Category: Independent News
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Parks and rec dept. set for overhaul
BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer Parks and rec dept. set for overhaul BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Township officials are searching for a parks and recreation director to help revamp and expand recreational programs and facilities. "We are looking for someone with significant experience in this field," Mayor Larry Fink said. "Someone…
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Boro looks to Belmar for dredging
BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — Mayor John J. Merla doesn’t think the borough can wait much longer for either the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the state to pay for dredging the borough’s silt-choked channel. "I don’t think we can wait until 2007 — I don’t think we…
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Emergency response on school agenda
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer HAZLET — Superintendent of Schools Renae LaPrete said students’ preparedness for an unforeseen emergency should be second nature. In light of situations like the Columbine school shooting tragedy in April 1999 and the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, modes of effective response and evacuation…
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Cause of fatal crash is still unknown
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Cause of fatal crash is still unknown BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Dennis J. Wheeler MIDDLETOWN — The short life of Middletown resident Dennis J. "D.J." Wheeler, 18, killed in a one-car accident Nov. 21, is being remembered with a make-shift memorial at the site of the crash. Loving…
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Ferry captain fired
BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer The New York City Department of Transportation has fired Michael J. Gansas, captain of the ill-fated Staten Island Ferry Andrew J. Barberi. City DOT officials charged Gansas with failure to cooperate with National Transportation Safety Board and city investigations into the Oct. 15 crash that killed…
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Sexual harassment claim filed against Middletown principal
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — High School South Principal Daniel Lane is being accused of sexual harassment and discrimination, in an action filed in court and with the state Commissioner of Education William L. Librera, by five teachers at the school. A lawsuit, filed in state Superior Court, Freehold…
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F&F Nurseries property purchase questioned
BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Should the F&F Nurseries property on Roberts Road be kept the way it is or should a portion of it be set aside for municipal purposes? That question dominated the Nov. 24 public hearing in town hall on the proposed $7.2 million acquisition. The…
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Word on the Street
What programs are you aware of that assist Word on the Street What programs are you aware of that assist The Safe Haven law. I think there needs to be more awareness of what this wonderful law offers. Teens who are too frightened might then take advantage of it with less fear of blame and…
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Night life suits some workers just fine
BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer Sandi Carpello Red Bank resident George Rehor works the night shift at the Broadway Diner on Monmouth Street in Red Bank. RED BANK — When George Rehor, a waiter at the Broadway Diner, comes home from work, he likes to whip up a gourmet spaghetti dinner.…
