Category: Independent News
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District staff signs petition against bias incidents
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Staff members at High School South have used a petition to let the community know they object to bias incidents at the school. Ninety-eight teachers, administrators and support staff signed the petition, which was sent by fax to district administrators, members of the Board…
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Retired Middletown principals move on
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer Through a business venture, two retired Middletown Township school principals are using their educational experience to help others. Former River Plaza School Principal Frank Vaccarelli and Port Monmouth School Principal John St. Peter have created Educational Employment Consultants Inc., and together have taken on the role…
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Author Gail Sheehy packs library
Book describes how Middletown coped with tragedy of 9/11 BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Gail Sheehy MIDDLETOWN — By the time author Gail Sheehy had spent a few weeks in Middletown doing research for her latest book, she found herself deep in "emotional quicksand." The strain of interviewing relatives…
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Readers: Sheehy book has merit, despite errors
BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Not everyone thinks that author Gail Sheehy captured the true sprit of Middletowners in her latest book "Middletown, America: One Town’s Passage from Trauma to Hope." "Riddled with errors," said a reader from Rumson, who gave the book two out of five…
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Finally, the end of a dirty campaign season
Finally, the end of a dirty campaign season Greg Bean Coda For the last few years, it’s been our policy at Greater Media Newspapers to forgo endorsing political candidates before municipal, state or national elections. This company’s newspapers had endorsed candidates for most of our history, but we made the decision to stop based on…
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Aberdeen council plans to fund library
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Council will consider a measure to fund the second phase of planned improvements at the Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library. The council plans to introduce at its Nov. 3 meeting an ordinance allocating a $4,500 down payment from the municipal capital reserve and issuing…
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Matawan resident invents anti-lock device
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Patrick J. Amato, Matawan, who invented a new device which prevents lockouts, shows off the product now available in stores including this 7-Eleven in Aberdeen. MATAWAN — A borough resident’s idea may help alleviate the frustration of home and apartment lockouts. Lockblock, a…
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Board seeks costs in school vandalism case
MIDDLETOWN — The Board of Education will ask parents of those arrested in connection with High School North’s recent track vandalism to pay for damages. Board Attorney Malachi Kenney said the board asked him to seek restitution for the damages because state law holds parents accountable in cases of school vandalism. North’s new athletic track,…
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Sewerage authority dissolution delayed
Public hearing brings strong argumentsfor and against BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Public hearing brings strong arguments for and against BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer HAZLET — Just when the Township Committee was expected to make a final decision on the fate of the sewerage authority, one absence and a desire to finalize a…
