Author: Kayla Marsh
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More meetings set for Shoppes at Middletown application
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – The Township Planning Board will continue to hear testimony on an application filed by Village 35 LP, of Purchase, N.Y. to build a 340,000 square-foot commercial development on land between Kanes Lane and Kings Highway East on Route 35. Residents packed the room on June 1 at…
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Matawan Council introduces $11.4M municipal budget
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer MATAWAN – The Borough Council has introduced an $11.45 million budget to fund the operation of Matawan during 2016. “This budget reflects a zero percent increase on the municipal tax rate,” Mayor Joseph Altomonte said. At a special meeting of the Borough Council held on May 31, Altomonte said…
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Lincroft Village Green Association to hold Food Truck Fest June 17
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer LINCROFT – The Lincroft Village Green Association will kick off summer with an event sure to bring excitement to music, food and craft lovers from all across the area. On June 17, the group will serve as the host to its first “LINCROFT EATS Food Truck Fest” from 4:30-9 p.m.…
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Eagle Scout project honors late Shore Regional High student
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — A local Eagle Scout project is paying homage to a former Shore Regional High School student who battled cancer for more than 18 months before passing away in November of 2014. On May 25, family, friends, students, faculty and local officials came out to support…
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Ariel Club celebrating 120th anniversary
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — The oldest social women’s organization in the area is celebrating its 120th anniversary with a luncheon and a walk down memory lane accompanied to music from each era the organization has seen. The Ariel Club will celebrate its anniversary on June 8 at the Deal Golf…
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Saint Mary School opens state-of-the-art science lab
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A new, state-of-the-art, 21st-century science lab at Saint Mary School, in the New Monmouth section of the township, is giving students and teachers a dedicated open space and environment with unobstructed views to work while performing numerous age-appropriate laboratory experiments. “Previously students would have to walk across…
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Middletown theater teacher puts on the ‘Ritz’
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A local teacher has combined his love of an F. Scott Fitzgerald classic and theater to create a piece of work that allowed students to perform something new and create characters never before seen on a stage. “This story [Fitzgerald’s ‘The Diamond as Big as the Ritz’]…
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Eatontown unanimously votes to re-enter tax demonstration program
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer EATONTOWN — After at least two meetings worth of discussion, the Borough Council has unanimously voted to re-enter the Assessment Demonstration Program of the Monmouth County Board of Taxation. While no resolution was originally on the agenda for the governing body’s May 25 meeting, the workshop session saw the…
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Mater Dei looks at long-term building strategies
By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Mater Dei Prep has implemented the first steps of a multi-phase plan that will improve existing school facilities and grounds to provide students and community members with a more secure and welcoming environment. “We are a thriving school on the horizon of great things,” said James Hauenstein,…
