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December 31, 2008
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CHRIS KELLY staff Tony Sloan plays the guitar by candlelight during the Poricy Park's Candlelight Reception at the Murray Farmhouse in Middletown on Dec. 27. More...
Contractor ordinance vetoed by mayor
Council can override veto by two-thirds vote
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer

The responsible contractor policy ordinance approved by the Matawan Borough Council may not become law in the borough after all. Mayor Paul Buccellato submitted a letter of veto to Borough Clerk Jean Montfort dated Dec. More...


Hazlet posts school changes on the Web
District aims for transparency on preschool expansion
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer

Maps of new boundary lines and an explanation of the Hazlet School District's reconfiguration are available on the district's Web site to provide transparency about the preschool program redesign. More...


CHRIS KELLY Staff Matt Winchell, Keyport, tries to help Annabel, 10, with a colonial-style puzzle game, during the Poricy Park's Candlelight Reception at the Murray Farmhouse in Middletown on Dec. 27. More...


Bailey's back home after 2 weeks missing
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer

What kind of holiday season would it be without a local resident finding renewed faith in mankind? Martha Vogt, of Juniper Place in Aberdeen, was ready to give up on searching for her family's newest addition, a chow chow/Labrador retriever mix named Bailey, when the dog returned home after hours... More...


 Bulletin Board
•Applications taken for advocate training
The nonprofit organization 180 Turning Lives Around, Hazlet, is accepting applications for its sexual violence advocate training, to be held Saturdays Jan. 17- March 7, at Little Silver Women's Club, Rumson Road and Church Street. Training provides volunteers with the tools necessary to advocate f... More...
•County Genealogy Society to meet Jan. 11
•Middletown reorg. meeting Jan. 4
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 Letters
•New tax criteria will help seniors stay in homes
New Jersey is known for many wonderful things. We are the birthplace of several of the world's greatest inventions. We have one of the most beautiful shorelines in the entire United States. And we are, of course, the state that celebrities from "Ol' Blue Eyes" to "The Boss" have called home. More...
•Solutions for today's challenges
•Designate a sober driver before every holiday party
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 Obituaries
•Dominica Ann "Mickey" Warnock
Mrs. Warnock, 74, of Hazlet, died Dec. 14, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was predeceased by two brothers, Charles and Leonard Banzaca. More...
•Eliza J. Pattison Miller
•Maria del Carmen Serra
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 Schools
•Administrative changes at Middletown district
Middletown South principal retires and interim is named
MIDDLETOWN — A retirement and several new hires and promotions were announced at the Board of Education's Dec. 17 voting meeting. Mark Kelly, an employee of the district over the past 30 years and the current principal of Middletown High School South, will retire effective Jan. 1. His retir... More...
•Holiday melodies
•St. Benedict students leave their mark
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 Sports
•Locals at the finish line at Poricy run
MIDDLETOWN — The Poricy Park Conservancy held its annual Trail Run on Saturday, Dec. 6, in cooperation with the Jersey Shore Running Club. More...
•Local teen wins day with Eli Manning
•Trying to get the upper hand
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 Business
•In this economy, a '4-carrot diamond' may not be far-fetched
Every year we like to look back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it, and some that actually did make it, into some of Greater Media Newspapers' 12 weekly publications. More...
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