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CHRIS KELLY staff Nate Green, 7, Edison, enjoys a snow day while he takes a wild ride down Telegraph Hill at the PNC Banks Arts Center, Holmdel, Jan. 24.
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Food, wine tasting will benefit Tourette research
The 13th annual Garden State Food and Wine Tasting will be held Feb. 2 at Ocean Place Resort and Spa, Long Branch. This year’s Garden State Food and Wine Tasting event will benefit the Forgotten Few Tourette Syndrome Research Foundation. Anthony Fernicola, Holmdel, president of the Forgotten Few Tourette Syndrome Research Foundation, will chair the…
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Middletown OEM reminds residents to prep for winter
MIDDLETOWN — Township Emergency Management Coordinator Charles W. Rogers III reminds residents it’s time to prepare your home and family for winter. There are a number of things that residents can do to prepare for heavy snow, power outages and other emergencies, among them: • Assemble a disaster supply kit. Store drinking water, canned/no-cook food,…
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Keyport seeks state funds for bulkhead renewal
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT — The borough has applied for state Green Acres Program funding for the bulkhead renewal project. On Thursday, Borough Councilman Robert Bergen explained the need to act quickly in applying for the grant money. “If we don’t move to make the designation now,…
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King inspires Alabama native’s poetic works
Hazlet schools dedicate classes to life of slain civil rights leader BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — While many kids relish having Martin Luther King Jr. Day off each January, the students of Hazlet had class on this day. Each of the eight schools within the district conducted programs focusing…
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Governor hopefuls meet Bayshore GOP
Seven candidates seek local support, discuss the issues BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer In what was billed as a “rare opportunity” by Holmdel Township Committeeman Terence Wall, seven Republican gubernatorial candidates assembled in Hazlet on Sunday to discuss their views and platforms leading up to November’s election. “To have each of…
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A season of jingle bell rock for Category 5
Holmdel band plays at area tree lightings, plans gigs for charity BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above and below, Holmdel’s Brian DeCosta, Joseph Pomarico and Matt Fernicola, all 13, practice during a band rehearsal at Matt’s house. Their band is called Category Five. At left, Jake…
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Church, borough team up to aid tsunami victims
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN E. BOWES The Rev. Robert K. Williams (l-r), Virginia Ruth Washington, James L. Lawson, Kenneth Marr Jr. and Mayor John Merla discuss Keyport’s tsunami relief efforts. KEYPORT — The borough has joined forces with the Second Baptist Church in an effort to raise…
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Decapitated man found behind Hazlet theater
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — Two juveniles came upon a gruesome discovery Saturday night when they saw a man who had apparently committed suicide and, in the process, was decapitated. The body of Wolfgang Persieck, 50, of Union Beach, was spotted by the two teens, ages 14 and 17,…
