On August 26 at approximately 3:06am, Middletown Township Police responded to Motorcycle Mall of Monmouth, located at 656 State Route 35 on a report of a burglary in progress. Upon arrival of the officers, two subjects were taken into custody as they were standing beside one of their vehicles. A third subject was apprehended after a short foot pursuit.
Police investigation revealed that the subjects were using two stolen work vans to facilitate their attempt to steal the motorcycles. Inside the vans, police observed five stolen motorcycles and one ATV that had been removed from the business with a total value of $56,000.
Arrested on scene was Joshua Hueston, 28, of Union City. He was charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief, burglary tools, two counts of receiving stolen property, and conspiracy to commit burglary. Also arrested was Ronald Terry, 33,of Newark and charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief, burglary tools, two counts of receiving stolen property, and conspiracy to commit burglary.
Luis Ruben Cuevas, 30, of Brooklyn, NY, was charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief, burglary tools, two counts of receiving stolen property, and conspiracy to commit burglary, and obstruction. All three were processed and lodged in the Monmouth County Correctional Institution pending a retention hearing in the Monmouth County Superior Court.
Chief of Police R. Craig Weber stated, “I would like to commend the great police work and the professionalism of all the officers who responded to this crime in progress and assisted in the follow-up investigation.”
Anyone who may have witnessed or has information about the incident is asked to contact Detective First Class Keith Hirschbein at (732) 615-2120.
Any persons arrested or charged with offenses are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Additionally, except in specific circumstances, arrest and complaint information and names of those charged may be released.
Saint Michael A prayer once popular at the end of every mass is being restored for all masses, at church liturgies in the Our Lady of Perpetual Help St Agnes parish.
In Sunday’s weekly bulletin distributed at all the masses in both Catholic Churches in Highlands and Atlantic Highlands, the pastor, Father Jarlath Quinn, gave a brief history of the Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel and announced that he will reinstitute the practice of adding that prayer to the end of every mass beginning Sunday, September 1.
The Angel has been revealed and honored both by Jewish and Christian believers since the early 300s where the Old Testament refers to him in the Book of David; he is also described as one of the seven archangels in the book of Enoch. In Revelations in the New Testament, it is written Michael casts Satan out of heaven. He has been described as the Leader of the Army of God and is regarded as a guardian of the church. He was revered by military knights during the Middle Ages.
Father Quinn noted that the prayer which has been said in the Church for centuries was composed by Pope Leo XIII in 1886 at a time of disturbance in the church that involved the takeover of the Papal States by the Italian government. Pope Leo added the prayer to mass, and it was said regularly until 1965. At that point, a reform in the liturgy of the mass after the Second Vatican Council called for it to be excluded.
Father Quinn said that in October 2018, amid scandals and disunity in the Church, Pope Francis began reciting the prayer in the Vatican, invoking the powerful intercession of the Archangel.
The Pope further suggested that the prayer be once again included in church liturgies and many parishes have already followed Pope Francis’ example. In OLPH-St. Agnes, the prayer has been said frequently at many of the masses at the conclusion of the mass, and Father indicated Sunday it will now be a regular prayer at every mass.
The prayer to St. Michael the Archangel,
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God, cast into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
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Next time you’re at the Farmer’s Market, pick up a bunch of radishes. They’re cheap, you usually get about a dozen in a bunch, there are not a lot of recipes for them in cooking, and some can be fairly pungent.
But they’re fun! And colorful in salads. Since they are really about 95 per cent water, they aren’t filled with all the vitamins and minerals that are so great for eye and heart health. But they aren’t bad for you either, have practically no calories and, like all vegetables, no fat.
And if you’re not a gardener but want to grow your own veggies, it’s the perfect one with which to start. In fact, in the northeast, you could probably plant some seeds now and get a bunch before cooler weather sets in, they grow so fast. Which makes them perfect for youngsters who want to start their own gardens. It doesn’t take a lot of patience to wait to see the plants pop up from the earth.
Actually the radish is a flowering plant in the mustard family. It’s called a root vegetable because that’s what the colorful part is, the root, the only part of the plant most folks think is edible.
But even the green leafy plant is great washed well, chopped and placed in salads. There’s no waste in a radish!
In salads, radishes are the raw, crunchy vegetable with a pungent, spicy flavor, varying in intensity depending on its growing environment. They come in all sizes, flavors, color, and length of time it takes to grow and mature. That’s because of the various chemical compounds produced by the plants.
While it’s growing, the radish is helpful to most of its neighbors. Because of that pungency, there are few pests or illnesses that actually like to hang around them. So they’re often planted next to vegetables or fruits that are frequently attacked, their sharpness keeping the bad things away from their neighbors as well. Cucumbers and tomatoes love to have them as growing neighbors, as do lettuce and peas and even the herb chervil.
Radishes have been around a long time, but don’t have much history. Today, they are grown around the world, but there are few archeological records to let us know where they started out life or when. We do know both Greek and Roman writers talked about them in the first century. As far as North America, radishes probably came over here along with the first Europeans seeking new land. There have been stories by other ancients that they are a great medicine, or a poison, or even a vegetable cooked with ostrich meat. But they are more fables than proven facts.
What is true is that they’re easy to grow from seed, are annual, germinate in three or four days and mature in three to four weeks, They like full sun and sandy soils, and once harvested, they last several days in room temperature, or a couple of months refrigerated.
As far as their leaves go, try them in salads! They add a different kind of flavor that’s hard to identify but your taste buds know something special has been added. Add them to soups, or saute them and serve as a side dish, or simply use them as a garnish.
Justin Thomas, a native and resident of Atlantic Highlands for more than 30 years, is seeking a two-year term as an Atlantic Highlands resident on the Henry Hudson Board of Education in the November election. The candidate cited a number of reasons why he is seeking office to serve in the district where he received his elementary and high school education.
Single and the business analyst and business relationship manager for Wakefern Food Corporation in its Tech-Supply Chain division, Thomas has never run for any office in the past, but feels it is vital now.
The candidate has been involved with the Boy Scouts with Troop 22 in the borough, as well as the Jersey Shore Running Club. He held a number of leadership positions and was involved with a variety of clubs will attending Rutgers University where he earned several degrees.
A resident of Atlantic Highlands all his life, Thomas graduated from both Atlantic Highlands and Henry Hudsonschools before going to Rutgers University where he earned two bachelor’s degrees as well as a master’s degree.
As a lifelong resident and graduate of the local system, Thomas said he is running because “I would like to be involved with creating opportunities and advantages for the student body of our communities.” Through his own experience he is aware of the great experiences and opportunities that Henry Hudson provides to its students and the community.
He is also aware that since it is a small school district, the educational system lacks exposure to particular curriculum and programs. A small district also means fewer allocated resources, he believes. However, he is quick to add, citing his own educational background and degrees earned based on his education here, “Henry Hudson did prepare me to succeed in different avenues inside and outside of the classroom.”
Because of the advantages of a larger school district, Thomas believes Sea Bright should be included in the regional district for education. An increased student body population consolidating the municipalities means more taxpayer money towards Henry Hudson Schools from an additional source will allow the board and community to vote on enhancing education in the areas they see fit.
Looking towards the future, Thomas believes his education, experience and ideas can bring different values and perspectives to the Board that can accommodate the needs of all parties involved. As a native of the borough, he feels his familiarity with the school systems, communities, history, organizations, businesses, and in general, the entirety of the local area, will enable him to consider many aspects of education and its impact on the community, both in taking pride in its educational system as well as its impact on the local budget.
“As a lifelong learner I’m always continuing to educate myself with certifications, classes, training courses, and much more,” Thomas said, adding he is beginning a Mini MBA Course next month in “Digital Supply Chain Management”.
“The labor market is always continuing to shift and change. I’ve worked in Higher Education, Manual Labor Job Occupations, Information Technology, Sports, and for the boro of Atlantic Highlands,” he explained, when asked about his educational experience.
He is also looking forward as a board member to locating opportunities the board can use to provide students and the community with greater access to information and contributions towards what could be done more efficiently.
To be a successful Board of Education member, Thomas believes the elected personnel must serve as a liaison between the school system and the community. As a Business Relationship Manager whose daily responsibilities support the IT Tech Division and as an advocate for Wakefern’s business divisions throughout the supply chain for Wakefern, recognized as for one of the largest Food Retailers in the United States and the Northeast, he is not only eager but also capable and experienced in order to take on the position as a board of education member.
Directing attention to actions, duties and responsibilities of board members, Thomas believes the most critical responsibilities are developing an annual Budget to enable the education system to be highly effective, operate and establish school policies and regulations, and evaluate the superintendent. Other key roles and responsibilities are managing district policies, approving the school district’s budget, advocating for public education, clarifying district purpose and establishing goals, facilitating School Board Authority, evaluating Instruction and education, establishing goals and evaluating outcomes, managing community relations, providing support, mitigating risk and negligence, as well as reviewing school policies, school structures and appointing leadership. In short, the candidate believes he has an obligation as a board member to be a liaison, representative and advocate for the school system and community.
Atlantic Highlands voters have the opportunity to elect four members to the board, and of those, one is for a two year term on the board. That is the seat Thomas is seeking and will be opposed by two other Atlantic Highlands residents for the position, Noreen A. Higgins, and Bonnie Knechtel.
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When Captain Burton H. Green came aboard Naval Ammunition Depot Earle in October 1943, he brought with him a distinguished reputation as a Naval leader in other areas before assuming the position as the first commanding officer of the newly constructed ammunition depot whose property spanned from Leonardo in Middletown to Colts Neck.
A graduate of the Class of 1905 from the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Green was a classmate of many other distinguished leaders, among them Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Navy’s leading authority on submarines during World War I.
Captain Green had been in and around the new depot before assuming command. He took up a temporary headquarters in Red Bank during the construction and watched the development of early planning.
Prior to coming to New Jersey, the Wisconsin-born naval officer served on the USS Tacoma, in Cuban waters during the 1907 uprising; served in China during the Manchu uprising that saw the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and created a republic, and commanded the USS Bainbridge, as well as the USS Decatur. He also had command of a division of destroyers, including the USS Tallahassee, the USS Milwaukee, the USS Lamson and the USS Toanoah. He was the Executive officer aboard the Battleship Michigan during World War I and was promoted to Captain in 1928.
His last sea duty was as commanding officer of the USS Vincennes when the ship was commissioned in 1937.
Beginning land duty Captain Green was stationed in the Canal Zone where he was commanding office of Naval Ammunition Depot Balboa.
While the Captain retired in 1940 after 35 years in active-duty service, he was recalled the following year six months before Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. He came to Monmouth County when plans for NAD Earle were underway, and he and his family lived in Rumson during the planning stages at Leonardo and Colts Neck.
In official reports filed about Captain Green, his contemporaries described him as a remarkable man continually on the job. “He considered his chief work to be getting the ammunition loaded, and with all his might and main, with insufficient funds, with inadequate tools, with far too few personnel, he struggled.” Sailors said his motto was “Our primary purpose is to furnish ammunition to the fleet; all else is secondary.” A motto that became the tradition of the depot.
Described as short, slim and wiry, Captain Green was a pipe smoker who was quiet and pleasant when his men were doing their jobs adequately, a vision of “most sudden and picturesque profanity at any who displayed ether ignorance, bard judgment or bad faith.”
By November of 1944, 403 Navy combat ships were serviced at NAD Earle in temporary storage, initial outfitting, or replenishing ammunition.
Captain Green is credited with leadership and vision that enabled him to see through the mud and muck, ice and sleet as well as disappointments and round-the-clock efforts to convert swamp and forest into an ammunition depot built during the world’s most awful war. Yet he claimed no credit for himself, hid his past accomplishments and continued to lead until he eventually relinquished his leadership of the nation’s newest and most formidable depot to Captain Hoover on March 15, 1945.
NAD Earle in Monmouth County, New Jersey, was doing its share in defending America during World War II.
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The Highlands Business Partnership Fall Brew by the Bay is set for Saturday, September 7 with a raindate of September 8.
The vent takes place from noon to 5 p.m. at the Seafarer, 1 Atlantic St. and features craft beers from New Jersey to sample.
Local craft beer will flow on the scenic waterfront at the Seafarer, located at the foot of Atlantic Street. Guests are invited to sample brews on the pier at the location overlooking the NY City skyline and Sandy Hook.
Local breweries participating include Ashton Brewing Company, Battle River Brewing, Birdsmouth Beer, Bradley Brew Project, Carton Brewing, Climax Brewing Company, Departed Soles Brewing Company, Jersey Cyclone Brewing Company, Tall Oaks Farm + Brewery, Twin Lights Brewing, and Yale Terrace Brewery.
Admission to the event is $40 and includes seven 4-ounce samples and one pint of the craft beer of your choice, along with a commemorative tasting pilsner for the first 100 registered participants. There will be live entertainment by Cranston Dean, starting at 3pm, fire pits and cuisine from Cuts and Catch for an additional fee.
The Highlands Business Partnership is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Fall Brew by the Bay is made possible with the generous support of sponsors, including Monmouth County Tourism, Montecalvo/Bayshore Family of Companies, Bahrs Landing, Farmacie by the French Market, Dovetail Vintage Rentals, Hufnagel Tree Service, In the Garden, Off the Hook, Proving Ground, Seafarer, Sandbox at Seastreak, Valley Bank, Bridge Marina, and WRAT, 95.9.
For directions or any additional information on Fall Brew by the Bay, visit www.highlandsnj.com or call (732) 291-4713.
The Highlands Historical Society will hold their annual Summer Picnic TODAY, Thursday, August. 22 at the Highlands Recreation Center, Snug Harbor Avenue.
The event will begin at 5:30 and all are invited to attend, including residents who would like to join the Historical Society.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m. and guests are urged to bring a food to share, along with the hot dogs which will be part of the event.
Music at the Mansion will feature singer and songwriter Renee Maskin at the Strauss Mansion Friday, August. 30.
The Songwriter and female artist of the year for 2023 will be accompanied by Atlantic Highlands’ own Cranston Dean.
Compared to singers Joni Mitchell and Boby Dylan, Maskin is touring the tri-stage area this summer and will be at the mansion for an outdoor concert beginning at 7:30. The singer’s genre is folk, country and rock with a voice geared to easy listening.
Guests are invited to bring their own lawn chairs and favorite beverage for the event.
Tickets are available for purchase at www.ahhistory.org/events or could also be purchased at the door the evening of the event.
The Reverend Stanley Lukaszewski…Father Stas…will offer the annual Mater Dei Mass of Remembrance scheduled for Saturday, September 21t at noon at St. Mary, Mother of God Church, New Monmouth.
Graduates, families of graduates and others affiliated with the former Mater Dei High School are invited to serve as readers, gift bearers or Eucharistic Ministers for the mass which honors deceased teachers, priests, nuns, staff, and graduates of Mater Dei High School since its first graduating class of 1965.
Father Stas, who served as parochial vicar at St Mary’s for many years and is always popular with Mater Dei students both for spiritual guidance and friendship, retired from the priesthood in 2020 and is in residence in Trenton as well as serving as weekend assistant at churches in Hamilton Square and Willingboro.
He recently celebrated his 45th anniversary in the priesthood, having been ordained by Bishop George W. Ahr in May 1979. Father Stas also served as pastor in parishes in Manasquan as well as St. Barnabas in Bayville and held numerous positions throughout the Trenton diocese and the Knights of Columbus.
Tradition and remembrance die hard among Seraphs, and this Mass is no different. For those who went to Mater Dei High School in the mid-1970s and onward in the 20th century, there was always Thomas C. Murray, the award-winning history teacher whom students loved and regarded as an outstanding educator, friend, and leader.
Mr. Murray did more than teach history in a classroom. He taught each of the students to become good decent adults, to commit themselves to helping others, to always do the right thing. He kept up with his former students as well. He had taught at Essex Catholic High School in Newark before coming to Mater Dei during his four decades as an educator.
A graduate of Fordham University and Iona College, he devoted his last years to writing and authored several books, including one on poetry and another, “Just a Kid from Hell’s Kitchen,” a biography. He was an actor and a playwright, and a member of the ACLU.
In June of 2007, TC, as he was affectionately known, reached out to his Mater Dei family with the idea of an annual Mass of Remembrance, to ensure that graduates of the high school who died would continue to be remembered by their alma mater.
He put together the first Mass of Remembrance, that year with former classmates of deceased members among those reading the Necrology so teachers, staff, priests, nuns and students, would be remembered.
When it was over, TC reached out to one of the alumni, Mari Campanella Kovach, whom he had asked to help with the first Remembrance Mass and asked her to be sure the annual Mass would continue. Mari willingly agreed and assured her former teacher she would.
TC died in June the following year.
Mari and a dedicated team of Mater Dei alumni have continued the annual mass every year since.
Father Stas is also continuing the tradition of former parish clergy offering the remembrance mass. When he offered the remembrance mass last year, he was following the tradition that included another clergy who came back to New Monmouth for the annual memorial.
Members of the Mass of Remembrance Committee include those who have made the commitment to TC besides Kovach Class of ’78, including Cathy Daniels, class of ’79, and Tom Dooley, Class of ’65.
After the final blessing of the mass, the names of those in the school’s Memorial Necrology, along with their graduation years, will be ready by former classmates, friends, and family members of those being honored. Always included in the Memorial are Monsignor. Robert T. Bulman, Founder of Mater Dei High School, and Founding Principal Mother Bede Loob, OSF, and other former principals and school administrators who have died.
Approximately 500 alumni and staff will be remembered in the mass on Saturday September 21, marking all those who have died since the school’s first graduating class of 1965 and who are on the school’s Necrology List.
A special invitation is extended to family members of Seraphs who have died as well as alumni from the classes celebrating their milestone reunions: 1969, 1974, 1979, 1989, 1984, 1999, 1994, 2009, 2004, 2014, 2019.
