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Middletown Schools Get $538,389 To Install Silent Panic Alarms
The Middletown school district will receive $538,389 from the state to install silent panic alarms in the event of a school shooting.

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The Middletown school district will receive $538,389 from the state to install silent panic alarms in the event of a school shooting.

Avoid New Monmouth Road and Hwy. 35 as of 1:57 p.m. Thursday due to an active crash, Middletown Police just announced.
The fireworks and music concert scheduled for Thursday, July 1 at the Swim Center are being postponed. A new date will be announced shortly.
Bob Zega was the Woodbridge superintendent for the past eight years; the BOE chose not to renew his contract. He will become a principal.
Middletown installed “smart” parking meters at the Ideal Beach parking lot and in the daily parking lot at the Middletown train station.
20 white bikes have been installed at three Woodbridge parks: Ferry Street Park in Sewaren, Tanzman Park and E. William Street in Fords.
Due to rain in the weather forecast for Thursday, New Brunswick's Independence Day celebration at Boyd Park has been postponed until Monday.
Garrett Dlin, 30, of Matawan, died at the scene. A Middletown woman on the back of his motorcycle was seriously injured, as well.
The property was formerly owned by EZ Quick Food Stores Inc. and Middletown paid $335,000 to purchase the land.
A motorcyclist was killed and his passenger injured Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Thompson and Center avenues in Leonardo.
Wearing masks will be optional for all Middletown public school students and teachers when they return to school this fall.
Middletown Little League 8/9-year-old team beat Lincroft Monday night and will play Bayshore Wednesday. Come out and cheer these local kids.
A new 7-Eleven will open Tuesday in Atlantic Highlands, and former New York Giants David Tyree and David Diehl will be there from 1-3 p.m.
A group protesting for COVID relief money for undocumented workers briefly shut down the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge Monday evening.
Chealsy Castillo, 26, of Carteret, was charged with driving while intoxicated and several weapons possession charges.
This is a nature program that meets each week in a different Monmouth County Park and is fun, easy and free.
Bikes — look for their signature white color — are installed at three locations: Tanzman Park, Ferry Street Park and the Greenway in Fords.
Patch has your complete guide to 2021 Fourth of July fireworks shows, parades and other celebrations in and around Middlesex County:
From noon – 5:00 Monday-Thursday of this week, go to Fiorendo Sigismondi Community Center in Cliffwood Beach or the Aberdeen Senior Center.
A Keansburg man was a high-ranking member of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club; he was arrested Monday and charged with assault on another biker.