Month: July 2011

  • County Fair open through July 31

    The Monmouth County Fair is under way. The dates and times are:  Thursday, July 28, 5-11 p.m.  Friday, July 29, 5-11 p.m.  Saturday, July 30, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.  Sunday, July 31, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Rachel Cohen, the 2011 fair chair, said the fair schedule would include “fireworks,…

  • Walk4Hearing 5K slated for Oct. 15

    The Hearing Loss Association of New Jersey (HLAA) is hosting the fourth annual Garden State Walk4Hearing on Oct. 15 at Mercer County Park West, West Windsor. The 5K-walk (3.1 miles) will begin with registration at 9 a.m. and the walk will start at 10 a.m. The walk, held in multiple cities across the country, is…

  • First, it’s your soda, then they’ll come for the bacon

    CODA GREG BEAN Everybody has their own idea of what the fire pit down below might look like, and what we have to look forward to if we don’t mind our p’s and q’s while we’re on this mortal plane. In my imagined Hades, only the very bad go to the worst levels, and those…

  • Parent urges Mid’twn BOE to reconsider principal’s removal

    (An open letter to the Middletown Board of Education and Interim Superintendent Patrick Houston) A s a parent and Parent/Faculty Association board member, I was shocked to learn that the Middletown Board of Education and Interim Superintendent Patrick Houston have suddenly decided to remove Dr. Anthony Shallop as Middletown High School South’s principal and return…

  • Without volunteers, ambulances will sit idle

    The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) redesign bill S818/A2095, passed by the General Assembly and now being considered in the Senate, is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The bill has several flaws and vague language. For example, its proponents claim the changes the bill would bring to New Jersey’s EMS system would cost less than $2…

  • Resident heartbroken over Board of Ed. action

    On Wednesday, July 20, 2011, the Middletown Board of Education voted to remove Dr. Anthony Shallop as principal of Middletown High School South and return him to the classroom. Obviously, as a staunch supporter of Dr. Shallop, I found the events of that evening to be terribly sad, and yet inspiring at the same time.…

  • Political Cartoon

  • Aberdeen accepting electronics for recycling from other towns

    ABERDEEN TOWNSHIP— The Township Department of Public Works is now accepting electronics for recycling from residents, small businesses and other institutions throughout Monmouth County at its public works yard on Lenox Road off Cliffwood Avenue. Accepted items include computer monitors, keyboards, scanners, CPUs, televisions, radios, telephones, modems, hard drives, laptops, stereos, VCRs, fax machines, copy…

  • Board members defend reassignment of principal

    MHSS principal to return to teaching position BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Board of Education members and residents are divided over the controversial decision to reassign High School South Principal Anthony Shallop to a teaching position at the July 20 board meeting. Shallop holds a tenured teaching position but had not received tenure…