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Nautical-Themed Brewery Closing Port Monmouth Tasting Room: 'Alas, It's Not To Be' Nautical-Themed Brewery Closing Port Monmouth Tasting Room: 'Alas, It's Not To Be'
Nautical-Themed Brewery Closing Port Monmouth Tasting Room: 'Alas, It's Not To Be' A Monmouth County brewery with beers paying tribute to the shoreline is shutting down its tasting room. Ross Brewing Company "made the incredibly difficult decision" to close its taproom in Port Monmouth, the brewery announced on social media on Wednesday, May 29. The company cited economic issues behind the decision to close the tasting room. The brewery will continue distributing beers after the Main Street taproom closes on Sunday, June 2. "We want to thank each and every one of you who has made these last five years of selling beer, and last year and a half of serving cu…

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Hazlet Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Receives New Pool In Time For Summer Hazlet Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Receives New Pool In Time For Summer
Hazlet Toddler Battling Brain Cancer Receives New Pool In Time For Summer A young boy in Monmouth County battling brain cancer will have plenty of summer fun thanks to some generous donations. An above-ground saltwater pool was donated to three-year-old Mick Augustitus, the Ashley Lauren Foundation said in a Facebook post. The Hazlet toddler was diagnosed with four brain tumors and several tumors on his spine. At Home Recreation donated the pool, while Kiki Pools in South Amboy donated a heater and installed the pool. "Not only did Mick come home from stem-cell transplant last Friday [May 17], but his pool was done the same day he came home," the Ashle…

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Real Estate
$8.6M Six-Bedroom Bayfront Home With Private Beach Under Construction Along Jersey Shore $8.6M Six-Bedroom Bayfront Home With Private Beach Under Construction Along Jersey Shore
$8.6M Six-Bedroom Bayfront Home With Private Beach Under Construction Along Jersey Shore A luxury home worth more than $8.5 million is being built along the bayfront of Seven Mile Island in Cape May County. According to a Realtor.com listing from Compass Real Estate, the six-bedroom, eight-bathroom home is for sale for $8,595,000. The 9,000-square-foot property is at 4277 Fifth Avenue in Avalon, along Yale Harbor lagoon. The 5,700-square-foot home is expected to be finished in 2025 and is designed by the architecture firm Asher Slaunwhite + Partners. "This is hands down one of the most unique bayfront homes to ever hit the market on Seven Mile Island," the listing said. "…

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Business
20-Year-Old Woman Reaching Dreams By Opening Upscale Brunch Spot In Lincroft 20-Year-Old Woman Reaching Dreams By Opening Upscale Brunch Spot In Lincroft
20-Year-Old Woman Reaching Dreams By Opening Upscale Brunch Spot In Lincroft Tatum Menake's dream of owning a restaurant matched what she saw in Lincroft: a need for an upscale brunch spot. Menake said she's opening a breakfast and lunch restaurant called Tatum's Table. It'll be located in The Lincroft Grove shopping plaza at 650 Newman Springs Road.  Her first business will take over the former home of Restaurante Puerto Rico, which closed in March 2022. The Colts Neck woman said she was inspired by her family's three generations of experience in the food business.  Menake's brother runs Navy St. Cafe and she has worked with him in the tak…

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Sports
'Dinner On Me': Jersey Shore Mayor Apologizes To Jason, Kylie Kelce After Woman Berates Couple 'Dinner On Me': Jersey Shore Mayor Apologizes To Jason, Kylie Kelce After Woman Berates Couple
'Dinner On Me': Jersey Shore Mayor Apologizes To Jason, Kylie Kelce After Woman Berates Couple A Jersey Shore city's mayor apologized to former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce and his wife Kylie after a video showed a woman yelling at the couple while going to dinner over Memorial Day weekend. The Philadelphia-based "Word to the Wise Podcast" shared a video of the argument on Instagram on Tuesday, May 28. While the eight-second video's caption said the dispute was in Sea Isle City, where the Kelces own a beach home, it reportedly happened outside Steve & Cookie's By the Bay restaurant in Margate. The podcast's post said the unidentified woman approached the Kelce…

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Police & Fire
South Jersey Man Accused Of Deadly Shooting After Guilty Plea Sentenced: Prosecutors South Jersey Man Accused Of Deadly Shooting After Guilty Plea Sentenced: Prosecutors
South Jersey Man Accused Of Deadly Shooting After Guilty Plea Sentenced: Prosecutors An Atlantic County man accused of killing another man while awaiting sentencing will spend several years in prison on his original charge, authorities said. Kalief Lyons, 35, of Galloway Township, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 28 to 10 years in prison on a gun charge, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. His sentence was given more than two weeks after he was arrested in the separate shooting death of 38-year-old Baseem Taliaferro of Galloway. Lyons was originally charged after he was identified as the suspect who pulled a gun on another man on Wedn…

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Atlantic City Man Found With Heroin, Cocaine, Xanax After Drug Deal: Police Atlantic City Man Found With Heroin, Cocaine, Xanax After Drug Deal: Police
Atlantic City Man Found With Heroin, Cocaine, Xanax After Drug Deal: Police Two people from Atlantic City were accused of taking part in a drug deal, including a man who was found with heroin, cocaine, and Xanax, authorities said. Atlantic City police arrested 46-year-old Calvin Cross of Atlantic City and 41-year-old Angelina Cannon on Thursday, May 23, the department said in a news release. Officers said they saw the pair marking a drug deal in an alleyway off South Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard at around 5:42 p.m. Cannon and Cross began to walk away when they saw the marked police car but officers were able to take them into custody. Cross was found with …

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South Jersey Man Who Used Teen Son In Marijuana, Mushroom 'Business' Sentenced: Prosecutors South Jersey Man Who Used Teen Son In Marijuana, Mushroom 'Business' Sentenced: Prosecutors
South Jersey Man Who Used Teen Son In Marijuana, Mushroom 'Business' Sentenced: Prosecutors A Somers Point man will spend several years in prison after admitting to using his teen son to sell marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms through an unlicensed business promoted on Facebook, authorities said. John Garman, 39, was sentenced on Tuesday, May 28 to 10 years in prison, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release. He pleaded guilty to several charges on Monday, Mar. 18. Investigators began looking into Garman's marijuana "delivery service" called Garmans Goods in March 2023. The business was advertised on Facebook and Garman placed jars of marijuana in …

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Business
'Devastating' Fire Rips Through Middletown Seafood Restaurant Five Months After Opening 'Devastating' Fire Rips Through Middletown Seafood Restaurant Five Months After Opening
'Devastating' Fire Rips Through Middletown Seafood Restaurant Five Months After Opening A Middletown seafood restaurant suffered a "devastating" fire on Memorial Day, less than six months after it opened. Sirens Seafood posted on Facebook that the fire ripped through the building on Route 36 on Monday, May 27. The restaurant in the Leonardo section of Middletown was closed and no one was injured. The restaurant, which opened in December 2023, thanked the firefighters who responded "within minutes on a holiday."  "To our amazing customers, we will have more information soon, but we are not giving up hope just yet for a brighter tomorrow," Sirens posted. "We are absol…

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Police & Fire
Youth Worker Let Harborfields Juvenile Detainees Use His Cellphone: Prosecutors Youth Worker Let Harborfields Juvenile Detainees Use His Cellphone: Prosecutors
Youth Worker Let Harborfields Juvenile Detainees Use His Cellphone: Prosecutors An employee at an Atlantic County juvenile detention center was accused of letting detained residents use his personal cellphone, authorities said. Tyrell Jones, 33, of Atlantic City, was charged on Thursday, May 16, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said in a news release on Tuesday, May 28. Jones is a youth worker at Harborfields Detention Facility in Egg Harbor City. The state's Juvenile Justice Commission gave information to the county prosecutor's office about Jones giving contraband to detained Harborfields residents in 2023. Investigators said he allowed the…

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