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Steve Massel for Middletown In 2009 |
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(April 6, 2009) - A Planning Board member with deep roots in Middletown has been selected to run as a the Republican candidate for Township Committee. Steve Massell, 40, who lives on 31 Joyce Lane, Woodlake Heights in the River Plaza section of town will run for the one three-year term on the governing body which is to be filled this year. “I’m very excited about being given this opportunity and deeply appreciate the support of the Middletown Township Republican Party. I look forward to working with the members of the Township Committee. Each member brings a different set of skills to the table. I believe my background in business, finance and real estate will fit well with the skills of the current members in keeping the needs and interests of residents our number one priority,” Massell said. “As a member of a life-long Middletown family which has always believed in and been involved in Middletown, I also plan to keep Middletown as great as we have found and enjoyed it,” he added. Massell, a Middletown Township native, grew up in the Lincroft/River Plaza section of the township. His father, Jerry, is a former township attorney and a retired New Jersey Judge. His mother, Betty, ran the Garden Center at Foodtown in Red Bank for many years and was President of Middletown’s RFD Garden Club. His brother Gerald, is a Middletown attorney who also serves as Prosecutor in the Township’s Municipal court system. Steve is a graduate of Lincroft Grammar and Thompson Middle schools and Middletown High School South. He was a member of Lincroft’s little league and soccer programs. At South he was an accomplished athlete serving as a member of the varsity wrestling, track, golf and gymnastics teams with the last winning the State Championship in 1986. Steve received a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Business Administration at Curry College, Massachusetts which he followed with International Studies in Wild Life Management at the School for Field Studies in Nairobi-Kenya and Eastern European History, Soviet Union, Moscow/Russia. His work experience has included manager for the ORVIS store he ran in Darien, Connecticut and financial services for American Express. Since returning to Middletown more than five years ago, he has served as a licensed NJ Real Estate Agent and is with the Coldwell Banker office in Middletown Township. Steve serves
on the Township Planning Board and is an Assistant Coach in MYAA
T. Ball and St. Mary Soccer. Steve’s wife, Emily Dunleavy Massell,
works for a private equity firm in Manhattan. They have four children,
twin 6-year old boys (Edward and Nathaniel) and two girls Delia
(4) and Virginia (1). |
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