• Planning Board approves oxygen storage tank for Victoria House

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN— The borough Planning Board approved a site plan on Dec. 7 for the installation of an oxygen storage tank outside the Victoria House, an assisted-living facility on Freneau Avenue. Margaret Nolan, executive director for Victoria House, said the oxygen would be supplied to dependent individuals who cannot breathe on…

  • Further testing will decide fate of Oceanic Bridge

    Weight restriction extended into January BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The 3-ton weight limit that has been in place for the Oceanic Bridge spanning the Navesink River between Rumson and Middletown will continue into the new year. Oceanic Bridge According to a press release issued by Monmouth County on Nov. 17, further tests on the…

  • ‘Yuletide Magic’

    Rag dolls, candy canes and Christmas belles calling Santa are part of Perna Dance Center’s holiday troupe performing in the “Yuletide Magic” Christmas show at Raritan High School on Dec. 6. An annual tradition for the Hazlet dance center, the show is the finale for the Hazlet Holiday Parade, which was rained out this year.…

  • A house becomes a home for the holidays

    Rotary brings Christmas to Manna House BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Above: Susan Ralph, program coordinator for Manna House, (l-r) and Matawan Rotary Club member Roseanne Trevean look on as gifts are opened, while Rotarian Tom Eosso holds one of the youngest residents. ABERDEEN — Just two weeks before Christmas, the holiday season got a…

  • Helen Louise Weiss Jones

    Mrs. Jones, 86, of Holmdel, died Dec. 4, 2009, at The Willows, Holmdel. She was predeceased by her husband, Samuel Jones Jr.; a son, Frederick Jones; and a sister, Isabel Schmidt. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Samuel and Jacqueline Jones III of Hazlet; a sister, Gladys Gibson of Kingston, Pa.; four grandchildren;…

  • Towns cross fingers, await word of state aid payments

    BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Gov. Jon Corzine’s decision to at least delay state aid payments to municipalities has left many Bayshore communities with holes in their budgets. In light of an $800 million deficit in the fiscal year 2010 budget, Corzine and New Jersey Treasurer David Rousseau announced Dec. 1 that Consolidated Municipal Property…

  • Marion R. Dougherty

    Mrs. Dougherty, 90, of Middletown, died Dec. 6, 2009, at Chelsea Assisted Living, Tinton Falls. She was predeceased by her husband, Daniel R. Dougherty, in 1979. She is survived by her children, Joan Fitzgerald of Milford, Pa., Denise J. and Donald Sisk of Middletown, Geri and Michael Benedetto of Monroe Township, Daniel and Catherine Dougherty…

  • Hazlet’s Flight 1549 hero true to Bayshore roots

    Warren directed ferries’ rescue of the Miracle on the Hudson BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer It’s been more than 11 months since Alan Warren directed the NY Waterway’s ferry rescue of US Airways Flight 1549 on Jan. 15, 2008. Alan Warren, a vice president of NY Waterway, walks along the Keyport waterfront where he docks…

  • Frank Joseph Lamicela

    Mr. Lamicela, 57, of Middletown, died Dec. 4, 2009, in Long Branch. He was a supervisor with the New York City Sanitation Department, retiring in 2006. Surviving are his wife of 33 years, Theresa DeSan Lamicela; his parents, Joseph and Lena Alfasi Lamicela; two sons, Joseph F. Lamicela and Michael A. Lamicela, both of Red…

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