• Veterans Day ceremony at Vietnam Vets’ Memorial

    HOLMDEL — The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will host a Veterans Day Ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. The N.J. Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial is located on the grounds of the PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel. Adm. Paul Gaffney II, president of Monmouth University, will be the speaker. Gaffney served two tours…

  • Sports Shorts

    All former Lion wrestlers, coaches, family and friends are invited to the first Black & Orange Wrestling dinner to be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 23 in the Middletown High School North cafeteria. All current and former wrestlers and coaches will be part of the program. Tickets are $12 in advance and $20 at the…

  • Lenore Popovich

    Mrs. Popovich, 80, of Keyport, died Oct. 17, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was an office manager at Morris Catholic High School, Denville, for 20 years, retiring in 1988. She was predeceased by a sister, Sally Gwynne. She is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Daniel J. Popovich of Idaho Falls, Idaho,…

  • Windmill project gets green light, will seek bids for base

    Contract must be in place by February to qualify for stimulus funds BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority is seeking bids to construct the base of a 380-foot-tall windmill after receiving permission from the Department of Environmental Protection. Robert Fischer, executive vice president of BRSA, said the sewerage authority put out…

  • Colts rule SC x-country behind Mazzaccaro

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The venue changed, but, not the result. Christian Brothers Academy’s Mike Mazzaccaro won his second championship race in 12 days on Saturday, capturing the Shore Conference Championship, which was held at Bucks Mill Park in Colts Neck. Just as he did in winning the Monmouth County title at Holmdel Park,…

  • Dolores D. Schneid

    Mrs. Schneid, 73, of Middletown, died Oct. 19, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was employed at the Asbury Park Press, Neptune, most recently as district manager, retiring after 25 years. She is survived by two sons, Tom Schneid of Virginia Beach, Va., and Dan Schneid of Santa Ana, Calif.; a daughter, Doreen…

  • Aberdeen receives grant for hazardous waste cleanup

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Township officials announced that Aberdeen has received $55,340 from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Municipal Grant Program. The funds will be used to pay for an environmental investigation at a 1.34-acre Church Street site that was previously leased to Matawan Borough for a…

  • Anne T. Haytko McGuire

    Mrs. McGuire, 92, of Middletown, died Oct. 17, 2009, at home. She was a retired employee of Moody’s, New York City. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward J. McGuire, in 1983; and six siblings. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia Anne and Alfred Klein of Middletown, and Maryanne and Vincent Di-…

  • Mitchell reflects on 24 years with Keyport Police Department

    Chief began five months of vacation time Nov. 1 BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Keyport Police Chief Thomas Mitchell was never supposed to be a cop. The men in his family had been Newark firefighters for generations, and the same was expected of him. Thomas Mitchell Instead, he took a different path in civil service.…

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