• Free dental care at Lincroft practice Oct. 11

    MIDDLETOWN — Newman Springs Dental Care in Lincroft will host its sixth annual day of free dental care next month. “Dentistry From The Heart” will take place on Thursday, Oct. 11, when dental volunteers will provide examinations, digital x-rays, blood pressure, oral cancer screenings and a choice of an extraction, filling or cleaning to people…

  • This week’s photo assignment: Send us pictures of your town

    Trevor Dowd creates a burst of iridescent bubbles using a gift from his aunt, Donna Turner. Trevor, who lives with his family in Georgia, was visiting relatives in Holmdel. Photos may be emailed to [email protected]. READER SUBMITTED PHOTO BY DONNA TURNER Last week we asked for your summer photos and many of you responded with…

  • Social media policy not ‘liked’ by everyone

    Keyport police chief plans to delete PD’s Facebook page BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — Keyport Police Chief George Casaletto said he might be doing away with the police department’s Facebook page in response to the Borough Council’s new social media policy. Another borough official, 1st Assistant Fire Chief Robert Aumack, has expressed confusion…

  • Aberdeen’s Got Talent!

    On Sept. 22 from 4-7 p.m. a talent show will take place at the Strathmore Shopping Center, Aberdeen. Children and adults of all ages are welcome to register. For more information email [email protected] or call 732-441-7999.

  • NJDOT plans upgrades to Rte. 35 in Aberdeen

    Improvements will address flooding, congestion; project to be complete in 2015 BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — A highway rehabilitation and reconstruction project planned for a 1.5- mile stretch of Route 35 through Aberdeen and Old Bridge townships is expected to decrease congestion and flooding and improve motor vehicle safety, a spokesman for the…

  • Middletown remembers

    Clockwise from top: Caroline Metz and her grandfather, Ken Tietjen, visit the memorial to their uncle and son, Kenneth Tietjen, at the Middletown World Trade Center Memorial Gardens on Sept. 11. Family members, friends and residents walk into the gardens to attend a silent 9/11 remembrance ceremony. Jason Moore and daughter Cecilia Moore visit a…

  • GUEST COLUMN

    New Brookdale president must address ethics issues ARTHUR Z. KAMIN Embattled Brookdale Community College has a new president following the scandal-ridden, 20-year administration of Peter F. Burnham, who pleaded guilty July 24 to theft by deception and two counts of official misconduct amid continued allegations of his improper personal spending habits. He may be headed…

  • Libraries support fight against hunger

    On behalf of the Monmouth County Library Commission, I congratulate the charitable work of the eighthgrade students in Brielle in collecting food for the Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties and the powerful example they set as an inspiration not only to the young people in our county, but indeed, for us all. This past…

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