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January 15, 2009
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ERIC SUCAR staff Fifth-grader Laura Diorio performs as the leader of the Lost Boys during a production of "Peter Pan" at Nut Swamp Elementary School in Middletown on Jan. 9. More photos, page 3. More...
Decision pending on request for delay in effective date

Monmouth County officials are awaiting a decision by the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the county's request to delay implementation of revised flood zone maps. "There still is no resolution," Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-13th District) said. "The county filed their appeal a few months ba... More...


Officials say revitalization is based on economics

Middletown's latest plan for redevelopment of the Port of Belford incorporates features that promote tourism, including a maritime heritage center and a bedand breakfast inn. The updated plan for the port is being touted by officials as one that focuses on financially viable options that could be... More...


Clockwise from top: Fifth-graders perform in "Peter Pan" at the Nut Swamp Elementary School in Middletown on Jan. 9. William Weise plays the role of Bear in the children's classic, which played to a large crowd of teachers, students and parents. The entire fifth grade took part as cast and crew. Lau... More...


Dems oppose three-year term for boro engineer

HOLMDEL — This year's Township Committee reorganization meeting included plenty of new and familiar faces taking oaths of office, but not every appointment was easily agreed upon. By a unanimous vote at the Jan. More...


Middletown Township Chief of Police Robert Oches is asking residents to keep cars off all streets during snowstorms and bad weather to enable the township plows to clean streets properly, and safeguard children to and from school by giving residents an open road. More...
On behalf of the Matawan Community Food Pantry, the following people/groups need to be publicly thanked for making Christmas 2008 a little brighter for 40 local families. Generous financial donations were given by Bob Bunyon, William Malley, and Temple Shalom in Aberdeen. Food donations/gifts wer... More...
It was so easy for me, two or three years ago, to poke fun at senior citizens and all of the demands they make. Cheaper movie tickets, property taxes frozen in place forever, lower-price early-bird dinners — all of the things that everyone should be able to enjoy in life. More...
The winter my wife and I packed our family and moved from my hometown in Casper, Wyo., to take a newspaper job in the relatively balmy climes of Illinois had been a tough son of a gun. For starters, in January of that year, 1984, the temperature hadn't risen higher than 15 below zero for over a m... More...
Mrs. Carlsen, 104, died Jan. 1, 2009, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Hazlet. She had resided in Keyport, and Middletown before relocating to Hazlet. She was predeceased by her husband, John, in 1985; and two sons, Roy, in 1994, and Ralph, in 2006. Mrs. More...
HOLMDEL — The Holmdel Township School District has announced the deadline for filing petitions for Board of Education nominations. The deadline for filing nominating petitions to run for positions on the Board of Education is 4 p.m. March 2, Business Administrator and board Secretary Michae... More...
Mid South grad expected to be the top running back selected
When Knowshon Moreno signed his letter of intent to attend the University of Georgia a little over three years ago, there were those who doubted that he would make a serious impact at the collegiate level. Despite some scouts rating him as high as No. More...