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Get our free mobile app Theres no short selling the fact that small businesses have been dealt a tough and sometimes unbearable dagger to their chances of staying open and being able to pay bills. The Monmouth County Freeholders/Commissioners since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic have used Federal CARES Act funding to help businesses with PPE and other Covid related expenses, which has helped many businesses in the area. Still, with capacity at only 35-percent, rough waters lye ahead in ...

Middletown disburses $422,500 in COVID-19 relief grants   MIDDLETOWN – The Township Committee ceremoniously presented the representatives of eight small businesses with a check for $15,000 on Feb. 9 through the Middletown Economic Relief Program (MERP): All Natural Dry Cleaners, Code Ninjas, Greens & Grains, Middletown Pancake House, Monmouth Museum, No Limits Cafe, Rock’n Music Academy and Zeek’s Tees. MERP funding was officially approved at the Feb. 16 Township Committee mee...