When former Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno left that job after winning election as the state's lieutenant governor, Shaun Golden, who had been with the department as an undersheriff, was appointed to serve as acting sheriff.
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS - According to this year's candidates for borough council, the choice facing voters next Tuesday will be between voting for proven experience or a fresh perspective.
RED BANK - Democratic incumbent Council members Sharon Lee and Kathy Horgan this year are seeking re-election as they run with Democratic Mayor Pasquale Menna, who faces no Republican candidate this year, with Republican Council candidates Joseph Mizzi and Rob Lombardi looking to unseat the two and establish a Republican foothold on the exclusively Democratic six-member council.
MIDDLETOWN - On Tuesday, October 19, the Middletown Township Police arrested Richard Weber, age 40, Church Street Belford, on narcotics charges after a month long investigation conducted by Cpl. Bernie Chenoweth and Ptl. Kevin Gardiner, who were assigned to a special detail in the Detective Bureau.
RED BANK - A police raid on a Bank Street residence on Friday resulted in the arrest of two borough men on narcotics charges, with a woman taken into custody for alleged outstanding warrants, police said last week.