• Fiscal responsibility lacking in Middletown

    The Republican majority of Middletown’s Township Committee is financially irresponsible. Big time. They exhibit insensitivity to current economic conditions as they relentlessly pursue the installation of turf fields within the township that already has turf on each of its high school fields. Are the taxpayers now being obligated to provide turf in townships parks at…

  • Resident grateful to mayor for his efforts to provide safe fields

    As a coach and parent of two children in the Middletown Soccer League, and also as a lifelong soccer player and resident of Middletown, I want to commend Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger for his efforts to provide our children with safe, low-maintenance fields. I have met with the mayor in his office and also attended numerous…

  • Wind turbine issue deserves deeper study

    In the March 4 edition, you published a letter (“Groups urged to eliminate pollution, not windmill”) wherein the author used the very large, all-inclusive paint brush of NIMBY-ism (not in my backyard) as it relates to efforts of the Hazlet Environmental Commission and Hazlet Area Quality of Life Alliance (HAQLA) to educate the public about…

  • Martha (Patterson) Ross

    Mrs. Ross, 84, a Matawan resident since 1968, died March 6, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Before marrying and raising her family, she worked as a clerk at the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, during World War II, and later for Western Union in the Mid- Atlantic area. Mrs. Ross was predeceased…

  • Irene K. Eldershaw

    Mrs. Eldershaw, 80, of Jackson, died March 6, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to her move to Jackson, she was a resident of Tinton Falls for 55 years. From 1972 to 1982, Mrs. Eldershaw was the hostess at the Lincroft Inn, Lincroft. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55…

  • Barbara Ann Murray

    Ms. Murray, 70, of Holmdel, died March 5, 2010, at CareOne at Holmdel. From 1957 to 1960, she was a member of the Women’s Army Corps, serving in Germany and the Pentagon. Ms. Murray was an administrative assistant at Fort Monmouth for 25 years and a volunteer at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Surviving are…

  • ‘Sylvia’s Children’ exhibit at Pollak Gallery

    ‘Sylvia’s Children: A Photo Exhibition of the Mbiriizi Advanced Primary and Day Care School in Musaka, Uganda, Africa” is at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre Gallery in West Long Branch. Sylvia’s Children: Young students at Mbiriizi Advanced Primary School in Musaka, Uganda, Africa. The exhibit is sponsored by Monmouth’s School of Social Work and Center of…

  • On Campus

    Penn State University, State College, Pa., has named the following local residents to its dean’s list for the fall semester: from Matawan, Kadi R. Noonan, James J. Paolantonio, Bari A. Peyser, Tyler P. Segalla, Veronica Abraham, Elise M. Dellabella, Joseph P. Dunn and Christine A. Lynch; from Holmdel, Dennis A. Di Bella, Samantha P. Ruda…

  • Growing community

    Monmouth U. grad student seeks participants for garden project BY LINDA JOHNSTON MUHLHAUSEN Correspondent WEST LONG BRANCH —Community gardens are sprouting up all over Monmouth County as a way for neighbors to come together to grow their sense of community as well as delicious, healthful garden produce. A few months ago Dr. Robin Mama, dean…

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