Author: KELLY GIULIANO, Staff Writer

  • Luxury athletic facility in Middletown could be ‘economic companion’

    Luxury athletic facility in Middletown could be ‘economic companion’

    MIDDLETOWN – Aaron Koehler, the director of real estate development at Life Time Fitness, has said the business, which is described as a luxury athletic health club, would be a “significant economic companion” in Middletown. Testimony on behalf of the applicant, Life Time Fitness, was presented at the Middletown Planning Board’s Sept. 18 meeting at…

  • Red Bank council names side street Ice Boat Lane

    Red Bank council names side street Ice Boat Lane

    RED BANK – The Borough Council has adopted an ordinance that tags a street with no name Ice Boat Lane. On Sept. 25, council President Erik Yngstrom, Councilman Edward Zipprich, Councilman Michael Ballard, Councilman Hazim Yassim, Councilwoman Kathy Horgan and Councilwoman Kate Triggiano voted “yes” on a motion to adopt the ordinance. The council members…

  • Holmdel Harvest Fest

    Holmdel Harvest Fest

    PHOTOS BY KELLY GIULIANO/STAFF Holmdel Harvest Fest was held at Bayonet Farm on Oct. 5.

  • Fair Haven voters approve $15.6M referendum for school upgrades

    Fair Haven voters approve $15.6M referendum for school upgrades

    A $15.6 million construction referendum that proposed improvements to the Viola L. Sickles School and the Knollwood Public School has been approved by voters in Fair Haven. The Fair Haven Public Schools Board of Education placed the referendum before voters on Sept. 24. According to unofficial results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office,…

  • Former Holmdel administrator addresses issues involving turf field

    Former Holmdel administrator addresses issues involving turf field

    Donna Vieiro, Holmdel’s former township administrator, said she became “a pawn in a political fight” after an allegation arose that she authorized the work necessary to install a synthetic turf athletic field without Township Committee approval. “I did not by any means tell (T&M Associates) to do this work. Under oath, I am telling you…

  • Livoti’s celebrates its customers on Aberdeen Day

    Livoti’s celebrates its customers on Aberdeen Day

    ABERDEEN – Livoti’s Old World Market in the Aberdeen Town Square Center used a day of community spirit in Aberdeen Township to thank its patrons for their business year round. “My way of giving back to my customers is appreciation day,” owner John Livoti Sr. said during the 10th year of the celebration on Sept.…

  • Rooftop dog runs, corner plaza included in Red Bank redevelopment proposal

    Rooftop dog runs, corner plaza included in Red Bank redevelopment proposal

    RED BANK – Some residents in Red Bank are expressing displeasure about a developer’s proposal to construct a 210-unit apartment building at the corner of Bodman Place and Riverside Avenue. Testimony on behalf of the applicant, 176 Riverside, LLC, was presented at a Red Bank Planning Board meeting at Borough Hall on Sept. 16. 176…

  • Brookdale takes steps to address food insecurity among students

    Brookdale takes steps to address food insecurity among students

    Brookdale Community College administrators are working to ensure that students are equipped to work, study and conduct the tasks of daily life without feeling the effects of an empty stomach. On Sept. 17, staff members, community partners and dignitaries attended the grand opening of the institution’s Helping Hands lounge on the college’s Lincroft campus. The…

  • Superintendent of schools outlines referendum for Red Bank council

    Superintendent of schools outlines referendum for Red Bank council

    Jared Rumage, the Red Bank Borough Public Schools superintendent of schools, has shared the details of a $6.75 million referendum with members of the Red Bank Borough Council. Voters will be asked by the school district’s Board of Education to approve the referendum on Election Day, Nov. 5. Rumage appeared before the council on Sept.…