Tag: Middletown

MIDDLETOWN – Before the basketball season began, St. Mary’s substitute teacher Emily Ruane joked with the school’s athletic director about coaching, not knowing they actually needed one. 

Middletown’s celebration of Women’s History Month is extra-special this year as Susan Schroeder Clark was sworn in March 4 as the township’s first female municipal judge.

Dozens of skaters turned out Tuesday afternoon, March 12 to help launch the new Sk8 Park at Bill Kunkel Memorial Park in the Leonardo section of the township.

The centuries-old Grover House will undergo a key renovation to preserve a little bit of Monmouth County’s rich history.

A plan to provide 12 affordable residential units for veterans crept closer to fruition after Mayor Tony Perry and the township committee announced how they were addressing the project’s final hurdles.

MIDDLETOWN – Driving by it on Kings Highway, you would never realize this house is very different from its neighbors. It is one of only three Unity Homes houses in New Jersey – a high-performance, carbon-neutral home.

Nature offered a picturesque backdrop across Sandy Hook Bay as a part of Middletown’s history was brought back to life.

Last month, the state Assembly voted 51-28 in favor of bill A4/S50 which would reform municipal responsibilities on affordable housing and abolish the state’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH), replacing it with a set of new policies to settle housing development disputes.

The township committee has designated the Circus Liquors property along Route 35 as an area in need of redevelopment for condemnation purposes, initiating the process of taking ownership of it.

The township has approved Monmouth County’s proposal to acquire Port Monmouth Elementary School for $2.5 million. Last year, the Monmouth County Park System (MCPS) conducted surveys to evaluate the potential use of the shuttered school property as an indoor aquatic center.