A 22-year old woman was shot in the 1800 block of Bangs Avenue, along the Asbury Park-Neptune border, early this morning. Neptune Police received a 911 call at approximately 4:28 a.m. alerting them someone was shot at 1827 Bangs Ave., according to a statement from Charles Webster, spokesman for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office [MCPO]. […]

An 18-year-old Neptune Township resident found with a stolen handgun from a North Carolina home in May has been charged with weapons offenses and receiving stolen property, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Izais Normil, of Eighth Avenue, was found in possession of a loaded Baikal Makarov 9mm semi-automatic handgun. A […]

A Neptune Township man was arrested and charged in connection with the March 17 shooting of 19-year-old Asbury Park resident Sean O’Rourke, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Omar Jackson, 21, of the 200 block of Myrtle Ave., faces charges of attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful […]

A group of Neptune property owners withdrew their petition seeking a referendum to repeal the township’s new rent control ordinance after the discovery that a number of signatures on the petition may have been forged. Blaming a vendor retained to collect the signatures, a representative of the group said today that they would refer the matter […]

Rental properties in Ocean Grove and Neptune Township that contain three or four units are no longer subject to rent control. The Neptune Township Committee [pictured above] on Monday approved an amendment to increase the threshold for minimum exemptions under the township’s rent control ordinance and established a rent leveling board to oversee rent control regulations. […]

In an effort to repeal the rent control ordinance that went into effect last month in Ocean Grove and Neptune Township, a committee of property owners has submitted a petition to have a referendum added to the November ballot. Although other municipalities allow a binding referendum by petition under the state’s Faulkner Act, Neptune Township does […]

Neptune Township has secured a grant for dredging, improvements, and maintenance of Wesley and Fletcher lakes. The funds come from the National Resource Conservation Service [NRCS], a federal agency that falls under the umbrella of the United States Department of Agriculture. The agency’s purpose is to help landowners “conserve, maintain and improve their natural resources.” […]

A local man was charged with attempted murder and related weapons offenses for the March shooting of a man in Neptune Township, acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni has announced. Eli Dennis, 23, of Washington Avenue in Asbury Park, was charged on Friday with attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, […]