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ERIC SUCAR staff Jack Baeder, of Hazlet, pauses to reflect at the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial before the beginning of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day ceremony held on the grounds of the PNC Performing Arts Center in Holmdel May 7. Story, page 3. More...
Recreation master plan sees need for combined aquatic/ice rink center

The Middletown Recreation Master Plan has gone by many names by residents of the township: a wish list, a bible and a fantasy football team. "I had gone to some of these planning meetings and we were told to think of this as fantasy football," Middletown resident James Cody said. More...


Vets who served country honored at Vietnam Veterans'Memorial

Peter Van Rixoort never met his father, but all his life he has known just how special his father's sacrifice for World War II really was. Van Rixoort's father, Staff Sgt. John Van Rixoort, who was a rifleman in the United States Army's 75th Division, 291st Infantry in Company E, never made it ho... More...


James Aaron to be appointed boro attorney

MATAWAN - The Borough Council was set to appoint several professionals at the May 6 council meeting, but the appointments were postponed pending the appointment of a borough attorney. "We are going to hold [the appointments] because the borough just received the borough attorney's agreement at 2... More...


Public hearing held on $62.2M 2008 spending plan

MIDDLETOWN- The public hearing for the budget elicited ideas ranging from consolidating the library and the arts center to ending the leaf pickup. More...


The Aberdeen Township Recreation Department is offering a senior citizen trip on Wednesday, July 9, to the Renault Winery in Galloway Township and to an Atlantic City casino. The trip is open to Aberdeen seniors age 55 and older. Nonresidents can sign up after the May 27 resident deadline if spac... More...


A kickoff party for the Alzheimer's Association's Memory Walk for Alzheimer's Disease 2008 will be held 5:30-7 p.m. May 14 at Renaissance Gardens at Seabrook Village, 3000 Essex Road, Tinton Falls. Attendees will learn how to form a team and join the movement to end Alzheimer's disease. The south... More...
As a longtime resident of the Bayshore, I must commend Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger and Deputy Mayor Pamela Brightbill of Middletown for their efforts to stop the implementation of the new FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency )flood maps. More...
Unfunded state mandates burden municipalities
As the deputy mayor of Middletown and a taxpayer, I was dismayed to read yet another letter from the chairman of the Young Democrats of Monmouth County lobbying for more government-subsidized housing to be built in Middletown. More...
Mr. Poosikian, 84, of Hazlet, died May 10, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was an aircraft mechanic at United Airlines for 30 years, and was also employed at Sears for 20 years.He is survived by hiswife of 53 years, Mary; two daughters and sons-in-law, Dawn and Keith Johnson ofWo... More...
Seraphs lose to state power RBC, 1-0
Nobody expected theMater Dei High School softball team to be playing for a Monmouth County Tournament championship on Saturday, except perhaps for Seraph head coach Jeanne Dickinson and her confident group of players. More...