• Thank heaven for little girls

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Top left: Rachel Brudner, 12, dances with her father Steven during a Daddy/Daughter Sweetheart Dance at the Holmdel Township Senior/Community Center on Feb. 22. Right: Mitch Lautenberg dances with his daughter Amelia, 10.

  • Library, Board of Ed. will share space

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer ERIN STATTEL Architect Anthony Iovino, of Arcar & Iovino Architects, Little Ferry, presented preliminary site plan concepts for a new library at the Feb. 19 Holmdel Township Committee meeting. HOLMDEL — A $4.9 million concept for the township’s proposed library and new Board of Education offices was presented at…

  • Byrnes: Salary cuts should include commissioners

    Deputy mayor says move is partisan BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Sean Byrnes MIDDLETOWN — Township Committeeman Sean Byrnes wants to take budget cuts a step further than suspending the salaries of Township Committee members. After the committee unanimously approved the introduction of an ordinance suspending their 2009 salaries, the Democratic committeeman proposed an ordinance…

  • When life hands you lemons …

    Scrapbooking fundraiser benefits children’s cancer programs BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Karen Salerno is quite the scrapper. The Holmdel resident, along with friend Lyn Finn of Eatontown, will host a scrapbooking event, Lemonade Crop ’09, March 28 to benefit a foundation that is close to her heart. ERIC SUCAR staff Karen Salerno (center), along…

  • A MESSAGE TO YOUTH ATHLETES: BE PREPARED (Adertorial)

    Gloria Averbuch works for Sky Blue FC of Women’s Professional Soccer A MESSAGE TO YOUTH ATHLETES: BE PREPARED (Adertorial) Advertisement A MESSAGE TO YOUTH ATHLETES: BE PREPARED Fitness, fun, family time—youth sports can be wonderful. But like every intensive endeavor, these activities require proper care and preparation. In our enthusiasm to give our children every…

  • Twp. OKs study of revitalization

    Mayor: Eminent domain will not be used BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer The Middletown Township Committee approved a resolution that authorizes the Planning Board to begin a redevelopment study aimed at the revitalization of North Middletown. CHRIS KELLY staff A section of Port Monmouth Road in North Middletown that has a mix of commercial and…

  • Nonpublic schools may lose busing

    Cost for nonpublic students exceeds state allowance BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Starting this fall, students traveling to nonpublic schools will most likely not receive transportation on the district’s dime. According to a Jan. 23 letter from Holmdel Township School District Superintendent Barbara Duncan, “Effective Sept. 1, the district will only make aid-in-lieu payments…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Bill Stefany dances with daughter Dana, 10, at the Holmdel Daddy/Daughter Sweetheart Dance held at the Holmdel Township Senior/ Community Center on Feb. 22. More photos, page 17.

  • Maria Korowsky Lapa

    Mrs. Lapa, 85, of Tinton Falls, died Feb. 12, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She resided in Matawan prior to relocating to Seabrook Village, Tinton Falls, 10 years ago. Before her retirement, Mrs. Lapa was a secretary at E.I. DuPont, Parlin, for several years. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank F.…

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