freehold July 18
FREEHOLD — On July 18 at 2 p.m., the Monmouth County Residents for Immigrants Rights, the New Jersey Civil Rights Defense Committee and the Workers Committee for Progress and Social Welfare will hold a march to protest the detainment and treatment of immigrants in United States prisons and to demand... More...
Boulevard East
PLUMSTED — The Plumsted Town-ship Council for the Arts will host the second in a series of free summer concerts on July 22. More...
Ocean County Fair planners are putting the final touches on this year’s weeklong event held at Robert J. Miller Airpark, Route 530, Berkeley Township,. The fair runs today through Sunday. More...
BY JOYCE BLAY
Staff Writer
LAKEWOOD — The Township Com-mittee introduced a $3.6 million bond ordinance July 8, the bulk of which would be used to replace aging playground equipment. A public hearing on the ordinance and adoption is scheduled Aug. 5. More...