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November 6, 2008
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ERIC SUCAR staff Fifth-grader Vincent Paone serves as an election official at election headquarters, set up in the school library, during a mock presidential election at Bayview Elementary School in the Belford section of Middletown on Oct. 28. More...
Voters have their say in municipal races
BY JAMIE ROMM and ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writers

FREEHOLD — The Nov. 4 elections saw Republicans win two seats on the Matawan Borough Council to gain an equal voice, and hold on to their control on the Middletown and Holmdel Township Committees, while Democrats maintained a majority on the Keyport Borough Council and Hazlet Township Committee. More...


Zoners: No cell tower at MHSS
Board says fire academy would be a better site
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer

The grounds of Middletown High School South will not be the site of a cell tower any time soon, since the Zoning Board of Adjustment voted against granting a variance to Verizon Wireless. Verizon was seeking approval of a variance to construct a 121-foot cell tower in a residential area, where th... More...


Handlin: Towns can lower flood insurance costs
Preparedness equals points in FEMA rating system
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer

Coastal municipalities can help residents avoid paying higher flood insurance premiums by having flood mitigation measures in place, according to Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-13th District). More...


Bayview students get out the vote
Mock election promoted study of issues, candidates
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer

If the third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students at Bayview Elementary School in Middletown were in charge of picking the next president, Sen. John McCain would be in the White House come January. They went against predictions by political pundits and elected McCain president by a 126-94 margin, g... More...


 Bulletin Board
•Beatlemania fundraiser Nov. 8 at high school
A Beatlemania concert fundraiser will be held 6:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at Middletown High School South Theater, 900 Nut Swamp Road. The event sponsored by Church of St. Leo the Great, Lincroft section of Middletown, will begin with an opening act followed by a two-hour Beatlemania show. More...
•Rabies shot clinic in Aberdeen Nov. 5
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 Letters
•Town center a win-win for M'town taxpayers
Aletter published Oct. 24 from Greg Vasil, president of Concerned Citizens of Middletown, went into excessive detail about the proposed Town Center in Middletown, comparing it to the Monmouth Mall. The comparison is irrelevant. The Monmouth Mall in Eatontown has elevators, escalators and stairs m... More...
•Residents urged to write politicians over FOCA
•Aberdeen doesn't need more banks
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 Editorials
•Challenging times, but we look ahead
You may have read recent reports about the struggles the newspaper business is facing these days. Going back to the time before the present recession hit the United States, newspapers were facing a changing climate — one in which advertisers and readers were migrating to other types of media in an... More...
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 Greg Bean's Column
•And now, we return to our regularly scheduled program
I figure there'll be a lot of upsides to getting this never-ending election over with — and one of the best things will be getting my History Channel back. Longtime readers will remember the outrage I felt (an outrage shared by many) when Comcast took my History Channel away early this year as pa... More...
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 Obituaries
•Marilyn A. Keibley
Mrs. Keibley, 80, of Middletown, died Nov. 3, 2008, at home. She was a retired salesclerk at Sears, Middletown. She resided in the West Keansburg section of Hazlet before relocating to Middletown 50 years ago. She was predeceased by a sister, Ethel Bruce, in 1983. She is survived by her husband of... More...
•Eileen A. Bewley Drum
•Barbara Cummings Nichols
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 Sports
•Raritan football still in hunt for division title
Back in September, Raritan High School head football coach Bob Generelli hinted that he expected his team to be vastly improved over last year's 2-8 campaign. "I really think it was just a matter of this team growing up and taking its lumps last year," he said, pointing to the slew of returning p... More...
•Mid South field hockey qualifies for postseason
•CBA is swiftest in SC x-country
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