• Matawan wants bldg. site developed

    Board of health lot will be subdivided BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council unanimously approved a subdivision of the site of the former Matawan Board of Health facility at 145 Broad St. into two separate lots, at a workshop meeting on March 2. The former Board of Health building located at…

  • Keyport council accepts grant for senior center

    BY JAMES McEVOY Correspondent KEYPORT — The Borough Council unanimously approved the acceptance of a grant in the amount of $36,000 to fund the Keyport Senior Center at its March 2 meeting. The annual grant provided by the Monmouth County Office on Aging, along with borough funding and donations, is the major source of funding…

  • Mid’town district faces tough budget choices

    Thompson: ‘There is no more money in Trenton’ BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer L ocal elected officials told members of the public attending a public forum hosted by the Middletown Township School District that school districts are being asked to make tough but necessary choices given the state’s fiscal crisis. Middletown Superintendent of Schools Karen…

  • Twp. and BOE continue negotiations over turf fields

    Public forum to be held in late March BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Talks between the Middletown Township Committee and the Board of Education will reopen to discuss allowing local sports associations to use fields at Middletown High School South. A preliminary design plan for West Front Street Park was placed on the Middletown Township…

  • “Underground Railroad,”

    Second- and third-graders at Strathmore Elementary School in Aberdeen perform March 2 in “Underground Railroad,” a program about the legacy of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, an African American who helped slaves escape to freedom. More photos, page 3. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Around here, the in-box is always an adventure

    Coda • GREG BEAN One thing I can say about my readers: they’re not shy about writing me concerning something I’ve opinionated over in this column. A few weeks back, for example, a frustrated John, from Hazlet, asked me where I get the ideas for my columns. I should point out that John has suggested…

  • For the Record

    Meridian Health, Wall Township, and Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, have approved the terms of an agreement for the hospital to join the Meridian Health system. The merger is pending state approval. An article in the March 4 issue listed the Holmdel hospital as a Meridian Health affiliate.

  • Proposed health care reform will put medical advances at risk

    Irecently underwent robotic surgery for cancer. My admiration for the individuals who thought of minimally invasive surgery, who thought of robotic surgery, who designed and built the da Vinci Surgical System, and the two doctors who performed my surgery is unbounded. I entered the hospital at 11:30 a.m. on a Wednesday, spent seven hours in…

  • It’s time to study cutting number of school districts

    Over the past two weeks, your newspaper has published a guest column (Feb. 25, “Even the Playing Field in School Negotiations,” by Dr. Marc Gaswirth) and a letter (March 4, “School Official’s View on Contracts Applauded,” Ed McNamara) supporting the position that collective bargaining practices between local New Jersey school boards and the New Jersey…

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