Category: Independent Calendar
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Atlantic City-based 177th Fighter Wing is mobilized
Staff Writer By darlene diebold If you think that you have been hearing fighter jets in your neighborhood, you are correct. Because of the terrorist action that occurred on Sept. 11, more than 180 members of the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, which is based out of Atlantic City, have…
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In Brief Holmdel church offers free teddy bears
In Brief Holmdel church offers free teddy bears Holmdel Community United Church of Christ is offering teddy bears, made available through Toys R Us, to provide comfort and security to those affected by the World Trade Center tragedy. Attached to the bear are red, white and blue ribbons and a poem titled "I Am With…
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Middletown Day ’01 fun and games
During the annual Middletown Day celebration Saturday at the Croydon Hall complex, Michelle Kerrigan, 5, gets a little help from a staff member as she tries to slam dunk the ball on an inflatable attraction at which the participant is placed in a harness attached to a retractable cord. Vincenzo Mezzacappa, 5, uses a fire…
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In Brief Purchase tickets now for Hazlet Recreation trips
In Brief Purchase tickets now for Hazlet Recreation trips Hazlet Recreation will sponsor a bus trip to the "Holiday Spectacular" at Radio City Music Hall, New York City Nov. 8 at noon. The cost of the bus and ticket is $30, and only six tickets per person may be purchased. Tickets will be available Oct.…
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VERONICA YANKOWSKI Jacqueline Voluz, 9, of Staten Island, N.Y., drinks hot cocoa to keep warm at the Harvest Festival at Longstreet Farm in Holmdel Sunday.
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Committee meets with water company rep
Correspondent By MARY DEMPSEY MIDDLETOWN — The taste of the township’s water has not been up to par recently, according to some local officials, and algae is the culprit. A representative from the New Jersey-American Water Co. was on hand at the Township Committee’s workshop meeting Monday night to answer questions about water service to…
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Planned rally canceled
MIDDLETOWN — A lack of participation killed plans for a rally last night in support of township police officers who went against supervisors’ orders to aid rescue efforts at the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in New York City. "We wanted to say thank you to those guys who went into New York.…
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Monmouth Symphony League luncheon Oct. 14
Monmouth Symphony League luncheon Oct. 14 The Monmouth Symphony League will hold a fund-raiser for the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra Oct. 14 at 11:30 a.m. at Deal Golf and Country Club. The orchestra is beginning its 53rd season. Cost of the luncheon is $35, and reservations must be made before Oct. 8. The event features a…
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Burglaries push crime rate up slightly in 2000
Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE MIDDLETOWN — With statistics documented in the Uniform Crime report indicating an ever-so-slight increase in crime, Police Chief John Pollinger said the upward trend is "not the temporary spike or anomaly" he’d hoped it would turn out to be but a definite upswing, minimal as it may be, that…
