Tag: Middletown

Fumiko Chino, M.D., knows how devastating health care-related financial burdens can be on patients and families dealing with cancer. She lived it.

Route 35 is becoming a grocery shopper’s dream.

Deep Cut Gardens is about to get a facelift. Monmouth County Park System has approved design plans and initiated construction of a new gazebo and other improvements, including renovations to the historic gardener’s cottage.

The redevelopment study undertaken by the township to transform the Route 36 corridor in Middletown is making steady progress. After a public presentation in March on the process, Stan Slachetka, principal planner with T&M Associates, returned with a PowerPoint presentation for the first in a series of three special planning board meetings to review properties that qualify as areas in need of redevelopment.

The statewide nonprofit group Preservation New Jersey (PNJ) recently named the Revolutionary War-era Joseph Murray farmhouse and barn, located near Oak Hill Road in Middletown, to its annual 10 Most Endangered Historic Places list.

Putting “faith in action,” more than 240 teens and adults from around the country performed weeklong home repairs in the Bayshore area.

A successful season on the diamond for local teams extended into the summer as 16 players from The Two River Times area were part of the Jersey Shore All-Stars team that won the Philadelphia Phillies Carpenter Cup. The Major League Baseball franchise puts on an annual event featuring 16 teams of high school all-stars from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

The history and charm of old houses is undeniable but so is the commitment it takes to preserve them. And whether tucked far down hidden driveways or standing amid urban sprawl, the history of Monmouth County is evident in centuries-old houses, barns and farmsteads.

Officials from an independent state body responded to Middletown’s bail reform complaint, decisively striking it down.

The annual St. Mary’s Great Fair got underway Monday, June 26 as crowds braved the humidity and seemingly daily threat of thunderstorms to enjoy the carnival atmosphere.