Category: Independent News
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Audubon’s ‘Autumn Bird Walk’ Oct. 23
The Monmouth County Audubon Society will hold an “Autumn Bird Walk” Oct. 23 at 9 a.m. at Sandy Hook, beginning at the visitor’s center at Sandy Hook. The free trip will be led by Audubon members, and is open to both members and nonmembers. Walkers will observe migrating raptors, shorebirds and songbirds, as well as…
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Lincroft meetinghouse to host ‘Creations X4’
Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse will hold an opening reception for “Creations X4” Oct. 24 from 2-4 p.m. The public will have an opportunity to meet the artists at the four-person art exhibition Nov. 7 from 2-4 p.m. The exhibition will be at the meetinghouse Oct. 24-Nov. 14. The featured artists are Rose Stigliano Craney, Rich Held,…
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Healthwise, Hazlet teen has seen it ALL
Battles rare leukemia condition, but stays upbeat BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — The plan was simple. Just pick out a movie and hang out with your friends on one of the last Saturday nights of the summer. It sounded so easy, especially for a 17-year-old. But while Aug. 15…
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Nazi code breakers reunite at Brookdale
Veterans worked to crack German Enigma machine BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Sixty years later, it remains an enigma. World War II veterans who tapped into the Nazis’ secret code-making system — a machine called the Enigma — reunited at Brookdale Community College Oct. 5 to discuss questions they…
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‘The American Dream’ lives on in Keyport
Wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes headlines local charity event BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Professional wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes takes time to sign autographs and pose for pictures with fans Jeffrey Blomquist, 10, of Keansburg, and Christopher Graf, 8, of Hazlet, before his main event wrestling match against Chris Candido at Keyport…
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Dems attack GOP on harassment suit
Call for candidates to condemn situation at press conference BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Your taxes are being squandered on “cronies” and “pet projects,” Middletown Democratic Township Committee candidate Pat Olsen said at a press conference Friday. Olsen and running mate Steve Borbely held the conference outside of the…
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‘Dough boy’
CHRIS KELLY staff James Cannata, Hazlet, competes in a donut eating contest during Abedeen Day on Saturday.
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Annual craft show to visit Holmdel
The second annual Garden State Art and Craft Festival, organized by Cottage Crafts, will be held on Oct. 16-17 at the PNC Bank Arts Center, Exit 116 on the Garden State Parkway, Holmdel. In addition to 225 crafters and artists there will be live country music and a large selection of food vendors. There is…
