Tag: Middletown

  • High Technology students win Congressional App Challenge

    High Technology students win Congressional App Challenge

    By JESSICA HARDING Staff Writer Three students from High Technology High School (HTHS) emerged as the winners of the 6th District’s 2016 Congressional App Challenge. On Nov. 29, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-Monmouth, Middlesex)  announced the winners  –– Steven Vorona, Rishi Salwi and Charvi Shah, each a student who attends HTHS, which is located in…

  • Middletown letter carriers honored as ‘Million Mile Drivers’

    Middletown letter carriers honored as ‘Million Mile Drivers’

    MIDDLETOWN — Six Middletown letter carriers have been recognized for being among thousands of Postal Service employees who drove more than a million, accident-free miles each. Hudson Carhart, Wayne Morris, James Maida, Raymond Neefus, Joseph Patti and Frank Salvetti were recognized at a Dec. 7 ceremony at the Middletown Post Office, which is located at 1601…

  • Turnovers doom Lions in state football championship loss

    Turnovers doom Lions in state football championship loss

    By Wayne Witkowski Middletown High School North’s football team has thrived on the passing connection of quarterback Donald Glenn to receiver Brandon Kube — a collaboration that produced more than 1,000 yards for each the past two seasons. After a solid start in the first half when Middletown North took a 14-0 lead, Glenn could…

  • Late play secures state football championship for Mater Dei

    Late play secures state football championship for Mater Dei

    By Matthew Rocco The NJSIAA Non-Public, Group II championship game between Mater Dei Prep and Holy Spirit High School came down to one final play. The Seraphs had the ball with 11 seconds left, and they still had half the field in front of them. But with one flick of the ball, the Mater Dei…

  • Middletown garden club invites new members to join

    Middletown garden club invites new members to join

    The Garden Club RFD in Middletown continues to be concerned with the plight of pollinators and the lack of pollination of many plants. The National Garden Club (of which Garden Club RFD is a member) is among the organizations in the forefront of those working to improve the survival rate of pollinators. The club is intimately…

  • Middletown church to hold ‘A Night in Bethlehem’ Dec. 3

    Middletown church to hold ‘A Night in Bethlehem’ Dec. 3

    The Westminster Presbyterian Church will sponsor “A Night in Bethlehem” from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. on Dec. 3 in Harlan Hall at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 94 Tindall Rd., Middletown. Westminster Presbyterian Church will transform its Community Center, Harlan Hall, into Bethlehem for one afternoon to help guests learn about the birth place of Jesus. Event activities…

  • Lions look to end state football championship drought

    Lions look to end state football championship drought

    By Wayne Witkowski Donald Glenn and two-way standouts Brandon Kube and Dwight Wilkerson have been playing hard for four seasons as starters for this moment: the NJSIAA state sectional championship game. Middletown High School North, which takes on Sayreville War Memorial High School in the North Jersey, Section II, Group IV finale at Rutgers University’s…

  • Seraphs vie for program’s first state football championship

    Seraphs vie for program’s first state football championship

    By Matthew Rocco Mater Dei Prep is on the cusp of winning its first state football championship. The only thing standing in its way is Holy Spirit High School. The Seraphs will take their perfect record of 11-0 into the NJSIAA Non-Public, Group II final Dec. 3, and the key to walking away with the…

  • Mater Dei looks to make history in state football title game

    Mater Dei looks to make history in state football title game

    By Matthew Rocco History is within reach for the Mater Dei Prep football team. The Seraphs have never won a state championship, but they will get their chance Dec. 3 in the NJSIAA Non-Public, Group II final against Holy Spirit High School. Mater Dei booked a ticket to the sectional championship game with a dominating…