• Mat-Ab BOE approves $63.2M 2012-13 budget

    Aberdeen taxpayers to support 68.2 percent of budget, and Matawan will pay 31.7 percent BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education adopted a $63.2 million budget, an increase of 2.2 percent over last year. The 2012-13 spending plan calls for a tax levy of $47.9 million, an…

  • Churches find common ground through music

    Temple Shalom, New Light Baptist Church join for Freedom Music Project BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Members of the Temple Shalom and New Light Baptist choirs join Peri Smilow in the Freedom Music Project, a concert reflecting on Passover and the civil rights movement, on March 31 at Temple Shalom in Aberdeen. PHOTO COURTESY OF…

  • Brooklyn comes to Aberdeen on May 20

    ABERDEEN — Temple Beth Ahm is inviting allwith ties to the borough of Brooklyn to turn back the hands of time and take a walk down memory lane. If you remember having an egg cream made with Fox’s U-Bet chocolate syrup, milk and seltzer delivered by the seltzer man or savoring a Charlotte Russe, “Oh,…

  • Aberdeen begins single-stream recyclables pickup

    ABERDEEN — Single-stream recycling began this week in Aberdeen Township in the Cliffwood Beach, Cliffwood, River Gardens, Oakshades, Freneau and Heritage Estates sections. According to a press release from the township, collection will take place on Wednesday, April 11, throughout all Strathmore sections, the high school area, as well as the Woodbrook Drive, Randall Way,…

  • Township names members to Aberdeen Business Council

    ABERDEEN — Eight local business men and women and a township official have been appointed to the recently formed Aberdeen Business Council, an advisory board that will serve as a liaison between the municipality and the business community. The advisory board consists of nine members appointed by the township manager for one-year terms ending Jan.…

  • No rise in Hazlet school taxes for 2nd straight year

    BOE allots additional 2011-12 state aid toward $48M 2012-13 budget BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer HAZLET — Hazlet taxpayers may grade the Hazlet Township Public School District’s 2012-13 budget an “A,” after officials announced the call for a zero percent tax increase. At its March 26 meeting, the Hazlet Township Board of Education unanimously adopted a…

  • Matawan-Aberdeen BOE approves pre-K tuition increase

    Preschool slots will be chosen by lottery; enrollment cap set at 90 students BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Members of the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education approved a $500 increase in the preschool tuition at Cambridge Park Elementary School on March 26. The board unanimously approved the increase, which will raise…

  • Expanded summer programin Mid’town

    Middletown’s Recreation Department is gearing up to offer a new and expanded Summer Recreation Program, which will run June 25 through Aug. 3. The program will include themed activity weeks and be offered at four locations — Croydon Hall, Thompson Middle School, Thorne Middle School and the Tonya Keller Community Center. Parents will be able…

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