Author: Greater Media
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Keyport planners name area in need of redevelopment
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer The Keyport Borough Council will create a redevelopment plan to address several properties along West Front Street, including a portion of Brown’s Point Marina. The borough Planning Board unanimously approved designating the area “in need of redevelopment” at a June 25 meeting, which means the borough has more control…
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Winning
More than 2,000 people attended the Win & Wine Weekend/Chocolate Festival at Monmouth Park on June 27 and 28. Attendees sampled wine from local wineries and desserts from area vendors. The event was sponsored by Greater Media Newspapers. Bottom left: Michael and Dawn Russell of Staten Island are ready for wine tasting. Bottom right: Alexis…
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Development of senior housing begins
ABERDEEN — The 14-acre former South River Metals Corporation site on Church Street in Aberdeen has been vacant for many years, but that is about to change. Township officials have announced that RPM Development Group will soon break ground for a three-building affordable housing development that will include rental units for seniors and people of…
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Scholarship winners announced in Hazlet
Three Hazlet residents were announced as the winners of the Hazlet Business Owners Association’s 2015 Scholarship Program. The first-place winner was Morgan Dickens, who was awarded $1,000. Secondplace winner Bryan Rothman and thirdplace winner Patrick Auld were each awarded $500. All three attend Raritan High School. The scholarship program is open to any Hazlet resident…
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Library has summer reading programs
The Middletown Township Public Library is offering summer reading programs for young children and teens at 55 New Monmouth Road. Registration begins July 6. Participants can log their minutes online and earn prizes for reading books, magazines, articles and school-required items. For more information, call 732-671- 3700, ext. 340 or register at www.mtpl.org.
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MARK ROSMAN/STAFF Sign of the season at the Quaker Inn, Ocean Grove, on a beautiful and busy June 28.
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Help is available for victims of violence
All of us at 180 Turning Lives Around Inc. are saddened by the recent death of Tamara Seidle, mother of nine children, reportedly well-known and well-liked throughout the community. There is no disputing the fact that gunshots fired by her exspouse, Neptune Police Sgt. Philip Seidle, were the cause of her death and that this…
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Convert Hazlet tract into a county park
Over the last year or so, more public interest and discussion have surfaced in keeping the Stone Road Meadows tract open space and having it turned into a county park. Stone Road Meadows is a 26- acre tract that is bordered on the south by the old Bradlees store, which has been vacant for at…
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Trinity Hall school is a community asset
Once again, Trinity Hall, the all-girls college preparatory high school, has been forced to defend itself against a small but vocal group of local residents. Trinity Hall is an asset to our community. Here are some facts. Trinity Hall has extensively renovated Croydon Hall at its own expense. This much-improved building will be returned to…
