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‘Senior Spring Swing’
Mary Silenski and Ben Weiner, residents of Matawan, move to the lively swing music provided by the Manasquan High School Band at the “Senior Spring Swing” held at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, on May 4. CLAIRE SHEPROW
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Retail complex gets first round of approval
Agreement with NJ Transit needed for project BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The exterior of the Colonial Shops strip mall located on Route 516 would receive improvements under a proposed plan. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA MATAWAN — The borough’s Unified Planning and Zoning Board gave preliminary approval for a new retail building and improvements to an existing…
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Police use grant funds to curtail underage drinking
Mid’twn PD: Cops in Shops program a success BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Plainclothes officers are staking out local liquor stores as part of the Cops in Shops program to prevent the purchase of alcohol by underage customers. An $8,000 grant from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control pays the salaries…
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MCSPCA official files animal cruelty charges against two
An Aberdeen Township resident pleaded guilty May 5 to six counts of animal abuse, according to Victor “Buddy” Amato, chief humane law enforcement officer for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Paul Justin Poulet, 21, of Aberdeen, was charged with six counts of abuse of a living creature and pleaded…
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Portion of Navesink River Road to reopen
MIDDLETOWN — A westerly portion of Navesink River Road that has been closed and under repair since April 1 is expected to reopen in about two weeks. The delay was caused by a faulty markout by the water company that caused a water main break at the construction site, according to a press release from…
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Keyport 2010 municipal budget in holding pattern
BY JAMES McEVOY Correspondent KEYPORT — The Borough Council will have to wait at least until its next scheduled meeting on May 18 to adopt the 2010 municipal budget after two proposals failed to get a second motion for a vote. The $8.4 million budget, which as constituted would include an increase of 1.6 cents…
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Twp., Army Corps meet on Pt. Monmouth flood relief
Mayor says federal funds may be available for project BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger said he is optimistic about federal assistance for the Port Monmouth pump station, following a May 5 meeting between township officials and representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The pump station would be part…
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Mission Matawan community service project in its 8th year
MATAWAN — The First Presbyterian Church of Matawan will hold its eighth annual Mission Matawan program June 26 through July 3. Mission Matawan provides a helping hand to the elderly, handicapped and others who may not have the resources to repair and maintain their homes. Volunteers from the First Presbyterian Church do all of the…
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Mayor, union spar on salary freeze
Scharfenberger’s push for pay freeze rebuffed by MTEA BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger said he will continue pressuring the Middletown Township Education Association (MTEA) to accept a one-year pay freeze in lieu of additional program and personnel cuts, although the union has already refused. “I’m still trying to pressure the…
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