Atlantic Highlands Herald - News for the Bayshore - Monmouth County, New Jersey - Atlantic Highlands Herald

NJ COVID-19 INFO HUB

Stay up to date with the latest COVID-19 news
and updates from the State of New Jersey.
NJ COVID-19 Info Hub
https://covid19.nj.gov/

Johns Hopkins University
COVID-19 Dashboard
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Subscribe Free

AHH 24-Hr. News

Events

Sat Oct 24 @ 9:00AM - 03:00PM
Atlantic Highlands Fall Town-wide Garage Sale

View Full Calendar

General Election 2020

The Monmouth County Clerk's Election Division has answers to your questions about the 2020 General Election.

November General Election:

Pursuant to State law, the November 3, 2020 General Election will be conducted primarily by Mail-In Ballot in New Jersey. Please click here for more information about the major changes to the General Election process.
For the list of drop box locations to return your Mail-In Ballot, please click here.
To view our Monmouth Election Facts webpage, addressing election misinformation and myths shared on social media, please click here.

AHHerald Search

Robert Henry Troester, Middletown

Details: Category: obituaries; Published: 22 October 2020

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – A Mass of Remembrance and a celebration of the life of Robert Henry Troester of Middletown will be held Saturday, Nov. 7th 11 AM at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Highlands. Mr. Troester passed away peacefully at his Middletown home Oct. 1st, 2020.

Mr. Troester, a native of Jersey City where he was raised before moving to Teaneck, was the son of the late George and Lillian (Donovan) Troester, and the father of daughters Kimberly McDaniels and her husband, Thomas, of Middletown, and Ellen Tizio and her husband Gregory of Woodcliff Lake. He was predeceased by his wife, Marilyn (Mulhearn) and two brothers, George and William.

An Army veteran of the Korean War, he served with the 7774 Signal Battalion in Germany.

Distracted Driving: It’s Not Just Talking and Texting on Your Phone

Details: Category: Letters to the Editor; Published: 21 October 2020

No life is worth losing to driver distraction. In New Jersey, 98 people died in distracted driving crashes in 2018, according to the latest data from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Nationwide, nearly 3,000 people are killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, contributing to the 36,560 lives lost to crashes on U.S. roadways in 2018. There is no text message or Snapchat worth reading or sending when injuring or killing someone is the potential cost.

Distractions include more than texting. Anything that diverts attention from driving — eating and drinking, adjusting navigation, talking to other passengers, or talking or texting on the phone — can result in tragedy.

Monmouth County has 46 Additional Positive Cases of COVID-19

Details: Category: News; Published: 21 October 2020

FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Freeholder Director Thomas A. Arnone and Freeholder Deputy Director Susan M. Kiley have announced that today, Oct. 21, there are 46 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Monmouth County. There is one new death being reported today related to COVID-19 in Monmouth County.

Monmouth County will offer free COVID-19 testing for County residents on Thursday, Oct. 22 in Red Bank from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Pilgrim Baptist Church, 172 Shrewsbury Ave. Residents should note the clinic has 100 tests and once those are administered, the clinic will close for the day. More information about the County’s COVID-19 testing program is available on www.visitmonmouth.com.

The breakdown of positive COVID-19 cases by municipality is as follows:

County Clerk Hanlon launches County-maintained Ballot Tracking Notification System

Details: Category: News; Published: 20 October 2020

Software launched to ease voter concerns, in partnership with the Board of Elections

FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon, in partnership with the Monmouth County Board of Elections, is launching a supplemental system to help voters know when their ballots have been received by the County Board of Elections for counting.

The ballot tracking system “Monmouth County BallotTrax” provides online ballot tracking and offers enhanced features of status notifications to voters. Voters can sign up for the County BallotTrax at monmouthcounty.ballottrax.net and enable notifications via call, email or text message. Voters will then receive an alert of when their ballots have been received by the County Board of Elections.

Monmouth County has 52 Additional Positive Cases of COVID-19

Details: Category: News; Published: 20 October 2020

FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Freeholder Director Thomas A. Arnone and Freeholder Deputy Director Susan M. Kiley have announced that today, Oct. 20, there are 52 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Monmouth County. There are no new deaths being reported today related to COVID-19 in Monmouth County.

Monmouth County will offer free COVID-19 testing for County residents on Wednesday, Oct. 21 in Long Branch from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Bucky James Community Center, 231 Wilbur Ray Ave. Residents should note the clinic has 100 tests and once those are administered, the clinic will close for the day. More information about the County’s COVID-19 testing program is available on www.visitmonmouth.com.

The breakdown of positive COVID-19 cases by municipality is as follows: