Get News Updates RSS RSS Feed
Get News Updates
Real Estate
Automotive
Employment
Services
Classifieds
Market Place
Media Kit
Forms
October 17, 2007
Search Archives: 


R&B star Rihanna performs at the Robert Collins Arena on the Brookdale Community College Campus in Lincroft on Saturday night. More...
Parents say no to drug rehab by school
Residents pack town hall for initial hearing on application
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer

The owners of an Aberdeen residential facility for mentally disabled adults want to turn their facility into a drug abuse treatment center, a proposal that has upset parents who send their children to a nearby school. On Oct. 10, residents packed town hall for a Zoning Board hearing regarding the... More...


Dogged determination rules K-9s on catwalk
Some 150 enter 'Strut Your Mutt' costume contest
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer

MIDDLETOWN - The beauty contestants at Thompson Park Day were all real dogs. Always a cute fest, the fourth annual "Strut Your Mutt" contest took place Sunday afternoon as part of the activities surrounding Thompson Park Day, located off Newman Springs Road in Lincroft. More...


Happy 150th, Holmdel
Residents gather to celebrate milestone at Community Day
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer

HOLMDEL - Pilgrims and politicians, pie in the face and pictures with Frankenstein. Cross Farm Park had it all on Saturday as the township came together to celebrate Community Day, the 150th anniversary edition. More...


 Bulletin Board
•Programs for youngsters slated at Poricy Park
Poricy Park, Oak Hill Road, Middletown, will present the following programs: "Animal Masks" for children age 4 through fifth grade will be held Oct. 22, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Registration deadline is Oct. 19. Attendees will create an animal mask. The event will also feature games and activities. The co... More...
•Library slates student art exhibit, pumpkin contest
•Aberdeen beach cleanup slated for Oct. 20
>> Click here for all stories
 Letters
•Accident survivor offers advice to drivers and pedestrians
My name is Jim Balogh. I was born in South River and I have lived in various New Jersey Shore communities in the years following my graduation. Then, after I began my part-time night and weekend job as a DJ, I started to work nights at a slew of Jersey Shore clubs (the Bulkhead, Big Shots, Club Be... More...
•Campaign tactics posed a safety risk to motorists
•. Holmdel resident praises seasoned, dedicated mayor
>> Click here for all stories
 Editorials
•Coda
There's no substitute for experience on the road
Last week, there was yet another story in one of our newspapers about a teenager killed in a horrific auto accident. This time the accident happened in East Brunswick near the Brunswick Square Mall. Dead was 16-year-old Dana Centanni of Middletown. Badly injured was 16-year-old Lindsay Capatasto,... More...
•Downtown study deserves consideration
•For the Record
>> Click here for all stories
 Obituaries
•Robert "Bob" J. DeLisle
Mr. DeLisle, 81, of Middletown, died Oct. 14, 2007, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. He was a retired employee of Bell Labs, Holmdel, where he was employed 39 years. He served with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Antietam during World War II. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church at Red... More...
•Edmund "Mondo" Talarico
•Billie S. Lahm
>> Click here for all stories
 Schools
•ASK, and you shall receive
Holmdel schools meet many goals for improvement on tests
HOLMDEL - The results are in for township school students, and they're mostly positive. At the Oct. 10 Board of Education meeting, Assistant Superintendent Mary Beth Currie discussed the goals and results from the 2006-07 school year in the Quality Assurance Annual Report, as well as the distric... More...
>> Click here for all stories
 Sports
•Looking for the ball
Left, Middletown South goalkeeper Stephen Monaghan keeps his eye on the goal during the second half of the game against Brick Memorial in Middletown last Friday. Brick defeated South 3-0. Above, South's Derrick Riley unintentionally heads the ball into his own goal the in second half of the game a... More...
•Middletown schools switch roles on the football field
•Fish On
>> Click here for all stories