• Parking lot a hazard on court days

    There is an issue with the Hazlet Library parking lot on court days. The very people who are going to court for parking and traffic violations are committing them yet again by not following the arrowed traffic pattern in the lot, and parking on the perimeter of the lot in absence of empty legal parking…

  • Bring kidnapped girls back home

    Hi, my name is Trevor. I am 11 years old and live in Holmdel with my family. I am writing to you because I am upset about the 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped by the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram. I am upset because some of the girls were Muslims and some of them…

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    JESSICA D’AMICO/STAFF Parasailers prepare for flight off the coast of Point Pleasant Beach.

  • Act now for clean air, water and health

    YOUR TURN Michele S. Byers GUEST COLUMN Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman said at a New Jersey Conservation Foundation event a few years ago that the Garden State is “on track to become the first state in the union to run out of open space.” “I love New Jersey being first in a lot of…

  • New Brunswick H.S. to hold 50th reunion

    The New Brunswick High School class of 1964 will host a 50-year reunion on Oct. 18. Interested classmates may email Vito LoSardo at [email protected] or call 703-887-4498.

  • Talk to shed light on marketing indie books

    Indie publisher Ed Charlton will offer a presentation titled “Getting Your Indie Book Into Bookstores” beginning at 11:45 a.m. during the June 28 meeting of Sisters in Crime/Central Jersey at the Jamesburg Senior Center, 139 Stevens Ave. Admission is free of charge. The day will begin with a 10 a.m. Readers Group discussion of the…

  • School district seeks teacher-evaluation relief

    By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District is seeking the state’s approval to cut down on the number of required tenured-teacher evaluations. An application will be submitted to the state Department of Education (DOE) to waive the requirements for the 2014-15 school year, according to district officials. “We have 21…

  • Middletown celebrates 350th

    MIDDLETOWN — More than 1,000 people participated in the Middletown 350 Parade and Time Capsule celebration on June 21 to commemorate the founding of Middletown Township in 1664. Schools, Scouts, marching bands, floats, civic, fraternal and youth groups, police, fire, EMS and other township services, vintage vehicles, dancers, pipers and local officials were among those…

  • Twp. aims to redevelop properties

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Lunney’s, an abandoned property, is one of three located in the zone targeted for a redevelopment investigation by Middletown Township. ADAM C. UZIALKO/STAFF The Middletown Planning Board will conduct an investigation of three properties on Port Monmouth Road to determine whether they meet the criteria for redevelopment. The Township…

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