Category: Independent News
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$20,000 raised at event held for Hazlet man
BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer HAZLET — A neighbor’s illness brought together a community for one night last week. Over 300 people turned out at Holy Family Church, Route 36, June 25 for a benefit/fund-raiser in honor of Ray Knox, 35, of Hazlet, who was diagnosed in July 2002 with astrocytoma,…
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DWI reform bills clear another hurdle
TRENTON — A package of legislation to reform the state’s penalty system for drunken driving offenses cleared the Senate June 21. Currently, the bills are await consideration by the Assembly. The bills, sponsored by state Senator Barbara Buono (D-18), would increase mandatory prison time for driving while revoked from 10 to 30 days, eliminate the…
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Raritan student is chosen for national forum
BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer HAZLET — Fifteen-year-old Deeva Frankel just finished her sophomore year at Raritan High School, and has been chosen to participate in a national program for students interested in studying medicine. Deeva will be one of about 350 students chosen nationwide to take part in the National…
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Ferry service to make additional NYC stop
BY VINCENT TODAROStaff Writer BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — NY Waterway commuter ferry service from the township’s Belford section to Manhattan will make one more stop at the World Financial Center starting tomorrow. Pat Smith, a NY Waterway spokesman, said the privately run ferry service makes a direct route from Belford to Pier…
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Fishing show returns to local cable station
BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer MATAWAN — From Atlantic Highlands to Atlantic City, there’s no denying New Jersey is a destination for people who enjoy fishing. Ask Ohio native John MacAdam though, and he’ll tell you that he would have never known it. "I’m not a fisherman whatsoever, but back in…
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Form and function taught with Grace
Keyport artist sharesher talents atThompson Park BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Keyport artist shares her talents at Thompson Park BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer LINDA DENICOLA Phyllis Rosser and art teacher Grace Graupe-Pillard at the Thompson Park Craft Center in Middletown June 2. In the long, low-slung arts and crafts building at Thompson Park in Middletown,…
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Commuter parking on some streets may end
BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Commuter parking in the borough may get a little harder in the near future. The township introduced at its June 15 meeting an ordinance limiting parking on numerous residential streets. The ordinance calls for two-hour parking between 6-10 a.m. Monday through Friday on Ardmore, Autumn, Avondale, Brookview, Deerfield…
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Summer work set for Ravine Drive School
MATAWAN — The Ravine Drive Elementary School is scheduled to receive site improvements in its parking lot during the school’s summer break. The school will have an estimated $475,963 worth of work done to improve the conditions of the school parking lot. Improvements will include increasing the number of parking spots, adding parking area lighting,…
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Niemann defeats Dowd for county GOP chair
Republicans vote 4-1to oust Dowd from top of county party BY SANDI CARPELLOCorrespondent Republicans vote 4-1 to oust Dowd from top of county party BY SANDI CARPELLO Correspondent The Monmouth County Republicans’ cry for change was answered last week when 18-year GOP Committee Chairman Bill Dowd lost his re-election bid to Frederick P. Niemann. In…
