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Matawan council debates big issue with Little St. lot
Businesses using lot intended for residents, visitors to downtown BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer MATAWAN — A public parking lot on Little Street intended for shoppers and residents on Broad Street, is being used by local businesses, officials said last week. Members of the Borough Council discussed how to address the issue at the May…
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Remembrance Day
Brig. Gen. Michael L. Cunniff (l-r), adjutant general of New Jersey, awards Richard Kunz of Matawan,a medal for his service in the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War. The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day ceremony was held at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Holmdel on May 7. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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Hidden history of N.J. to be topic of talk
Joseph G. Bilby will be the featured speaker at the 7:30 p.m. May 21 meeting of the Middletown Township Historical Society. Bilby will be presenting on the new book, “Hidden History of New Jersey,” which he co-authored with James M. Madden and Harry Ziegler. The meeting will be held at the MacLeod-Rice House at Croydon…
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Four Ponds objector questions credibility of project planner
Attorney calls roadways, size of amenities into question; testimony to continue in June BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Opponents of a proposed 342-unit housing development in Lincroft called into question the amount of preparation the project’s planner spent reviewing the site layout or impact on the surrounding area before testifying before the Middletown Township…
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What’s for lunch? Students campaign for improved plate
Women in government mentor high school students at annual Running & Winning workshop BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Women in politics and government service on the local, county and state levels mentored female high school students at the sixth annual Running and Winning workshop held at Monmouth Regional High School on April 27. Sixty young…
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Parent wonders why school board accepted resignation
(An open letter to Dr. Bernard Bragen, superintendent of schools for the Hazlet Township School District.) I t is with great disappointment that I have learned of the Hazlet Township Board of Education accepting the resignation of Matthew Howell, principal of Lillian Drive School. In the two years that my daughter has attended Lillian Drive,…
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Televised meetings shouldn’t be complicated
A recent article discussed that televising the Middletown Township Committee meetings (“Televising meetings becomes partisan issue in Mid’town,” April 26) has come to be a political issue this election year; however, it was the Township Committee members that first politicized this otherwise nonpartisan issue. Making government business available to the public should not be a…
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Board accepts MAMS principal’s resignation
Teachers, parents praise Blackmore’s leadership, complain of turnover BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education voted 5-3, with one abstention, to accept the resignation of Matawan Aberdeen Middle School Principal Tyler Blackmore at the April 30 meeting. Prior to the vote, teachers and parents who packed the…
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