Interim Executive Monmouth County Superintendent of School Lester Richens set Loch Arbour’s special election for April 4. The special election is being held to solidify Acting State Commissioner of Education Kimberley Harrington’s approval of Loch Arbour’s petition of withdrawal from Ocean Township School District. Mayor Paul Fernicola said residents will cast ballots on whether the […]

The Ocean Township School District will appeal Acting State Commissioner of Education Kimberley Harrington’s approval of Loch Arbour’s petition of withdrawal. “I can confirm that we will appeal the Commissioner of Education’s decision but I can say little else at this time,” Superintendent of Schools James Stefankiewicz [at right] said in a Friday afternoon interview. […]

Acting State Commissioner of Education Kimberley Harrington has approved Loch Arbour’s petition to withdraw from the Ocean Township School District. “It’s a great victory for Loch Arbour because we were clearly paying a disproportionate portion of the school district’s tax levy,” said Mayor Paul Fernicola (above). In its November 2015 feasibility study, Loch Arbour cited […]

The Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday night to introduce an ordinance authorizing the purchase of 4.8 acres of beachfront land at Loch Arbour’s border with Asbury Park. The vote was 3-0. The property is owned by Jack Kassin [right, with sons Steven and Albert at the board meeting], who built a private beach club on […]