Tag: Middletown

  • Middletown will obtain new town hall through lease agreement with redeveloper

    Middletown will obtain new town hall through lease agreement with redeveloper

    Members of the Middletown Township Committee have adopted an ordinance that authorizes an agreement with Middletown Municipal Complex Urban Renewal, LLC, for the $56 million town hall redevelopment project. The agreement officials adopted on Dec. 7 states that the redeveloper of the existing 9.7-acre municipal complex at 1 Kings Highway (Middletown Municipal Complex Urban Renewal)…

  • Local heroes rescue woman, 87, from burning Middletown home

    Local heroes rescue woman, 87, from burning Middletown home

    MIDDLETOWN – Life-saving awards have been presented to a security guard and a Middletown police officer after they helped to rescue an 87-year-old woman from her burning home in Shadow Lake Village. Shadow Lake Village security officer Keith Thornton and Middletown Patrolman Nicholas Monochio are credited with acting heroically to save a life in the…

  • Brookdale scholars awarded recognition in literary journal

    Brookdale scholars awarded recognition in literary journal

    The literary works of two local scholars are being recognized on an international platform. “Only 25 people in the entire world get the honor to be published in Nota Bene and I still cannot believe they chose my poem.” That was the sentiment offered by Brookdale Community College student Erica Rosenthal.  Rosenthal, who is a…

  • Weichert’s Middletown office celebrates success in November

    Weichert’s Middletown office celebrates success in November

    Christina Crupi-Lyons, manager of Weichert, Realtors’ Middletown office, has recognized her office’s top producers for November. Sales associate Eva Acevedo led all associates in the Middletown office for sales and revenue during the month. Kimberly Tompkins was the associate with the most listings. The office is located at 1008 Route 35, Middletown, or call 732-671-8000…

  • Graeme Atkinson named broker-manager of Gloria Nilson & Co.’s Middletown office

    Graeme Atkinson named broker-manager of Gloria Nilson & Co.’s Middletown office

    Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate announced Graeme Atkinson as broker-manager of the Middletown office. Atkinson brings more than 25 years of experience in residential, new construction, land and commercial sales to the role. He most recently served as a real estate agent for seven years in the Middletown office. Prior to joining Gloria Nilson…

  • Clean Ocean Action working to restore health of Navesink River

    Clean Ocean Action working to restore health of Navesink River

    A “no blame game” approach to restoring the Navesink River is expected to continue until 2020 when it is predicted the waterway will see a complete restoration.   That was the assessment offered by representatives of Clean Ocean Action, an organization that works to improve the degraded quality of marine waters. Clean Ocean Action facilitated a…

  • Brookdale Board of Trustees selects new leadership

    Brookdale Board of Trustees selects new leadership

    The Brookdale Community College Board of Trustees selected its executive leadership team for the 2019-2020 academic year at its annual reorganization meeting that was recently held. Trustee Tracey Abby-White was selected by her colleagues to serve a one-year term as board chair, a position previously held by Dr. Carl J. Guzzo, Jr. A former teacher, Henry Hudson…

  • Driver charged in Woodbridge crash that killed one, seriously injured another

    Driver charged in Woodbridge crash that killed one, seriously injured another

      A woman from Middletown has been charged with causing the death of one passenger and seriously injuring another in a crash on the Garden State Parkway in the early morning hours of Nov. 26. Kimberly Franklin, 20, was criminally charged on Dec. 5 with aggravated manslaughter in the first degree and assault by auto in…

  • Middletown mayor ‘dismayed’ scratching Stevenson Park plan wasn’t enough for residents

    Middletown mayor ‘dismayed’ scratching Stevenson Park plan wasn’t enough for residents

     Municipal officials in Middletown have denied a proposal advocated by residents to place a conservation easement on the Stevenson Park property deed.  The proposal residents made during a Middletown Township Committee meeting on Nov. 19 prompted Mayor Kevin Settembrino to say he was “dismayed” that scratching an initial concept plan to develop the property with…