• Twp. seeks grant for Ideal Beach upgrades

    Committee OKs application for $250K in county open space funds BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer A concept drawing of the new concession building proposed for the Ideal Beach pavilion. COURTESY OF BLDG ARCHITECTURE LLC., MANASQUAN MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee authorized an application for a Monmouth County Open Space grant for the first phase of…

  • Middletown Day

    Top to bottom: Dominic Schettino (l) and Charlie Lee battle it out on one of the inflatable attractions at Middletown Day on Sept. 25 on Croydon Hall. Keira Dean enjoys a pony ride while a group gets a lift in a fire ladder bucket, compliments of the Middletown Fire Department Station No. 8.

  • Construction begins for turbine; local residents call for halt

    Fischer: BRSA will build only one turbine BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Robert Fischer (center), executive director of the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority, leads a tour of the construction site for the industrial wind turbine on the plant’s 24-acre property in Union Beach on Sept. 20. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA HAZLET — As residents continue to push…

  • Mat-Ab BOE member resigns, cites move

    Board of Ed. will seek candidate for Aberdeen seat BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Joseph Warren ABERDEEN — The Matawan- Aberdeen Board of Education accepted the resignation of board member Joseph Warren, author of the controversial “Aberdeener” blog, at a regular action meeting on Sept. 27. Warren, who was elected to the board in April…

  • County eyes improvements for historic mansion

    Burrowes Mansion deteriorates due to lack of funding BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Ahistoric 18th-century gem in the heart of Matawan is on the county’s agenda for exterior and interior improvements. Monmouth County officials will be applying for grant funding to restore the exterior of the 18th-century Burrowes Mansion in downtown Matawan. FILE PHOTO Monmouth…

  • Boro OKs lieutenant to run police dept. temporarily

    Chief suspended pending results of administrative review BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The Matawan Borough Council appointed a senior commanding officer to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Matawan Police Department while an administrative review of the borough’s chief of police continues. The council unanimously approved a resolution on Sept. 21 appointing Lt. Jason D.…

  • Harvest Home Festival

    Family members saw a log the old-fashioned way at the Monmouth County Park System’s Harvest Home Festival held at historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel on Sept. 25. FRANK GALIPO

  • business briefs •••

    Debra Camal, M.D., a surgeon who specializes in the treatment of breast disease, has been named medical director of the Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center at Monmouth Medical Center. A resident of Holmdel, Camal earned a medical degree from the State University of New York/Health Science Center at Brooklyn, N.Y. She completed a general…

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