The borough’s tree lighting celebration drew criticism at this week’s borough council meeting when some said it was not inclusive of all holiday celebrations. Board of Education President Meredith Fox-Wong said she was uncomfortable that the ceremony didn’t include a menorah, the candelabra used during the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. “I think it’s a disservice […]

Interlaken’s recreation committee is in danger of cutting down on its events in 2013 due to a lack of volunteers, despite a successful slate of events in 2012. Committee liaison to the borough council Thomas Morley told the borough council of the committee’s issues at Interlaken’s borough council meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 5. “We had […]

Interlaken’s borough council met on Wednesday night in the midst of continued power outages in the borough caused by Hurricane Sandy, which struck on Monday, Oct. 28. Residents and council members discussed the lack of electricity in town as well as other post-storm issues. Some residents may need to do work on their properties before […]

Now that fewer than half of Interlaken students are temporarily permitted to attend West Long Branch public schools, some of the borough’s parents must continue to pay for their children’s schooling or send students to Asbury Park until a final decision is reached. The issue was a topic of discussion at last night’s board of […]

An administrative law judge has ruled that Interlaken’s school-aged children will be able to attend West Long Branch and Shore Regional schools on an interim basis until Department of Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf comes to a permanent decision on the borough’s send-receive relationship with Asbury Park. About 20 students from Interlaken have been attending West […]

Interlaken’s board of education meeting was packed Monday night as residents discussed a pending agreement to educate local students in West Long Branch instead of Asbury Park. Since the 1940s, the borough has maintained a sending-receiving agreement with Asbury Park. But this year, 20 students attended West Long Branch schools under a sending-receiving agreement that […]