Five Things You Need to Know This Week: July 18-24

It's the third full week of the month and the days are only going to get hotter as the week progresses. Expect temperatures in the high 80s early in the week and spiking the 97 degree mark by Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Jump into an air-conditioned meeting room and stay cool.

1. Tinton Falls Neighborhood Watch -- Monday, July 18 at 7 p.m. in the courtroom at the According to the borough's Web site: The Tinton Falls Neighborhood Watch is the cornerstone of all crime prevention programs. It enlists the active participation of citizens in cooperation with law enforcement to reduce burglaries and other neighborhood crimes. Its primary purpose is the protection of property -- yours and your neighbors. Neighborhood Watch is a proven and effective means, by observations, to substantially reduce not only the incidence of residential burglaries in a specified geographical area, but the incidence of other crimes.
2. Tinton Falls Borough Council -- Tuesday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the borough's municipal complex on Tinton Avenue. On the agenda this week, an ordinance to permit certain wind and solar energy systems and an ordinance appropiating almost $110,000 to the Crawford House for ADA improvements.
3. Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority Meeting -- Wednesday, July 20 at 7 p.m. at the Tinton Falls municipal building on Tinton Avenue.
4. Tinton Falls Board of Education Meeting -- Thursday, July 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the With districts facing the July 19 deadline for deciding how to use the recent state aid, there should be an update on whether the district reinstates any programs or positions eliminated from the upcoming year's budget, or uses the aid as tax relief.
5. Field of Dreams -- Friday, July 22 at the starting at 9 p.m. If you show it, we will com.