Tag: Middletown

  • Eagles improve to 4-0; Antonucci reaches win milestone on gridiron

    Eagles improve to 4-0; Antonucci reaches win milestone on gridiron

    MIDDLETOWN – The legacy that Keyport native Steve Antonucci continues to build on Nut Swamp Road in Middletown South High School keeps growing each year. It started on the baseball diamond in 1996 when Antonucci began a 13-year tenure as the manager of the Eagles and led the team to two state sectional championships and…

  • Middletown South defeats Manalapan in overtime to remain undefeated

    Middletown South defeats Manalapan in overtime to remain undefeated

    Regulation time was not enough to settle a Shore Conference Colonial Division showdown between the Middletown South and Manalapan high school football teams on the evening of Sept. 24 in Manalapan. The two undefeated teams were tied 7-7 at the end of the fourth quarter and played overtime, during which each team would have a…

  • Kratz appointed to seat on Township Committee in Middletown

    Kratz appointed to seat on Township Committee in Middletown

    MIDDLETOWN – The members of the Township Committee in Middletown have appointed Kimberly Kratz to fill a vacant seat on the governing body. In August, Committeewoman Patricia Snell resigned from her seat on the governing body. Snell announced her family was relocating from Middletown to Georgia. Because Snell, like the other four members of the…

  • Middletown officials adopt bond ordinance for park improvements

    Middletown officials adopt bond ordinance for park improvements

    MIDDLETOWN – A bond ordinance that provides an appropriation of $340,000 for park acquisitions and improvements in Middletown has been adopted by the Township Committee. The ordinance authorizes the issuance of $250,000 in bonds or notes to finance part of the total appropriation. During a meeting on Sept. 7, Mayor Tony Perry, Deputy Mayor Rick…

  • Large numbers of dead fish found at Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay after Ida

    Large numbers of dead fish found at Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay after Ida

    Save Coastal Wildlife is receiving reports of many dead fish found on the beach from South Amboy eastward to Port Monmouth in Middletown. According to information provided by the non-profit organization, members who visited the area on Sept. 4 and 5 discovered: Most of the dead fish were Atlantic menhaden or bunker (Brevoortia tyrannus), though…

  • Snell resigns from seat on Township Committee in Middletown

    Snell resigns from seat on Township Committee in Middletown

    MIDDLETOWN – Republican Township Committeewoman Patricia A. Snell has resigned from her seat on the Township Committee with two years and four months remaining in the three-year term to which she was elected in November 2020. Snell resigned from the governing body on Aug. 19. In her letter of resignation, she informed Mayor Tony Perry…

  • Middletown bond ordinance will provide funding for police body-worn cameras

    Middletown bond ordinance will provide funding for police body-worn cameras

    MIDDLETOWN – The Township Committee has adopted a bond ordinance that provides an appropriation of $950,000 for the acquisition of body-worn cameras, in-car video and storage and accessories for the Middletown Police Department. The ordinance authorizes the issuance of $650,807 in bonds or notes to finance a portion of the appropriation. Middletown expects to receive…

  • Candidates file to run for school boards in Matawan-Aberdeen, Keyport, Holmdel, Hazlet and Middletown

    Candidates file to run for school boards in Matawan-Aberdeen, Keyport, Holmdel, Hazlet and Middletown

    When voters in Aberdeen Township, Matawan, Keyport, Holmdel, Hazlet and Middletown go to the polls on Nov. 2 to vote for municipal and state representatives, they will also vote to elect members of their local school boards. July 26 was the deadline for New Jersey residents to file a nominating petition to run for a…

  • Middletown officials adopt ban on cannabis cultivation, sales

    Middletown officials adopt ban on cannabis cultivation, sales

    MIDDLETOWN – The members of the Township Committee in Middletown have adopted an ordinance that prohibits the licensing of any class of cannabis business in the municipality. The ordinance was the subject of a public hearing that ran for 65 minutes during the July 19 meeting of the Township Committee. Residents and other members of…