• Judge OKs 48 housing units in Hazlet

    Mediation in builder’s remedy suit accepted BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer A4-acre property off Poole Avenue in Hazlet is set to have 48 multifamily units built on it after a state Superior Court judge in Monmouth County accepted the mediation from a successful builder’s remedy lawsuit on Nov. 17. Judge Dennis R. O’Brien signed off…

  • Holmdel team wins Stallions’ first state cup

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer The NJX Xtreme boys U11 soccer team completed its fall season with a convincing run through the New Jersey Youth Soccer State Cup tournament. Coach Rich Pekmezian noted that the NJX Xtreme is part of Holmdel Stallions Soccer Club team and the title is the first state cup won by…

  • Caregiver support group to meet Dec. 3

    Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, will hold caregiver support group meetings in Tinton Falls, beginning at 10 a.m. Dec. 3 at Atria Senior Living Group, 44 Pine St.; and 7 p.m. Dec. 9 at Kensington Court, 864 Shrewsbury Ave. Meetings will also be 6:30 p.m. Dec. 22 at Sunrise Assisted Living, 743 Newman Springs…

  • Holmdel GOP chair stands by statements on opponents

    As chairman of the Republican Party in Holmdel, I recognize that opponents will often take political jabs at me. I realize that it comes with the territory. What is unacceptable, however, is when those opponents lie and mislead the public. This is particularly unacceptable when these lies are about issues that directly affect Holmdel residents.…

  • Sharon D. Lee-Borello

    Mrs. Lee-Borello, 46, of the Leonardo section of Middletown, died Nov. 20, 2009, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, following a lengthy illness. She was a secretary at Rice Associates, Fair Haven, retiring due to illness. Mrs. Lee-Borello was predeceased by a sister, Dawn Byrnes. Surviving are her husband, Glen D.…

  • Matawan Regional test scores yield mixed results

    Administrators adopt strategies to boost student scores BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Standardized test scores at Matawan Regional High School showed slight improvements in language arts and mathematics, but more work needs to be done to help struggling students, administrators said. “If we want our students to excel, we need to develop the…

  • In long battle over shaky degrees, taxpayers suffer

    Coda • GREG BEAN The interminable dispute in the Freehold Regional High School District over administrators and teachers who got ginned-up degrees from an unaccredited and highly suspicious online diploma mill just won’t go away. Regular readers know the saga of the tale’s most highly visible player, FRHSD Superintendent of Schools James Wasser, who got…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Doug Kaufman, of Matawan, operates his model train setup during Greenberg’s Train and Toy Show at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison on Nov. 29. CHRIS KELLY staff

  • Ten years of turkey

    Players face off and celebrate a touchdown at the 10th annual Turkey Bowl held Thanksgiving weekend on Nov. 28 at Thorne Middle School in Middletown to benefit Jason’s Dreams for Kids. This year the Turkey Bowl touch football tournament consisted of 20 teams of 300-plus players families and friends of the event. Founded in 1999,…

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