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Mid’town looks at energy efficiency programs
Twp. will form ‘Green Team’ BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee at the June 1 workshop meeting listened to a presentation on how to not only keep the municipality green, but save some green as well. Paul Sweetwood, an engineer with T&M Associates, was invited to speak to the members of…
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County finds no need for Matawan reval
Resident: Errors by assessors should be corrected BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer MATAWAN — Despite repeated attempts by residents to coax the county into authorizing a second revaluation, no such deal was struck, borough officials said. “The request for another revaluation was denied,” Mayor Paul Buccellato said in a June 4 interview. “The county…
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OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND – Advertorial
By Gloria Averbuch Advertorial OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND ONTO THE PLAYGROUND By Gloria Averbuch Sky Blue FC Collette McCallum Photo credit to: Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com Just as learning is not confined to a classroom, neither are sports and fitness confined to organized teams and programs. You can do a lot to promote children’s fitness,…
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Seeing is believing: the awful toll of war
Boots signify lives lost at war BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer The financial cost of war is often spelled out for the public, tallied in the billions of dollars spent on weapons and technology, but how is the human cost of war illustrated? Seventy-eight pairs of military boots arranged in rows on the grounds…
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Farm life gives autistic young adults community
Impact OASIS to partner with township to buy 26-acre farm BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Middletown Township and a local nonprofit group are close to an agreement that would give autistic young adults a place to live together as a community on a farm after they graduate from high school. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff…
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Matawan not on board with MOM line
Boro supports So. Amboy as rail line alternative BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer The Matawan Borough Council passed a resolution opposing a rail line that could potentially run along the Henry Hudson Trail, adding more NJ Transit trains and passengers to the borough’s already congested roadways. “The borough’s proposing additional alternatives; our position has…
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The champs
Dan Avella (l) and Steve Rosone of Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, celebrate the Colts’ 8-5 victory in eight innings over Delbarton School in the championship game of the NJSIAA Non-Public Group A state baseball tournament on June 7 in Toms River. CBA won its previous state title in 1977. Meanwhile, Middletown South High School’s Ashley…
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Regina T. Pindell Kraemer
Mrs. Kraemer, 80, of the Belford section of Middletown, died June 4, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was a senior bookkeeper at the business office at Middletown Township Board of Education for more than 25 years. She was also a service representative at N.Y. Telephone, New York City, for five years. She…
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Ida A. Jacovino Desmond
Mrs. Desmond, 89, of the West Keansburg section of Hazlet, died May 21, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was a bookbinder in New York City for 20 years, retiring 40 years ago. She was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Peter Desmond, in 1994; a son, Joseph P. Desmond, in 1994; and…
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