The board of commissioners unanimously approved a resolution on March 5 expressing support for county acquisition of a waterfront tract in Asbury Park known as Bradley Cove. By a vote of 3-0, the commissioners passed a resolution in favor of preserving the property and establishing a county park on the site, according to Mayor Paul […]

Although Allenhurst bristled at the prospect of consolidation with Loch Arbour last month, Allenhurst Commissioner Terence Bolan and many others still support the merger, Bolan said at the Feb. 6 Loch Arbour commissioners’ meeting. Allenhurst officials expressed trepidation after a Department of Education [DOE] official, Susan Ecks, said the consolidation would create a new school […]

Loch Arbour’s beach club won’t be ready for the summer season this year, Commissioner Alfred J. Cheswick announced at the governing body’s Jan. 2 meeting. “The pavilion is not going to be built in time,” he said. “We don’t want to rush it. We want to do it right.” The beach club’s pavilion, located at […]

The estimated $750,000 severance package for former Loch Arbour village clerk Lorraine Carafa may have been approved under unlawful circumstances due to a discrepancy between the minutes and a recording from the meeting when the deal was approved. The resolution establishing an agreement between Carafa and the village was discussed in closed executive session on […]

Borough governments are still mulling an Allenhurst-Loch Arbour merger, and Allenhurst’s commissioners discussed the proposed consolidation at their Dec. 11 meeting. Loch Arbour has asked to join Allenhurst in order to reduce its school taxes. Loch Arbour currently pays the Ocean Township school district through a formula that takes property taxes into account, while Allenhurst […]

Loch Arbour Village Clerk Lorraine Carafa submitted her resignation Wednesday amidst a controversy surrounding her $700,000 severance package approved by the prior Village Board of Trustees, according to a report posted on the Star-Ledger website. The severance would have taken affect if the village merged with neighboring Allenhurst, which both small towns are considering, according to […]

The ocean is open to swimmers today although lifeguards evacuated the water yesterday due to a stingray sighting. Lifeguards have not seen any stingrays today, Loch Arbour’s head of lifeguards John Bosmans said. The water was evacuated at 3:15 p.m. yesterday because of a sighting of rays 15 to 20 feet off the shoreline. Loch […]

Loch Arbour lifeguards ordered swimmers out of the water when they spotted a pod of stingrays offshore at about 3:15 p.m. today. The rays were spotted inside the swimming section at the Loch Arbour Beach Club, head lifeguard John Bosmans said. Lifeguards took a kayak to investigate, then ordered the 30 to 40 swimmers to […]

Beautiful September-like weather is predicted for the Asbury Park area this weekend, according to the National Weather Service forecast as of this morning at 9:30 a.m. Today will be sunny with a high of 73 and a low tonight of 57. Sunday promises to be mostly sunny with a high of 68 and a low […]

Expect a mostly sunny Memorial Day today with a high of 84 degrees, according to the  National Weather Service. Above is the scene this morning at the entrance to Loch Arbour near the Norwood Avenue bridge, where a large American flag flies at half-mast in memory of those who gave their lives for their country. […]