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March 19, 2008
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Littletown Day
ERIC SUCAR staff Students pull rickshaws as they enact life in a small town in Japan during Littletown Day at Oak Hill Academy in Lincroft March 12. More photos, page 30. More...
40 yrs. later: A young girl's murder is news
Zarinsky denies guilt at court arraignment
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer

Feelings of anger, hatred and memories of a lost loved one took control of a courtroom in Freehold last week, replacing feelings of anticipation and frustration as the hourlong wait for convicted murderer Robert Zarinsky to arrive ended. More...

Self-defense 101: Women learn how to stay safe
Detectives preach awareness, teach attack strategies
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer

ABERDEEN - Area women participating in a recent self-defense class walked away with not only major moves, but with lifelong guidance from two veteran police detectives. More...


Swimming River Road closed for utility work

As ofMarch 10, sections of Swimming River Road in Middletown and Route 520 in Marlboro have been closed to traffic from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, asNew JerseyNatural Gas (NJNG) is installing 20-inch transmission mains. More...


County to hold hearing on missed revaluation
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer

MIDDLETOWN - The Monmouth County Tax Board is considering whether to take disciplinary action against the township tax assessor for missing the deadline for submitting data from a property revaluation. According to county TaxAdministrator Matthew S. Clark, the hearing will take place on April 9 ... More...


Holmdel BOE budget up $2.1M
Spending plan calls for 4-cent increase over last year
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer

HOLMDEL- The Board of Education has approved a $50,051,557 budget for 2008-09, an increase of $2.1 million over last year's budget. The board approved the budget at the March 12 meeting. There will be a public hearing on the budget March 26 at 8 p.m. in the library at the Satz School. More...


Mat-Ab OKs $63.3M BOE budget
School budget up 3.9 percent over 2007-08 plan
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer

ABERDEEN - The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional Board of Education unanimously adopted a $63,356,016 2008-09 school budget at the special meeting March 4. The budget represents an increase of 3.9 percent from last year. The district spending plan calls for a tax levy of $46,805,204, up 2 percent from l... More...


Middletown officials take gov't on the road
Park, flooding issues aired at community forum
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer

MIDDLETOWN - Any issue, no matter how big or small, was open for discussion at the first of four neighborhood meetings held at Fairview Elementary School on March 13. More...


 Bulletin Board
•Wii game nights slated at Middletown Library
Middletown Township Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, will hold Wii game nights beginning March 24 with family Wii from 4-6 p.m., and teen Wii from 7-8:30 p.m. Teen open play will be March 26 and 28 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. More...
•Deadline March 21 to apply for scholarship
•ALS activities begin with equinox walk March 20
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 Letters
•MHRC needs to abide by mission statement
As a longtime member of the Middletown Human Rights Commission (MHRC), I must encourage the members of the MHRC as well as the Township Committee to review the mission statement of the HRC. More...
•Matawan resident dismayed by students' test scores
•Nonprofit should use non-animal research projects
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 Editorials
•Among the powerful, bad behavior is all too common
Back in the days when I was a police reporter, I started hearing rumors of a fancy, high-priced bordello operating in the part of town usually associated with high society. We called that part of town "The Tree Streets," because the roads were all named after trees- Oak, Poplar,Ash,Walnut and the... More...
•To solve the mystery, you have to look at history
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 Obituaries
•Maureen B. Burns Domenick
Mrs. Domenick, 75, of Hazlet, died March 16, 2008, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was a registered nurse and social worker at the Monmouth County Board of Social Services for 25 years, retiring in 2000. She was also a member of Hazlet Township Board of Health,... More...
•Mary T. Doherty Kiernan
•Alberta A. Oeckel
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 Schools
•Students spend a day in Littletown
MIDDLETOWN - Littletown Day on March 12 was a special day at Oak Hill Academy in Lincroft. On this day, regular classes are suspended in favor of enactment of small town life, right in the hallways of the academy. Students in kindergarten through fourth grade took on various community roles. More...
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 Sports
•CBA hockey falls in Non-Public semis
Colts fall to St. Augustine, 6-4
You get the feeling that if the Christian BrothersAcademy and St.Augustine ice hockey teams played each other 20 times this season, they'd split the series 10- 10. In fact, the Colts and Hermits did split their season series, 2-2, this winter. Unfortunately for the Colts, St. Augustine's two wins... More...
•The agony of defeat
•Lancer players proud they restored tradition
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