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    Brandon Gaona searches for evidence of prehistoric life during a Community Fossil Hunt at Poricy Park in Middletown on Aug. 18. LAUREN CASSELBERRY The Middletown Township Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, will host a break dancing demonstration on Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. in the community room. The Jersey Underdogs, a dance crew that…

  • Holmdel police conduct impaired driving crackdown

    Holmdel law enforcement officers are cracking down on drunk drivers as part of the summer 2012 “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. The initiative began Aug. 17 and will run through Sept. 3. Local and state law enforcement officers will conduct sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols, looking for motorists who may be driving while…

  • Residents may use StringFly program to submit photographs for publication

    Greater Media Newspapers is reaching out to the community with the introduction of Greater Media StringFly, a citizen journalism photography program. Greater Media StringFly will give people of all ages and from all communities the opportunity to take photographs of events that occur in their hometown and to submit them to Greater Media Newspapers for…

  • Library hosts career transition group

    The Middletown Township Public Library will host local meetings of the career transition, support and networking group Neighbors-helping-Neighbors. The meetings will be held at 10 a.m. beginning Sept. 6 in the community room of he library, located at 55 New Monmouth Road. Neighbors-helping-Neighbors is a program open to anyone who is in career transition, unemployed,…

  • Where are the next government engineers, scientists?

    I have just finished watching the Military Channel’s presentation on the history of our submarine development during the Cold War. We far outdid the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and made it think twice about armed conflict with us. It takes the thinking of many technical minds to complete projects like that. I wonder…

  • Longstreet exploits positive emotions toward animals

    I have read the letters to the editor regarding the animals at Longstreet Farm, and I think some of the writers are missing Suzanne Dragan’s point. The animals at Longstreet Farm are raised in the public eye and are presented to the public as a tourist attraction. People come to the farm to see an…

  • Community invited to Veterans Job Fair at Brookdale

    I am retired from the U.S. Army and currently serving as operations administer at Brookdale Community College. I am coordinating a Veterans Job Fair to be held Aug. 27 at the Brookdale Lincroft main campus. The event also welcomes friends, family and community who are seeking employment or services. It will be held from 9…

  • Mat-Aberdeen, MRTA settle teachers contract

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — After two years of negotiations, the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District and the Matawan Regional Teachers Association (MRTA) have reached a contract settlement that calls for a 2.5 percent salary increase for teachers, bus staff, secretaries, aides and maintenance personnel. Members of the Board of Education unanimously approved a…

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