Mayor Jay Coffey

June 7, 2023

Tvrdik, Gallo and Keeshen celebrate sweep in Oceanport primaries

Republicans Tom Tvrdick, Rick Gallo and Bryan Keeshen were at Branch’s Tuesday night waiting with family, friends and politicians lending their support as votes came in […]
April 3, 2020

Community reaches out amidst crisis

By Neil Schulman Oceanport — As the coronavirus crisis continues, groups have reached out the the borough to help it.
December 18, 2019

More fort development means more inspections needed

By Neil Schulman Oceanport — There’s a lot of new construction going on in Oceanport, especially in the former Fort Monmouth Army base. And that means […]
February 14, 2019

Oceanport: full size college on 12 acres wrong for here

By Neil Schulman Oceanport — The Planning Board, the emergency services, and the governing body all say that plans to turn 12 acres on Fort Monmouth […]
September 14, 2018

O’port End of Summer Festival beats the rain

Nobody likes the end of summer, but families still look forward to the End of Summer Festival held at Blackberry Bay Park in Oceanport every September. […]
July 26, 2018

Park work delayed so more options can be proposed

By Neil Schulman Oceanport — The Parks and Recreation Committee has been asked to go back to the drawing board on plans to fix up Evergreen […]
February 7, 2018

Oceanport plans to ban sales of cannabis if it’s legalized

By Neil Schulman Oceanport — If the new governor, Phil Murphy, does succeed in legalizing marijuana, borough officials want to make sure people aren’t buying it […]
February 7, 2018

FCS announceRevaluations don’t raise your taxes (unless they do)s 2018 fundraising events

By Neil Schulman At the January Oceanport Borough Council meeting, Mayor Jay Coffey announced that the borough had completed a revaluation, and the average property assessment […]
July 26, 2017

Crackdown on speeding pulls over 115 in one month

By Neil Schulman Oceanport — The Oceanport Police Department wants motorists to know they’re serious about enforcing the speeding laws.