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Friday, January 18, 2013

Man Charged with Attempted Murder in Bed Bath & Beyond Stabbing (UPDATE)

Authorities say the victim did not know 19-year old Tyrik Haynes, who was charged with stabbing her.

Update, 1 p.m.: This story was updated with additional information from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. --- JERSEY SHORE -- A Keansburg woman was pushing a child in a stroller as she shopped in the Middletown Bed Bath & Beyond when she was stabbed 12 times, according to authorities. The victim did not know 19-year-old Tyrik S. Haynes, the Middletown man accused of trying to kill her Thursday afternoon, Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO) spokesperson Charles Webster said. Middletown police received multiple 911 calls reporting the incident around 4:09 p.m. on Thursday. The 29-year-old victim was identified by CBS News as Kerri Dalton. She was transported by medevac to Jersey Shore University Medical Center after the attack…

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Jennifer

9:06 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Reds, I agree with you. There are many available jobs but the people on welfare and collecting unemployment DON'T want to work. They actually get more handed to them that way. They will get reduced housing, food stamps and utility assistance. WHY WORK - they say. The difference here is middle income and high income people have to work to support their lifestyle. They do not qualify for assistance…   more ›

Friday, December 7, 2012

Trinity Hall To Open in Middletown in September

A new all-girls high school is moving into Middletown's stately Croydon Hall campus.

Trinity Hall, a newly established all girls high school in the Catholic tradition, announced Friday afternoon it will welcome its first freshman class in September 2013 at a temporary location in Middletown. The site will be a low brick building on the Croydon Hall campus at 900 Leonardville Road in Leonardo, currently home to the Middletown Parks & Recreation Department. It is adjacent to the white iconic mansion on a rolling campus of athletic fields. Croydon Hall was once the home of a boys boarding school. In an email to school supporters, Trinity Hall founders Mairead and Sean Clifford, and Victoria and Justin Gmelich, of Rumson, said Croydon Hall has the academic building they need with "a sufficient number of classrooms and offices…

Gary Junstrom

9:32 am on Sunday, December 9, 2012

Another win for Middletown. First Sloan Kettering, then the FEMA office at Avaya, now this school. Nice job mayor and council.   more ›

Friday, September 16, 2011

Have Your Say: Oceanic Bridge Revamp

Public comment sessions scheduled on the pending reconstruction of the drawbridge that connects Middletown and Rumson over the Navesink River.

If you have something to say about the coming reconstruction of the Oceanic Bridge, your opportunity is approaching. The following is a released statement on the subject from Middletown Township ... Monmouth County Division of Engineering, in cooperation with the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, will be holding Public Information Centers to discuss the replacement alternatives for the Oceanic Bridge (CR 8A, Bingham Avenue–Locust Point Road Bridge S-31) over Navesink River located between the Borough of Rumson and the Township of Middletown. The purpose of the Public Information Center is to inform the public of the alternatives and to solicit…

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Middletown Evacuates East of Route 36, Locust; Command Center in Operation

As residents living east of Route 36, along the Bayshore, evacuate

Late yesterday afternoon, Middletown officials got the go-ahead from state and county authorities to call for mandatory evacuations in certain spots in the township, mostly east of Route 36.  Today, firemen and police are riding around the township in those designated areas and alerting people that they must leave if they haven't yet. A command center at town hall is now in full operation. The following are two full notices released by officials: Middletown Mayor Fiore and the Office of Emergency Management have declared a mandatory evacuation as a result of impending Hurricane Irene. Areas subject to mandatory evacuation are: All areas located between Route 36 and the Raritan/Sandy Hook Bay from the Keansburg border to the Atlantic …

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Brian Williams on Beating Breast Cancer

The NBC Nightly News anchor and Middletown native spoke at the Power of Pink fundraiser luncheon to benefit the Leon Hess Cancer Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch

It was one of the hottest days of the year and NBC Nightly News Anchor Brian Williams came home to fight for a cause — freezing out breast cancer and its past treatment ills. The Middletown native, for the sake of the fight, his sister who succumbed to the disease in 2006, and the sense of community in which he was raised, donned a suit, purple tie, post-prom boutonniere (explanation to come) and a portable fan to attend the Power of Pink luncheon on Sandy Hook on Thursday. The annual event, which featured Williams as its guest speaker and Dr. Debra Camal as its honoree, was sponsored by the Women’s Council for the Leon Hess Cancer Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. It was designed to not only raise funds for the cause, but to…

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