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GOP wins mayoral election, 2 council seats in clean sweep
Ballot question shows voters favor shared police administration BY JAMES McEVOY Correspondent KEYPORT — Robert McLeod, Republican challenger for mayor, defeated Democratic incumbent Robert J. Bergen while two Republicans won council seats in a clean sweep giving Republicans a slight majority on the Borough Council. Previously, Democrats controlled the council by a 5-2 margin; now,…
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Plan to reduce gov’t wins for Middletown GOP
Twp. Committee’s lone Dem loses re-election bid BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Republicans will claim a super-majority on the Middletown Township Committee in January with the re-election of Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger and election of Kevin Settembrino on Nov. 2. Scharfenberger and Settembrino bested incumbent Councilman Sean Byrnes, currently the lone Democrat on the Township Committee,…
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Members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 12, Oakhurst, march during the Veterans Day parade in Belford on Nov. 7 jointly sponsored by the Township of Middletown and VFW Post 2179. This year’s theme was “Pride Runs Deep.” SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Middletown mayor: State job no secret
Scharfenberger heads state Office of Planning Advocacy BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger said last week that controversy over his appointment to a state post is political fodder. Gerald Scharfenberger According to Shawn Crisafulli, Department of State spokesman, Scharfenberger began his position as executive director of the state Office of PlanningAdvocacy on…
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Jacquelyn Hunter, Melissa Cameron and Emily Mitschele, members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 1242, Leonardo, show their gratitude during the Veterans Day parade in Belford on Nov. 7 jointly sponsored by the Township of Middletown and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2179. This year’s theme for the parade was “Pride Runs Deep.” SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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Holmdel Community Church to host concert
HUCC Finn, the homegrown band of the Holmdel Community Church, 40 Main St., will be performing an eclectic variety of music (blues, jazz, country, rock) 6 p.m. Nov. 13. All are welcome to this free performance. Child care will be provided.
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On Nov. 28, the Jackson Renegades Fast Pitch Softball Organization is sponsoring a Softball Coaches Hitting Clinic for coaches only of the Jackson Township girls softball program from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Carl W. Goetz School, 835 Patterson Road, Jackson. The clinicians, Roy Kortmann, head softball coach of Long Island University, and Andy Russo, assistant…
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Burlington City shocks Warriors in state soccer
BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The New Egypt High School boys soccer team expected to be practicing through last week for the second round of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I state sectional tournament. Instead, the players were packing away their equipment and coach Sam Palumbo took an impromptu vacation with school closed for a few…
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