Category: Independent News
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Holt, Pallone seek review of CECOM duty transfer
Command BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Holt, Pallone seek review of CECOM duty transfer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer FORT MONMOUTH — Reps. Rush Holt and Frank J. Pallone Jr., both D-N.J., are objecting to a recent Defense Department directive taking the long-standing battery management responsibilities away from the Army’s Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) here.…
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Pallone comes out against fort’s privatization
Congressman calls for NPS to seekpublic-use tenants BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Congressman calls for NPS to seek public-use tenants BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) recently called for talks between the National Park Service and Save Sandy Hook on the subject of keeping redevelopment at Fort Hancock in the public domain and free…
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Filmmaker’s focus: getting inside the outsiders
Fair Haven man seeks out society BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer GLORIA STRAVELLI Fair Haven neighbors (l-r) Alice Bullis and Peter Sillen have more than a neighborhood in common. Bullis is the subject of “Alice’s House,” one of Sillen’s documentaries. The outsider is a popular folk icon, but a local documentary…
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K-9 unit adds officer
The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Unit has added a new explosives detection team as part of a statewide initiative to detect and render harmless explosive devices. Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley welcomed Sheriff’s Officer James Fay of Howell and Sheriff’s K-9 Falco to the six-team canine unit during a ceremony held at the Monmouth County…
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Board formally accepts
Lane BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The tenure of High School South Principal Daniel Lane will officially end June 30. The Board of Education unanimously approved at its April 27 reorganization meeting an administrative leave for Lane that runs from March 12 to June 30, and accepted his resignation…
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Laptop donated to police
BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer Laptop donated to police BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — A township computer store donated a new laptop computer to the police department, as a result of its investigation work in a fraud case where three computers were stolen from the company. PC City, Kohl’s Plaza, Route 35, donated one…
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$30,000 lottery ticket bought in Matawan
BY MARC CAVELLAStaff Writer BY MARC CAVELLA Staff Writer MATAWAN — An unidentified man walked into a Krauszer’s convenience store last week and walked out $30,000 richer. "It was amazing," said Palek Patel, an employee of the Broad Street convenience store where the ticket was purchased April 22 at around 9:30 a.m. "The guy came…
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Local resident gets million-dollar shot
BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer Dr. Michael Silverberg, 44, Holmdel, pictured with his wife, Barbara Montana, is an anesthesiologist who will appear on the television show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” on May 24-25. HOLMDEL — Dr. Michael Silverberg had the chance to make $1 million — not by running…
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Middletown Buy-Rite liquor license granted
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Despite objections to a high concentration of liquor stores near the Middletown Plaza on Route 35, the Township Committee approved a liquor license allowing a Buy-Rite liquor store to open for business nearby. The committee, acting as the Township Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, approved…
