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Field of Flags

MIDDLETOWN, NJ - Westminster Presbyterian Church (WPC) will welcome Middletown residents, active military and veterans, public officials, and a television personality to its Great Lawn on Saturday November 7th, at 1pm for a dedication ceremony of the 2020 Field of Flags. Pete Hegseth of Fox News and Co-Host of Fox and Friends Weekend will be presenting this year’s keynote remarks. Hegseth is a Major in the US Army National Guard and has served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

This year’s memorial of 7,002 flags was placed on the WPC Great Lawn on October 17th by a record number of volunteers from within the congregation and throughout the community.  Teams of youngsters representing scout and youth groups from around the county rallied all morning to help set the flags in place. Despite the challenges of pandemic restrictions, face masks and safe social distancing were the order of the day and respectfully observed.

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Category: Letters to the Editor

In New Jersey, agricultural operations enjoy both a luxury and a challenge in being close to where people live who want their farm products.

This creates a beneficial dynamic in which residents of many New Jersey communities form a close bond with their local farmers, get to see the creation of their dietary raw ingredients “just down the road,” and even visit those nearby farms that have incorporated agri-tourism into their business models.

This is especially true in autumn of each year. Outdoor on-farm activities are always popular in the fall, from corn mazes to apple picking to pumpkin patches, many farms in New Jersey have successfully added a farm-visit experience to their offerings. This year, with many popular indoor activities curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, outdoor farm visits are being embraced by more and more residents seeking farm products and wholesome fun.

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Category: Pastor's Corner
Rev. Dr. George Hancock-Stefan

A couple of week ago, I met with one of my doctors who has become a friend. He shared that his two children who are attending Ivy League schools no longer talk to him because of his political positions. He hopes that things will calm down after the election, but right now there is so much anger between them that they have decided not to visit or talk with each other.

I am blessed to have four daughters who are married or have boyfriends. I must confess that our discussions have become more intense now that my daughters are older, and they have added their partners to the conversation. I welcome discussions on political candidates and issues, but I never ask how they are going to vote nor do I tell them how I am going to vote. We do not uphold the statement that one should never discuss politics or religion at the dinner table. Other families abide by that rule, but ours is not in that camp.

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Category: News

FREEHOLD – An 8-month investigation into ongoing acts of gang criminality and organized street crime has led to charges against 29 people from Monmouth and Ocean counties for Racketeering, Conspiracy, Attempted Murder, drug and gun trafficking and Dogfighting, announced Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.  The probe revealed a power grab by a Bloods gang leader to consolidate his command of the gang’s criminal activities through violence, intimidation, illegal drug and gun sales, and the operation of a dogfighting ring. 

During the investigation titled “Operation Golden State,” law enforcement officers recovered numerous firearms, a vehicle used in criminal activity, various quantities of cocaine and marijuana, 12 canines used in the dogfighting operation, and other evidence related to the dogfighting operation.  The dogs are safe and currently being sheltered in an Ocean County animal facility.  Of the 29 people charged as part of this investigation, nine are facing charges of racketeering, five are facing charges of conspiracy to commit murder, two are facing charges as a leader of a dogfighting network, and four are facing dogfighting charges.

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Category: News
Dave Krupinski

Local politics impacts the lives of residents daily.  Yet, most newspapers prefer to report on state or national politics rather than the races in the towns that they cover.  Voters should have the opportunity to know a little about their municipal candidates as well as state and national candidates.

I had the opportunity to interview candidate for Atlantic Highlands Council member, Dave Krupinski.  What follows is the transcript of that interview.  

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