• Good parenting key to stopping hate crimes

    Your recent article about hate crimes asked how we can prevent them. By the time a kid is old enough to obtain and use a can of spray paint, it’s too late. Respect for others comes much earlier through good parenting. Don’t ask the schools, institutions, or anyone else to be responsible for teaching the…

  • Legislation would put fire sprinklers in new homes

    Tragedy struck in Middletown in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 4, when a fire claimed the life of a resident who was trapped inside the Jersey Avenue home. Police and approximately 45 firefighters from four towns quickly arrived to the scene at around 1:30 a.m. to find the house fully engulfed in flames.…

  • Church to host bone marrow donor drive

    HOLMDEL — AHEPA Chapter 517 of Holmdel and the Ladies Philoptochos Society BAHA Chapter at Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church in Holmdel are sponsoring a bone marrow registry drive to help find a donor for Benjamin Venezia, a teen being treated for leukemia. Venezia is a Boy Scout and altar server at St. Athanasios…

  • Middletown gets down to business

    Six named to EDC to attract businesses, offset drop in commercial tax revenues BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — In an effort to strengthen the township’s business community and potentially bring new companies and tax revenues to Middletown, the Township Committee has selected six residents to work alongside Mayor Anthony Fiore on a new…

  • Keyport council approves officials’ salary increases

    Raises for administrator, clerk still being discussed BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — Following two meetings and a lengthy period of closed-session discussion, the Keyport Borough Council passed a resolution authorizing a 1.75 percent salary increase for more than 30 nonunion positions, including those of the mayor and council. Among the raises approved at…

  • Shining a light on power companies

    Report analyzes service of New Jersey’s major electricity distributors BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer A storm that ripped through Freehold Borough at the end of July tore trees from the ground and knocked out power in the community. In light of a report released Sept. 5 from the state Board of Public Utilities, New Jersey’s…

  • Detective accuses Hazlet officials of racial bias

    Federal lawsuit names mayor, administrator, police chief among others BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A Hazlet Police Department (HPD) detective filed a discrimination lawsuit against the township and multiple officials on Sept. 14, claiming he has been harassed and denied a promotion because of his ethnicity. According to the complaint, filed with the U.S. District…

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    Herman Berg shows his 1941 Cadillac Series 62 convertible at Aberdeen Day, held at Matawan Regional High School in Aberdeen on Sept. 22. For more photos, see page 26 and gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR

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