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  • NOTESAround Town

    The second annual Michael’s Feat Cut-AThon will be held 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 11 at Peter Conte Salon, 128 Main St., Matawan. One hundred percent of the proceeds from each haircut will benefit Michael’s Feat, Aberdeen, which helps families caring for seriously ill newborns in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Recommended donation for a…

  • Funding approved for beach replenishment, flood control

    U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Fiscal Year 2010 Energy and Water Conference Report, which will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to continue critical shore protection and flood control projects in Monmouth County. The conference report reconciled differences between the House and…

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    The Rev. Joyce Antila Phipps, pastor of Old First Church, Middletown, gives a tour of the church cemetery during the church’s 321st anniversary celebration Oct. 4. See page 19.

  • MCSPCA Dog Walk

    Lori Van Pelt (above left) and Roxie reach the finish line at the 16th annual Dog Walk and Pet Fair held Oct. 3 at Brookdale Community College in Middletown. Hunter (below) dressed in costume to take part in the dog walk, which was sponsored by the Monmouth County SPCA and Red Bank Veterinary Hospital.

  • Middletown rejects BOE’s proposal on field deal

    Township will consider option of West Front Street Park BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Middletown backed out of negotiations with the school district over shared use of new athletic turf fields last week, but elected officials said they will move forward at another site. In a Sept. 28 letter, Anthony Mercantante, township administrator, wrote that…

  • Owner of landscaping firm pleads guilty to tax fraud

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The owner of Jody Vaccarella Inc., a landscaping business located in Aberdeen, pleaded guilty Sept. 29 to filing a fraudulent tax return. Joseph Vaccarella, a Keyport resident, entered his plea in federal court in Trenton before Judge Anne Thompson. At his plea hearing, Vaccarella admitted that on or…

  • Fink voted off Holmdel Lucent subcommittee

    Committeeman says decision is politically motivated BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Holmdel Township Committeeman Larry Fink was voted off the township’s Lucent subcommittee on Oct. 1. Committeeman Larry Fink The motion to remove Fink was added to the committee agenda at the beginning of the meeting and was carried by a 3-2 vote. Mayor Serena…

  • Old First Church celebrates 321st year

    Old First Church in Middletown has ties to the American Revolutionary War. MIDDLETOWN — Old First Church, the first and oldest continually run Baptist Church in New Jersey, celebrated its 321st anniversary Oct. 4. Tours of the church and cemetery were offered. The current sanctuary, the church’s third, was built in 1832 on the foundation…

  • Keeping alive the memory of the Forgotten War

    Marine travels country to interview Korean War veterans BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer AMarine Corps combat veteran has begun a noble journey to document the story of the Korean War veterans who survived one of the most decorated battles in American history. Top: Korean War veteran Charles Crilly is filmed as he recounts his experiences…