Interlaken News

ALLENHURST: The boroughs of Interlaken and Allenhurst will hold a joint public meeting at the Allenhurst Fire Department on Hume Street at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to discussed combined police services.

Officials from Interlaken and Allenhurst are planning a joint public meeting for late December or early January to discuss sharing police services between the two boroughs, according to mayors from both towns.

Interlaken's elected officials had a golden opportunity to save money and take the lead in shared services or consolidation.

In front of a crowd of more than 70 residents at the fire hall on Hume Road here, the Interlaken Borough Council voted to pass a bond ordinance to fund construction of a new headquarters for its police department.

ASBURY PARK: Connolly Chiropractic at 614 Cookman Ave. is participating in a statewide coat drive, Baby It's Cold Outside, sponsored by the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors.

After a year and a half as the borough's police chief, Karen A. Sullivan is retiring.

In October, the Town Council denied Interlaken residents the right to vote on the proposed police building.

The Asbury Park Police PBA Local 6 begins its annual toy drive with a party 5 p.m. Sunday at Georgies Bar, 812 Fifth Ave.

Plans for a $675,000 addition to borough hall to house the town's police headquarters are moving ahead after the Planning Board expressed its support of the project at a recent meeting, officials said.

There needs to be a reasonable resolution to the dispute over the Village of Loch Arbour's school funding burden and a reasonable way to eliminate the two adjacent non-operating school districts.

Irecently came across a letter from the mayor and council to the residents of Interlaken dated March 15, 2008.

It looks like John Zazzarino may have an edge in his run for his first term on the Village Board of Trustees - his only opponent, former board member Peter Wolf, says he's not campaigning and doesn't believe he can give the job enough time if he were to win.

Can't we all get along and share? Increasingly, the answer is yes. More towns and school districts are sharing services in a bid to save money, but they've largely only scratched the surface.

John Gunn wanted to be heard. Disenchanted with elected officials here, the retired Bell Labs engineer helped launch a petition drive this summer that netted almost 300 signatures from nearly half of the borough's adults.

The Borough Council has received cost estimates for the planned police building of $275,000 to $850,000 for prefabricated structures that range in size from 800 square feet to 2,400 square feet.

Ethel M. Widell , 94, of Newfield passed away late Wednesday evening, Sept. 2, 2009, at home, where she had been under the care of family and hospice.

The Robert J. Collins Memorial Foundation will host "A Day at the Races," at noon Aug.

The Interlaken police chief and mayor have provided a good example of how a few incompetent individuals can hold sway over an entire community and get away with placing their residents at risk.

A small group in Interlaken hates our police department and can't come to terms with the fact it is in the minority.

The Police Department's permanent home may soon be a prefabricated structure next to borough hall.