Editing Middletown Township, New Jersey (section)

==In popular culture==
The [[progressive metal]] band [[Symphony X]] was formed in Middletown Township in the mid-1990s.<ref>[https://www.alternativenation.net/best-metal-bands-state/ "These Are The Best Metal Bands In Each State"], Alternative Nation, March 5, 2018. Accessed October 22, 2018. "Power/Prog titans Symphony X of Middletown, mainly have their speed in their lead guitar player."</ref><ref>[https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Symphony_X/172 "Symphony X"], [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]. Accessed October 22, 2018.</ref><ref>Ling, Dave. [https://www.loudersound.com/features/q-a-symphony-x-s-michael-romeo-on-prog-metal-and-lucky-numbers "Q&A: Symphony X's Michael Romeo On Prog Metal And Lucky Numbers"], [[Louder Sound]], May 4, 2016. Accessed October 22, 2018. "Formed 22 years ago in Middletown, New Jersey, Symphony X have made slow but steady progress over the course of nine albums."</ref>

[[Kevin Smith]] wrote and filmed ''[[Clerks (1994 film)|Clerks]]'' at a Quick Stop in the [[Leonardo, New Jersey|Leonardo]] section of the township.<ref name=NewYork2006>Wasserstein, Ben. [http://nymag.com/movies/profiles/17663/ "The Man with 50,000 Friends: How Kevin Smith accidentally invented the future of movie marketing.], ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'', July 24, 2006. Accessed July 3, 2007. "Smith's is the great Horatio Alger story of nineties independent film. A New School and film-school dropout, he wrote the screenplay for Clerks while working at a Quick Stop in Leonardo, New Jersey. He shot in the store at night with $27,000 he raised in part by selling his comic-book collection."</ref>