MIDDLETOWN, NJ — Monmouth County is still moving forward with its plans to purchase Port Monmouth Elementary School and turn it into an indoor swim center. This was announced at the most recent Middletown school board meeting, held Tuesday night. “We have been in touch with the county to see where they were at in […]
HINSDALE, IL – Some residents along Hinsdale’s Sixth Street said Tuesday they opposed paying extra property taxes to keep their street all brick. The village is considering setting up a tax district known as a “special service area.” The district would cover 39 properties next to Sixth, from County Line Road to Garfield Avenue. Officials […]
SUFFIELD, CT — The latest installment of this periodic informative series on Patch sites in north-central Connecticut, providing facts and figures about some of the state roads which wind through the area, features a route which begins in Massachusetts and ends in Connecticut, yet only traverses one town in each state. Route 168 begins at […]
WEST HARTFORD, CT — The fairways of both town-owned golf courses are closed to duffers for the winter, but when they reopen in the spring, it will cost a bit more to swing away. But the good news, however, is the new fees approved last week by the West Hartford Town Council for the Rockledge […]
SALEM, MA — Salem will add 12 homeless shelter beds and expand warming center hours as the city looks to find solutions for unhoused individuals as the harshest weather of the winter season approaches. Lifebridge/Salem Mission was awarded $213,500 out of $9.9 million in state funding from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities […]
FRANKFORT, IL — Plans for a new restaurant in Frankfort have stalled after the Village Board sustained the plan commissions’ denials for the project at Monday’s Frankfort Village Board meeting. At the meeting, the Board rejected a major change to the Brookside Commons Office Centre planned unit development, and special use permits for outdoor seating, […]
CALIFORNIA — From strange and stressful to successful, here are the top 24 candidates who made their mark this year in the Guinness World Record book. 1. Octagenarian Breaks Records In Jump Rope, Planking, Dead Hang: “I’m Happiest When I’m Active:” Beverly Hills Beverly Hills resident and multi-Guinness World Records holder Annie Judis spoke about […]
CONCORD, NH — A felon formerly from Concord who now lives in Nashua was arrested on multiple charges after a police and trooper chase on Sunday night. Around 10:15 p.m., a Concord officer, patrolling the city, attempted to stop a silver Chevy SUV. The vehicle, they said, refused to stop while driving in the area […]
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Gloucester Township is getting its first Chick-fil-A. But it’s expected to take a couple years. Chick-fil-A expects the restaurant to open in late 2026, a company spokesperson told Patch. It will be located in a vacant lot near Gloucester Premium Outlets. The Gloucester Township Planning Board approved the development last week. […]
CONCORD, NH — And they are off — thousands of gifts for children, some of the neediest in New Hampshire, will receive gifts this Christmas and holiday season due to Operation Santa Claus. Now in its 64th year, Operation Santa Claus is one of the charitable initiatives of SEA/SEUI 1984, the union representing state employees […]