• Drunken-driving crackdown to begin on Aug. 21

    Law enforcement officials from the Aberdeen and Holmdel township police departments will be cracking down on drunk drivers as part of the summer 2009 Over the Limit, Under Arrest campaign. Beginning Aug. 21 and running through Sept. 7, local and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints, looking for motorists who…

  • Christine M. Pace

    Mrs. Pace, 31, of Keyport, died July 26, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was an X-ray technician at Eatontown Medical Associates. She is survived by her parents, Gail Weir Pace of Marlboro, and Michael Pace of Union; a sister, Jennifer Pace of Marlboro; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. A funeral liturgy…

  • Clearwater Festival

    The Hudson River Sloop Singers have been singing together for more than three decades and reunite annually to perform at the 34th Annual Clearwater Festival Saturday, Aug. 15.

  • Linda Pricoli

    Mrs. Pricoli, 45, of Rumson, died Aug. 6, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She is survived by her husband, Paul; three children, Connor, Bryan and Erin; her parents, Joan and Arthur Lindsay of Middletown; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Gary and Diane Lindsay of Middletown, and Michael and Susan Lindsay of Staten Island, N.Y.;…

  • Farmers market

    ERIC SUCAR staff Lindsey Richards of Hauser Hill Farms in Old Bridge organizes some peaches at the farmers market held along West Front Street in downtown Keyport on Aug. 6. Keyport will distribute $30 of Monmouth County farmers market food vouchers to borough seniors. Lauren Ludwig, Pittstown, reaches for a carton of plums during the…

  • Felix Russo

    Mr. Russo, 97, of the Lincroft section of Middletown, died July 30, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a cashier for the U.S. Government in Staten Island, N.Y. He was predeceased by his wife, Anna Petralia Russo, in 1995; a daughter, Phyllis DeMeo, in 2004; five brothers, Joseph, Michael, Vincent, Anthony and…

  • Merla trades politics for pizza

    Ex-mayor hopes new restaurant serves as a fresh start BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer John Merla shows off one of his pizza pies at the new restaurant Johnny Tomatoes in downtown Keyport. KEYPORT — The controversial former mayor officially became a free man last week, and soon a sign emblazoned with his nickname will stand…

  • Theresa “Terry” Tomchik

    Mrs. Tomchik, 64, of the Lincroft section of Middletown, died Aug. 14, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, following a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband of 39 years, Ronald Tomchik; two children, Ron Tomchik and Lori Tomchik, both of Lincroft; a sister, Annette Velez; a niece; and a nephew. A Mass…

  • Matawan will use state aid to cut taxes

    Boro receives $105K in extraordinary aid BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The Borough of Matawan will use $105,000 in extraordinary aid from the state toward property tax relief for residents, officials said last week. The borough was notified by the N.J. Department of Community Affairs (DCA) that it would receive $105,000 in aid on Aug.…

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