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Middletown's First Female Town Judge, Susan Clark, Takes Her Seat
Hon. Susan Clark takes her seat on the bench Thursday in Middletown town court. She's also the town judge in Tinton Falls and Howell.

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Hon. Susan Clark takes her seat on the bench Thursday in Middletown town court. She's also the town judge in Tinton Falls and Howell.

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Buy tickets in the article for "Death of a Gangster:" A 1920s mafia marriage murder mystery.
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