DWI Checkpoint in Avon By the Sea Tonight

AVON – The Monmouth County DWI Task Force will run a checkpoint on Route 71 south in the borough Friday night and early Saturday morning, Task Force Coordinator and Brielle Police Chief Michael Palmer said.

From 10 p.m. Friday through 2 a.m. Saturday, borough police officers and task force members will divert southbound drivers onto Garfield Avenue to check their sobriety, Palmer said.