Tag: Middletown
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Middletown officials introduce ordinance to increase open space tax rate
MIDDLETOWN – The Township Committee has introduced an ordinance that will, if adopted, implement a voter-approved increase to the annual collection rate of the Middletown Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund. The ordinance was introduced during the committee’s April 5 meeting and is scheduled for a public hearing and a…
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Middletown resident named award winner in QuickFire Challenge
A Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) pediatric nurse from Middletown has been named an awardee of the Johnson & Johnson Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge in COVID-19 Patient Care. Kathleen Malouf, who works in Pediatric Medical Stay for MMC’s Unterberg Children’s Hospital in Long Branch, is the inventor of the IsoPouch, a simple, disposable, transparent pouch that…
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Lions Club, Blessing Bag Brigade seek assistance to help homeless
MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Lions Club is continuing to help individuals in need by working with the Blessing Bag Brigade to create “Blessing Bags” for homeless individuals and other disadvantaged populations in the area. A “Blessing Bag” contains basic necessities most people take for granted, but are not always available to individuals who do not…
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‘SPARK’ up summer fun at day camp
Spark up the summer fun at SPARK Day Camp. SPARK is a traditional day camp with plenty of surprises. Camp will run June 28 through Aug. 20, and campers can register for a minimum of two weeks or up to the full eight-week full summer season. For your family’s flexibility, weeks do not have to…
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Area residents will appear in work to be screened at Garden State Film Festival
A Middletown resident and a Holmdel resident are starring in a short film that will be screened during the 19th Garden State Film Festival. “Not Yours,” a comedy starring Ryan Moore of Holmdel and Justin Guerrieri of Middletown, is scheduled to be screened during the festival on March 27 at 7:30 p.m. The short film…
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Independent News Briefs, March 17
Municipal officials in Middletown have applied to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to seek bids for a solar energy farm at the NJ Transit station parking lot on Church Street in Middletown, according to a press release from the Sierra Club New Jersey Chapter. The power generated by the facility would provide a…
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Three area school districts scheduled to lose state aid during 2021-22
Gov. Phil Murphy has unveiled his Fiscal Year 2022 budget, which includes proposed funding for New Jersey’s public school districts during the 2021-22 academic year. In terms of state school aid, which is calculated under the terms of legislation known as S-2, some school districts have come out winners and will see an increase in…
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Middletown officials offer support for pending state legislation
MIDDLETOWN – Members of the Township Committee are in support of pending state legislation that, if passed in the Senate and Assembly and signed into law by the governor, could help a resident of Middletown. At its meeting on Feb. 16, the governing body passed a resolution expressing support for legislation “expanding offenses eligible for…
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Middletown disburses $422,500 in COVID-19 relief grants
MIDDLETOWN – The Township Committee ceremoniously presented the representatives of eight small businesses with a check for $15,000 on Feb. 9 through the Middletown Economic Relief Program (MERP): All Natural Dry Cleaners, Code Ninjas, Greens & Grains, Middletown Pancake House, Monmouth Museum, No Limits Cafe, Rock’n Music Academy and Zeek’s Tees. MERP funding was officially…