Tag: Middletown

  • Dance With Melody celebrates 28 years in business

    Dance With Melody celebrates 28 years in business

    Dance With Melody is celebrating its 28th year in business. Owner Melody Shanley opened the studio in 1991 and is still located in the popular Middletown ShopRite Plaza. Parents love the convenience of dropping their children off to dance while they shop and enjoy the various stores located in the mall.  The family-friendly studio offers a full…

  • In the Service – U.S. Air Force National Guard Airman Richard F. Santora

    In the Service – U.S. Air Force National Guard Airman Richard F. Santora

    U.S. Air Force National Guard Airman Richard F. Santora graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also earn…

  • Student-athletes excel academically at Middlesex County College during fall term

    Student-athletes excel academically at Middlesex County College during fall term

    Forty student-athletes at Middlesex County College (MCC) finished their fall semester with a grade point average of at least 3.0 or higher. Of the 133 Blue Colt student-athletes, 40 had GPAs of 3.0 or above. Seventeen of those had 3.50 GPAs or higher. Two had perfect 4.0 GPAs. Baseball player Alex Lamattina of Hazlet and…

  • Middletown officials will continue talks on date for school board election

    Middletown officials will continue talks on date for school board election

     For now, the election when voters choose members of the Middletown Township Public Schools Board of Education will remain in November.  Over the past two weeks, members of the school board and members of the Middletown Township Committee expressed opposing views as to when the board of education election should be held. In 2012, following…

  • Perry elected to serve as Middletown mayor in 2019

    Perry elected to serve as Middletown mayor in 2019

    Republican Township Committeeman Anthony S. Perry will serve as Middletown’s mayor and Republican Township Committeeman Anthony P. Fiore will serve as deputy mayor in 2019. Perry, 28, is believed to be the youngest elected official to ever serve as mayor in Middletown, according to municipal officials. Perry and Fiore were elected to those positions by…

  • Weichert, Realtors’ Middletown office recognizes top producers for December

    Weichert, Realtors’ Middletown office recognizes top producers for December

    Christina Crupi-Lyons, manager of Weichert, Realtors’ Middletown office, has recognized her office’s top producers for December. Sales associate Mary Shannon Cooper led all associates in the Middletown office for sales and revenue during the month. Michael Smith was the associate with the most listings. For more information, visit the office at 1008 Route 35, Middletown, or…

  • American Red Cross to hold blood drive in Middletown Jan. 18

    American Red Cross to hold blood drive in Middletown Jan. 18

    The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Jan. 18 at the Middletown Township Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, Middletown.   To make an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org, download the free American Red Cross Blood Donor app, or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.

  • Middletown investment manager, former fire chief convicted of $10M Ponzi scheme

    Middletown investment manager, former fire chief convicted of $10M Ponzi scheme

    An investment manager with an office in Middletown has been convicted of running a Ponzi scheme, concealing losses, faking investment returns, and stealing more than $10 million in investor money, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Vincent P. Falci, 59, of Middletown, was convicted of four counts of a superseding indictment, three counts of wire fraud…

  • Veteran helps living shoreline thrive at Naval Weapons Station Earle

    Veteran helps living shoreline thrive at Naval Weapons Station Earle

    Robert Mennella has exchanged his U.S. Air Force uniform for fisherman’s overalls. “This is my new mission, I’ve just changed uniforms,” he said. The Keansburg resident and second-year Brookdale Community College student is one of three scholars who have been selected to take part in the fifth cohort of the NASA STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering…