Matawan News

The parents of Brian Wecker Jr. are asking local Monmouth County residents to help their 15-year-old son in his battle with cancer.

They have applied for a state grant to help pay for merging Municipal Court administration, construction code inspections and police communications.

Newly elected Democratic Mayor Fred Tagliarini announced the formation of a shared services committee with neighboring Keyport and Matawan at today's government organization meeting.

The Republican caucus has selected Lillian G. Burry over Robert D. Clifton to head the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in 2010, despite Clifton's standing as the longest-serving freeholder.

MATAWAN - The 12-foot rat balloon on the corner of Main Street and Ravine Drive is not a runaway from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, but union workers' protest against the Bank of America branch there, union officials said.

It's not a coincidence that Nancy Scharff named her fourth annual holiday show, taking place Dec.

Louanne R. Acerra, 51, died on November 30 at home in Middletown. She was born in Neptune and resided in Shrewsbury most of her life before moving to Middletown.

Despite an outstanding effort, the Manasquan Warriors lost the Central Jersey Group II Final to the Matawan Huskies, 28-12, Friday night at the College of New Jersey.

ABERDEEN: Longtime Public Works Director Jim Lauro is being honored on the eve of his retirement with a municipal proclamation recognizing him for 42 years of service.

The Community YMCA Children's Achievement Centers in Matawan and Hazlet have a number of fun activities scheduled to keep kids engaged and learning during their holiday breaks from school.

A Monmouth County mother was struck and killed by a motor vehicle as she crossed River Road with members of her family on Sunday night, police said.

Repeat Buyers Can Also Take Advantage of New Incentives. American Properties Realty, one of New Jersey's premier developers of luxury condominium communities, is encouraging first-time homebuyers to take advantage of the extension of the federal tax credit to purchase a home at one of their four popular condominium communities.

Matawan defeats Manasquan 28-12, Dec. 4, 2009. Added by Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger on December 4, 2009 at 11:11 PM Manasquan's Neil Sterling goes up to catch a pass for a first down against MacArthur Underwood of Matawan Friday night during the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 2 Championship game at the College of New Jersey.

During its December-long Festival of Giving, the Matawan Aberdeen Public Library will present several holiday-themed events, including a cookie swap, a cookie-decoration, children's holiday-card decoration, a free holiday concert and a gift jar-making event.

In politics, timing is everything, and few politicians had the timing and perennially tough campaigns of Democrat William Halstead Sutphin .

The essence of Latin cuisine is found not only in the flavors and spices they hold, but also in the passion many of its cooks have for entertaining and extending hospitality.

The money went to primaries in Bergen, Middlesex and Camden counties. It went to support candidates from Matawan to Cherry Hill.

Investigators and officers from a number of departments in Monmouth and Middlesex counties, working with the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, this week arrested a Matawan man authorities allege was a significant distributor of heroin in the Bayshore area of Monmouth County, along with 20 others described as his associates in a distribution ...

The borough's annual five-kilometer turkey trot race will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday rain or shine.

When people hear the word 'heroin,' it's apt to evoke images of drug deals going down on street corners and users shooting up in abandoned houses in big cities.