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    CHRIS KELLY Julianna Tragele swings a bat for the first time on the new baseball fields at the Matawan Municipal Complex, Broad Street, during the Matawan-Aberdeen Babe Ruth Little League’s opening day Sunday.

  • Ferry fraud case contin­ues

    Officials fromPort Authorityquestion competitor By elaine Van DeveldeStaff Writer Ferry fraud case contin­ues Officials from Port Authority question competitor By elaine Van Develde Staff Writer While no one on the federal level will talk about a fraud investigation into one area ferry service, the competition confirmed being questioned by federal officials. SeaStreak’s general manager, David…

  • Brookdale to hold naming ceremony, workshops

    Brookdale Community College, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft section of Middletown, will host a formal naming ceremony to name its gymnasium the Robert Collins Arena on May 13 at 4 p.m. For more information, call Avis at (732) 224-2967. The college’s basic skills committee will host "Outreach 2003: A Conference for High School Professionals," May 16…

  • Township wins county award

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – It’s just ducky. The township’s Cultural and Arts Council and Recreation Department has won an award from the Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners for innovative recreation programming with its Duckoration 2002 contest. Last year’s contest, the first of its kind in…

  • Project Crash

    Project Crash Megan Rohrbach, 17, and Natalie Paterson, 18, seniors at St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, playing the victims to show students what really happens after a drunken-driving accident. Rachel Scalzo, a St. John Vianney teacher acting as an emotional mother at Project Crash, is comforted by Holmdel Police Officer William Cusick after she…

  • Signs point to new law

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL— New township regulations may be put on political signs supporting candidates. There is no law regulating regarding where signs can be put or how long they can remain up, said Christopher Schultz, township administrator. Political signs have been put on township property, such as in…

  • Houlihan’s to raise money for employees killed in crash

    Funds to help defray family travel andfuneral expenses By maura dowginStaff Writer Houlihan’s to raise money for employees killed in crash Funds to help defray family travel and funeral expenses By maura dowgin Staff Writer The families of five employees of a Holmdel restaurant who were tragically killed in a violent two-car accident have not…

  • Township opens door for 700 senior housing units

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The township passed two resolutions to pave the way for construction of over 700 new senior housing units. The resolutions were passed unanimously at the Township Council meeting April 15. They expand the senior housing zone in the Freneau section of the township and…

  • Subdivision splits neighbors

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT — Residents continue to unite against two proposed subdivisions on Kearney Street. A proposal before the borough Unified Planning Board to subdivide two residential properties to construct two new houses across the street from each other in an area of the borough known for large…