• Halloween Costume Parade,

    Good witch Bridget Purcell joins marchers in the Keyport Emergency Services’ eighth annual Halloween Costume Parade, which made its way along West Front Street to Keyport Central School on Oct. 25.

  • Residents unsure when to seek aid for regular flooding

    Committee introduces bond to shift funds to flood project BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Even as the Township Committee prepares to fund renovations to Port Monmouth’s drainage system, residents are uncertain about when they should contact emergency services for aid with water-filled streets. Resident Kevin Halek said he called police Sunday, Oct. 18,…

  • Anthony J. Sullivan

    Mr. Sullivan, 78, of Middletown, died Oct. 18, 2009, at home. He was retired from The New York Times. He is survived by his wife, Ursula; four children, Kathleen Schulz of Middletown, Maureen of Gilbertsville, N.Y., Thomas of Kansas City, Mo., and Timothy of Basking Ridge; and seven grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial was…

  • Three seeking seats for freeholder

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer T hree Monmouth County residents are seeking a threeyear term on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in the Nov. 3 election. Sean Byrnes Republican John P. Curley is a resident of Middletown. He is the vice president of Jim Curley Pontiac, Buick, GMC in Lakewood. Democrat Sean F.…

  • Anna B. Gigante

    Mrs. Gigante, 69, of Middletown, died Oct. 15, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She was a forklift operator at Charles of the Ritz, Holmdel, retiring in 1987. She is survived by her husband, Michael Gigante; three sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Laura Gigante, and Joseph and Rosemary Gigante, all of Red Bank,…

  • COAH to corruption, 13th District candidates weigh in

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA & TOM SHORTELL Staff Writers Republican Assembly members Samuel Thompson and Amy Handlin are seeking their seventh and third terms, respectively, in the Nov. 3 elections. They are being challenged for their 13th District seats by Democrats Robert Brown and James Grenafege, and Sean Dunne, an independent. Robert Brown Q: Do you…

  • Helen Beck Gombos

    Mrs. Gombos, 99, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 16, 2009, at Francis E. Parker Memorial Home, Piscataway. She was a member of the North Brunswick Senior Citizens. She was predeceased by her husband of 70 years, Louis Gombos, in 2006. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Donald and Janet Gombos of Monroe Township;…

  • Mat-Ab schools curb violence, vandalism

    Educators say proactive steps have created a ‘culture of learning’ BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Measures taken by administrators in the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District have been successful in drastically reducing incidents of violence and vandalism at district schools. According to Superintendent of Schools Richard O’Malley, violence and vandalism have dropped by 55 percent during…

  • Ralph D. “Buddy” Yeager

    Mr. Yeager, 55, of Hazlet, died Oct. 12, 2009, at The Manor in Freehold, following a battle with cancer. He was a truck driver at Harbison Walker Refractories, Rahway. He is survived by his wife, Geraldine Richio Yeager; a son, Vincent Yeager; a sister and brother-in-law, Claremarie and Michael Vadala of Bethlehem, Pa.; and two…

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