Bookkeeper from Middletown Charged with Theft of $673K from Employer

Details: Category: News; Published: 27 July 2019

mcpo shield 120 FREEHOLD – A 30-year employee of an Eatontown-based manufacturing business has been arrested for stealing over $600,000 from her employer over a two-year period, announced Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.

Michelle Pulignano, 51, of Middletown, has been charged with second degree theft following a three-month investigation. If convicted of the second degree offense, Pulignano faces up to 10 years in a New Jersey state prison.

The charges stem from a joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and Eatontown Police Department sparked by a referral from the owner of an Eatontown-based manufacturing business on May 1, 2017, regarding a suspected employee theft.

The Coolest Event All Weekend

Details: Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 23 July 2019

fof crew 2019 PHOTO: The volunteer crew behind the successful FilmOneFest

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, NJ - Even record high temperatures couldn’t deter the crowds who gathered for the 11th Annual FilmOneFest held at the Atlantic Highlands Marina on Saturday. More than 1,000 viewers attended the iconic international “one-minute” film festival, which takes place every third Saturday in July. “There was a nice breeze over the water so it was surprisingly pleasant for the show which is projected onto a giant outdoor screen once the sun goes down,” remarked Corinna Thuss, Director.

Widespread Power Outage in Monmouth County

Details: Category: News; Published: 22 July 2019

jcpl outage map

UPDATE: 11:00 AM (7/23) Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden reports that free ice and water are available at the following locations:
• ShopRite, Rt 36 & Rt 71, W Long Branch
• ShopRite, 2200 Rt 66, Neptune
• ShopRite, 2433 Rt 34, Manasquan
• ShopRite, 1801 Rt 35, Belmar
• Acme, 3241 Rt 9, Freehold
• Acme, 616 Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft
• Acme, 507 Prospect Ave, Little Silver
• Acme, 3505 Rt 9, Old Bridge
• Acme, 5 Ortley Plaza, Seaside Heights
• Foodtown, 2201 Sunset Ave., Ocean
• Foodtown, Route 35 Seagirt Avenue, Sea Girt
• Foodtown, 1562 route 35, Ocean
• Foodtown, 362 Broad St., Red Bank
• Foodtown, 9 Rt 36, Atlantic Highlands
• Foodtown, 426 Rt 36, Port Monmouth

UPDATE: As of 10:30 AM, Tuesday, July 23rd: 97,377 customers are without power. 33.8% of Monmouth County is affected

MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ - A thunder storm with strong winds moved through the area in the early evening hours Monday, taking down trees and power line throughout the county.

At 10:30 PM , Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) reported 127,118 (44.12%) of its customers in the county are without power.

We want to remind everyone to stay away from down power lines.

Text OUT to 544487 or call 1-888-544-4877 to report outage to JCP&L

Call 911 in an emergency only.

Here is the current outage map from First Energy, the parent company of JCP&L:
http://outages.firstenergycorp.com/nj.html

Local Authors Share the Hidden History of Monmouth County

Details: Category: Arts & Culture; Published: 22 July 2019

muriel smith rick geffken Rick Geffken and Muriel J. Smith have provided a cross-section of the county through their many stories.

RED BANK – Hidden History of Monmouth County, authored by Rick Geffken and Muriel J. Smith, an eclectic combination of stories about Monmouth County people and places, will be in local bookstores and available for purchase Aug. 12. The paperback book, the first co-authored by these Monmouth County historians, is published by Arcadia Publishing.

Geffken, who has written several other history books highlighting a variety of fascinating facts focusing on different areas of Monmouth County, is also a regular contributor to the Two River Times and numerous other local and statewide newspapers. He has presented historical research topics, given talk to local organizations, museums and churches and appeared on New Jersey Cable TV. Among his books published by Arcadia are Lost Amusement Parks of the North Jersey Shore, which he wrote with George Severini, and The Story of Shrewsbury Revisited, 1965-2015, which he wrote with former Shrewsbury Mayor and historian Don Burden.

RV Fire Spreads to Houses in Belford

Details: Category: News; Published: 22 July 2019

mtfd apple valley rd 512 MIDDLETOWN, NJ - At 11:47am on Saturday, July 20, 2019 the Middletown Township Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire at 520 Apple Valley Dr. in the Belford section of the Township.