• Keyport may bring kiosks to waterfront

    Art society plans Butterfly Project fundraiser BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer KEYPORT — Visitors to the borough’s waterfront promenade could have a new amenity this summer: vendor kiosks. At the Jan. 24 meeting, the Borough Council revived the idea of bringing kiosks to the downtown promenade. “[Any potential contract] allows for a kiosk that does two…

  • N.J. veterans to share experiences, poetry

    New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will host an author lecture and poetry reading by New Jersey veterans Cpl. Matthew Craw and Lt. Charles H. Johnson at 1 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center in Holmdel. Spend the afternoon with two men who have made the journey from soldier to…

  • Reformed Bible Study to begin in Red Bank

    RED BANK — The Orthodox Presbyterian Church in New Jersey is targeting the Greater Red Bank/Monmouth County area to conduct an outreach ministry. The ministry is attempting to gather people for informal weeknight studies and discussion of God’s word from a Reformed perspective, according to a press release from the church. The Red Bank Reformed…

  • Fifty firefighters battle Mid’twn structure fire

    PHOTO COURTESY OF MTFD PHOTOGRAPHER LAURIE KEGLEY MIDDLETOWN — The Middletown Fire Department received a 911 call at 6:23 p.m. on Jan. 26 from an area business reporting smoke in the area of 36 Route 36 in the East Keansburg section of the township. Within minutes of the call, a Middletown FirstAid Squad officer reported…

  • Merlas’ Bulkhead Bar & Grille to change hands

    Burlew’s bid rekindles questions about residency, relationship with council BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Ed Burlew KEYPORT— More than a year after the process began, the Borough Council approved the transfer of the liquor license for the Bulkhead Bar and Grille on West Front Street to a new owner. Ed Burlew, a longtime member of the…

  • Thanks to Matawan-Aberdeen community for supporting pantry

    The Matawan Community Food Pantry would like to thank the following groups for making Christmas 2011 easier in the food category for 54 local families: Boy Scout Troop 92, Cross of Glory Lutheran Church and First Presbyterian Church members, Keyport-Matawan Elks Lodge No. 2030, Matawan Public Library (Food for Fines program — Chrissie McGovern and…

  • Resident sees racism in candidate’s remarks

    Potential Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich shows his red-necked racism in proposing that urban poor kids be hired as janitor aides in schools. In a later speech, in response to the loud outcries of racism, Gingrich tried to hide his racism by including jobs in libraries, etc. As the East Orange City Engineer with 10…

  • Holmdel Twp. needs to live within residents’ means

    Our property taxes have risen just about every year we’ve been living in Holmdel, which indicates that we have a situation where neither the Board of Education nor the Township Committee (TC) has had the desire to live within our means. It is high time that they both learned to do so. Over the years,…

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