Category: Independent News
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Jersey band wants you to try a Cold one
Cold30 comprised of members from Monmouth, Middlesex BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Cold30’s (l-r) Danny Pinto, Enzo Bacelo, Jay Robinson, Marc Windler and (sitting) Alan Ambler are all local musicians who will be performing at Stingers in Long Branch next week. MIDDLETOWN — It’s not easy being an emotional…
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Riverview addition for new cancer surgery approved
BY RONNIE GARDSTEIN Correspondent BY RONNIE GARDSTEINCorrespondent Riverview Medical Center’s application for amended site plan approval with bulk variances to permit construction of a 2,950-square-foot addition to house new CyberKnife cancer, tumor and lesion radiation treatment technology, sailed through the Red Bank Planning Board Oct. 11. After brief discussions of parking and landscaping plans, the…
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Volunteers sought to help clean beaches
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Monmouth County: Atlantic Highlands -— Harbor Gravel parking lot Highlands — Central Avenue next to Community Center Loch Arbour/Allenhurst — Euclid Avenue at the beach Long Branch -— Cooper Avenue at Rooney’s Ocean Crab House Middletown -— East Keansburg- Ideal Beach at Ocean Avenue & Bayside…
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Giddy up!
GARY BILBAO Three-year-old Morgan Raye Kosakowski, Hazlet, rides Taffy at the Faith Reformed Church’s 12th annual Octoberfest on Saturday.
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Farm scene
CHRIS KELLY staff Harry Donovan, 6, of Holmdel, sketches one of the farmhouses at Bayonet Farm, Holmdel, during an art and folk music festival Oct. 17.
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18 applied for open board seat
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Following the resignation of Board of Education President Mike Roberts last month, the most likely candidate to fill his spot was Vice President Joan Minnuies. While some considered Minnuies’ appointment to be just a formality, the race for who will take over the vacant…
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New, improved library reopens in Middletown
Assemblyman donates $100,000 at Friday dedication ceremony BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Randall Gabrielan (l) and Assemblyman Joseph Azzolina look over a magazine at the newly renovated Middletown library on Friday. MIDDLETOWN — While most patrons of the newly renovated Main Library were busy checking out, one resident was…
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Holmdel’s Frank Csulak uses soft pastels to draw one of the buildings at Bayonet Farm, Holmdel, during an art and folk music festival Sunday.
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Hazlet welcomes RAINE over holidays
Nonprofit food, assistance provider partners with schools HAZLET — With the holidays just around the corner, people’s thoughts often turn to good times with family and loved ones, good food and gift-giving. But in difficult economic times, not everybody has the means to provide food and gifts, not only for each other, but for themselves.…
