Author: Greater Media

  • User-friendly budgets improve transparency

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer New Jersey residents may have an easier time understanding where their tax dollars are being spent under new state requirements for towns to provide more concise budget summaries. Municipal governments are now required by the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Division of Local Government Services to produce a userfriendly…

  • Incumbent retains GOP nomination in Holmdel primary

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer An incumbent committeeman thwarted a challenger who sought to usurp the Republican nomination for a three-year term on the Township Committee during Holmdel’s June 2 primary election. Republican Thomas Critelli defeated challenger Anne Morrison, who ran off the party line. Critelli received 318 votes, or about 71 percent. Morrison…

  • Violeta Peters honored for community service

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Ken, left, and Eric Peters pose with their mother, Violeta Peters, recipient of the fifth annual Earl Thomas Teasley Humanitarian Award, on June 1. ADAM UZIALKO/STAFF Violeta Peters stood quietly beside the podium as several speakers recited all the reasons they felt she deserved the fifth annual Earl Thomas…

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    MARK ROSMAN/STAFF View of the Brooklyn Bridge, foreground, and the Manhattan Bridge, along the East River from the roof of an apartment building on John Street, New York City, June 7.

  • Writer finds presidential candidates lacking

    For the past six years, the Obama administration has elevated incompetence even beyond the reach of ridicule. When one disillusioned voter was asked what he thought were President Barack Obama’s three biggest mistakes, he simply replied, “First, his accepting the nomination. Second, taking the oath of office. And third, not resigning.” As for the other…

  • GOP slate emerges from primary election

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer HAZLET — Township Republican Club members William “Bill” Shea and Thomas G. Mann will face off against Democratic Township Committee incumbents Barbara Ronchetti and James Di- Nardo in the November general election. The June 2 primary election saw three Republican candidates vying for a place on the official party…

  • Library offers programs set for tweens, teens

    The Middletown Township Public Library has programs and special events for tweens and teens during June at 55 New Monmouth Road. Registration is required for all programs by calling the Youth Services Desk at 732-671-3700, ext. 340, or visiting www.mtpl.org.  “Teen Writing Group” meets at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. Learn how to improve your…

  • Historical society to meet June 15

    The Middletown Township Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. June 15 at the Poricy Park Nature Center, 345 Oak Hill Road, Middletown. Dan Lieb, an accomplished historical diver, will discuss the 19th-century maritime disaster of the ship, Robert J. Walker, a steamer that served in the U.S. Coast Survey, a predecessor agency of the…

  • Transition tips offered for teens with autism

    The process of transitioning into adulthood requires a particular timeline for those with autism and other special needs, according to Anne Marie Mazzu, a trusts and estates partner at the law firm of Davison, Eastman & Muñoz. At age 14, a case manager and child study team should discuss the transition. At 16, an individualized…