• Residents question candidates on the issues

    Massell, Short differ over COAH, finance committee BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer The two Middletown Township Committee candidates outlined their political stances and plans in an open forum Oct. 14. Middletown Township Committee candidate Steve Massell delivers his opening speech during a public forum presented by the Greater Red Bank League of Women Voters Oct.…

  • Commission seeks funding for Burrowes Mansion

    $162K needed for exterior and interior restoration work BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer North of Route 34, across the water from Lake Matawan, a hidden 18th-century gem still stands tall at 94 Main St. Members of the Matawan Historic Sites Commission have developed a plan for the preservation of the circa 1723 Burrowes Mansion that…

  • Freeholders won’t intervene in windmill proposal

    Public comment period open through Nov. 3 BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders has no plans to intervene in a proposal to construct a 380-foot-tall windmill in Union Beach, nor do state legislators, for the time being. Robert Fischer, executive director of the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority, stands near…

  • Arbiter: Developer lacks funding for fort project

    Pallone says development should proceed but avoid commercialization of Hook BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent The National Park Service (NPS) announced Monday that the arbiter agreed upon by the park service and Rumson developer James Wassel has upheld the park service’s cancellation of Wassel’s 60-year lease to renovate and commercially develop at least 36 buildings at…

  • Frank Picciurro

    Mr. Picciurro, 78, of Holmdel, died Oct. 14, 2009, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease). He was a co-founder and partner during the 1970s of one of the first insurance cluster agencies in North America, RPM Insurance Agency, retiring in 1995. Prior to that, Mr. Picciurro and his brother formed the real…

  • William P. Collins

    Mr. Collins, 83, of Hazlet, died Oct. 14, 2009, at Arnold Walter Nursing Home, Holmdel. He was an elevator operator with union Local 32BJ, New York City. Mr. Collins is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Debbie and Kenneth Relay of Hazlet; and two grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Holy Family…

  • Helen Marie Olson Santoianni

    Mrs. Santoianni, 89, of New Hampshire, and formerly Red Bank and Middletown, died Oct. 12, 2009, at The Edgewood Centre, Portsmouth, N.H. She was a colorist and draftsman at Eastern Inspection Bureau, New York City, where she was employed 10 years. Mrs. Santoianni was predeceased by her husband, Michael Santoianni; a sister; and five brothers.…

  • Mary Lou Madreperl Wallace

    Mrs. Wallace, 78, of Southampton Township, died Oct. 11, 2009, at Virtua Memorial Hospital’s Good Samaritan Hospice, Mount Holly. She had resided in Red Bank, Matawan and Tinton Falls before relocating to Southampton several years ago. Mrs. Wallace was predeceased by her husband, retired Aberdeen Police Chief Ralph E. Wallace; a son, Eric Wallace; and…

  • Amelia Mainieri D’Amore

    Mrs. D’Amore, 97, of the Lincroft section of Middletown, died Oct. 13, 2009. Prior to her retirement, she was an office supervisor at Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Hudson County and Red Bank, where she was employed for several years. Mrs. D’Amore received her degree from Monmouth University, West Long Branch, at the age of 72.…

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