Category: Independent News
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Home is where you lay your head
Immigrants make doas they sleep, eatin the woods BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Immigrants make do as they sleep, eat in the woods BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Antonio Campos, 38, emerges from a cement mixer he calls home in a wooded area near the border of Freehold Borough-Freehold Township. While…
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Improvements in Lincroft to target pedestrian safety
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Improvements in Lincroft to target pedestrian safety BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Officials made a move to make Lincroft’s commercial district a little more pedestrian-friendly. So, some improvements aimed at pedestrian safety and better accessibility to the commercial district, along Route 520 (Newman Springs Road), are in…
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Aberdeen angered by Matawan resolution
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MATAWAN — A borough resolution against an Aberdeen housing project reflects another disagreement between two local governing bodies. At its Sept. 16 meeting, the Matawan Borough Council passed a resolution against developing Aberdeen Forge in the Freneau section of Aberdeen. The Aberdeen Planning Board is considering…
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Storm damage not extensive
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff A tree at a Melrose Terrace home in Middletown was uprooted as a result of winds from Tropical Storm Isabel Thursday night. MIDDLETOWN — Despite a few downed trees and some scattered power outages, the township weathered Tropical Storm Isabel well…
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MTEA table banned at Middletown Day
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The township education association is upset because it was not allowed to set up a table at this year’s Middletown Day. The ninth annual event was held Sept. 20 at Croydon Hall, Leonardville Road, and allows only groups directly affiliated with the township to…
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Word on the Street
Word on the Street The people are not very well known. They’re not out there enough. — Sondra Rafkind Old Bridge What do you think is the most important issue in the upcoming election? The corruption of New Jersey politicians. — Caroline Quattrochi Colts Neck Money and funding for schools. — Rebecca Pocsaji Matawan Corruption…
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Boro remembers 10 who were lost
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Raritan High School student Maureen Szczuuplek, 16, plays “Taps” at Hazlet’s 9/11 monument dedication and remembrance ceremony Sunday at Veteran’s Park. HAZLET — Melissa Pullis couldn’t seem to dry her eyes over both the loss of her husband, Edward, in the…
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Board rejects town center application
BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Middletown MIDDLETOWN — It’s back to the Zoning Board for the town center application. The latest try by The Mountain Hill Group, LLC, to submit a plan for the $150 million 137.7-acre project which complies with township zoning parameters was nixed. In a letter…
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Walking down a memorial path
Remembering Middletown BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Remembering Middletown’s 9/11 victims BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Rosemarie D’Amato, Belford, is brought to tears by the striking image of her sister Donna Bernaerts-Kearns on a memorial stone in the Middletown World Trade Center Memorial Gardens which was unveiled on the second anniversary…
