Category: Independent News
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Aberdeen graduates 29 emergency responders
CERT volunteers handle calls from disasters to missing person searches BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer ABERDEEN — The township has an additional 29 volunteers properly trained to respond to an emergency situation, thanks to the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). The first group of Aberdeen CERT volunteers graduated their eight-week training…
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Security system alarms neighborhood residents
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — For over a week, a house alarm has been sounding loudly and there’s not much more Karen Clavero can take. “This has been going on for way too long already and it just has to stop at some point,” Clavero said. “It goes off…
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T-shirts carry grim warning about DWI
Coffin, car wreck, vigil also bring home message to Raritan H.S. students BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — The students of Raritan High School got more than a sobering reminder of what can happen when people get behind the wheel after having one too many drinks. In the midst of…
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Aberdeen students named runners-up in contest
Cliffwood Elementary School, Aberdeen, second-grade students, along with Susan Rardin, librarian, and JoAnn Nocera, the students’ teacher, were recently named runners-up in the Dorling Kindersley (DK) Eyewitness Collage contest. Rardin received a congratulatory note, $100 gift certificate to Staples, and a DK poster for each participating student. The school library will also receive 10 Eyewitness…
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Middletown enters new insurance arrangement
Will combine policies, share a fund with 33 other municipalities BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The township has entered into a Joint Insurance Fund (JIF) with 33 neighboring communities in an effort to expand overall coverage. The Township Committee voted 4-1 to enter into the JIF on…
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Grant funds butterfly research at Leonardo
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — After teaching first grade at Leonardo Grade School for 16 years, Gayle Sheehan took on additional science responsibilities this year. While the challenge was a welcome one, she wanted to do everything possible to teach her kids just how much fun it could be.…
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Freeholder era ends as Larrison resigns
Battle against cancer prompts official BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Harry Larrison Jr. At approximately 10:45 a.m. Dec. 2, one of the most remarkable eras in Monmouth County’s political history came to an end. Poor health is doing what Democrats have been unable to do for almost 39 years — force…
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Education was priority for retiring freeholder
BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Harry Larrison Jr.’s unparalleled legacy will revolve around growth and the quality of life in Monmouth County. One hundred years from now that is what people will read about the Monmouth County Republican freeholder who resigned on Dec. 2 after almost 39 years on the board…
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Man twists and shouts, gets arrested
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A township man was arrested for public lewdness on Nov. 26 after dancing naked in his doorway and claiming to be George Harrison. A woman called police at 9:20 a.m. reporting that she was walking her dog along Neptune Place when she…
