Matawan News

When people hear the word 'heroin,' it's apt to evoke images of drug deals going down on street corners and users shooting up in abandoned houses in big cities.

When officials from across Monmouth County gathered last week to announce the arrest of a Matawan man accused of running a high-volume heroin ring supplying users across the region, those familiar with addiction and abuse at the Jersey Shore were hardly surprised.

In the summer of 2008, John Ross Cocozza entered into a business deal as part owner of a new Irish pub in Matawan, N.J. The establishment was a dream come true for John - well, almost.

Monmouth County authorities said today they disrupted a major drug distribution operation responsible for dumping large quantities of heroin in the county's Bayshore area.

The family of a 24-year-old Monroe man who hanged himself in Middlesex County jail following a drug arrest in January 2003 has settled a lawsuit brought against the Spotswood Police Department, the jail and others.

Bail has been set at $1.25 million for a New Jersey man accused of leading a Monmouth County-based heroin trafficking network.

My son Porter, being a somewhat typical 8-year old, loves all things that have to do with destruction.

Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini with her daughter, Toni, a Matawan councilwoman-elect. The Chris Christie cabinetmaking process has begun andA among insidersA talk inevitably turns to Republican candidates who are already out there in the public sphere with specific expertiseA - people like Assembly Minority LeaderA Alex DeCroce , Assemblywoman ...

Earl Paules, Doug Coby, Jamie Tomaino and Keith Rocco were the final four to race their way into the main event at the seventh North-South Shootout today at Concord Speedway in Concord, N.C. Paules, of Palmerton, Pa.

Spotlight Players of Matawan presents The Pajama Game Spotlight Players proudly presents its first family musical of their 2009-2010 season, The Pajama Game.

The guys of Wupa are giving voice to a forgotten component of rock 'n' roll: three-part harmony.

Long-touted plans to redevelop the township's former South River Metals site into senior housing are now a few steps closer to becoming a reality, township officials said.

Voters here will be asked to help decide whether the local library - a fixture here since 1927 - should be dissolved and turned into a branch of the Monmouth County Library, at substantial savings.

Welcome to the City of Brotherly Love. That would be New Brunswick, at least this Saturday at the Old Bay Restaurant as Wupa's Halloween show is set to be a brothers-themed extravaganza.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma program is a foreign name to most Americans, but to students at Biotechnology High School, it's an omnipresent program that influences their education on a daily basis.

Holding the line on taxes, getting a firm grip on municipal spending and tackling the borough's aging infrastructure are among the key issues in this year's municipal election, say Borough Council candidates.

Matthew Burgos, 12, a seventh-grader at Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School, never liked math.

A Matawan man has been arrested in connection with an Oct. 19 burglary at a Belaire Lane home.

A borough woman removed a window pane from a storm door and threw it at a police officer who was trying to arrest her on an outstanding warrant, authorities said.

A fire damaged the second floor of a house at 322 Main St. on Monday morning and may have taken the life of a pet cat, authorities said.