St. Patrick's Day parades are the latest big events to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic and Gov. Phil Murphy's executive orders limiting large gatherings.
The COVID-19 pandemic is preventing ParkFest from happening again exactly as it did in 2019, but the 2020 version is still going to be held; it's simply moving online.
The Long Branch man convicted last year of locking an 8-month-old pit bull puppy in a small wire cage and leaving that cage in the rising tide of the Sandy Hook Bay in the Highlands was sentenced to a year in prison.