Category: Independent News
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A year later
Towns to reflect on 9/11 and remember victims By jennifer domeStaff Writer By jennifer dome Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ A memorial for the victims of Sept. 11 has been set up in Leonardo facing the New York City skyline. On the day of the attacks, many people stood there and watched the scene. A year…
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Senior housing may replace former factory
Empty Church St. building beingconsidered foraffordable apartments By josh davidsonStaff Writer Empty Church St. building being considered for affordable apartments By josh davidson Staff Writer Aberdeen is looking to bring at least 60 affordable senior housing apartments to Church Street. The former South River Metals factory on Church Street is the site the Township Council…
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A year later
The complicated journey toward healingOne year later,people affected by attacks still struggle with loss By jane waterhouseStaff Writer The complicated journey toward healing One year later, people affected by attacks still struggle with loss By jane waterhouse Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Linda Dickinson holds her son, Patrick, at the Monmouth County Remembering September 11, 2001…
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Boro seeks site for proposed skate park
By darlene dieboldStaff Writer Boro seeks site for proposed skate park By darlene diebold Staff Writer KEYPORT — After months of searching for a site for a proposed skate park, the borough’s Recreation Committee is setting its sights on a portion of Jackson Street to build the park. "We are discussing the idea of having…
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A year later
Gone soldiering: Parents wait for son By linda denicolaStaff Writer Gone soldiering: Parents wait for son’s return Dorney among first to be deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom By linda denicola Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Mary Beth and John Dorney proudly display a photograph of their son, Capt. Michael Dorney, who served as a logistics officer…
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Senior apts. approved along Rt. 36
By darlene dieboldStaff Writer Senior apts. approved along Rt. 36 By darlene diebold Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Planning Board unanimously approved the construction of a four-story, 180-unit senior citizens complex at its Sept. 4 meeting. Conifer Realty, LLC, which is based in Rochester, New York, was given site plan approval for the project contingent…
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A year later
FARRAH MAFFAI Kathryn Felt, 12, leans on her mom Sandra at the Monmouth County Remembering September 11, 2001 at Brookdale Community College. Edward Felt, Kathryn’s father and Sandra’s husband perished on Flight 93.
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Bureaucracy taken out of cab licensing
By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer HAZLET — Local officials want to know who’s shuttling people around their town in taxicabs. Yet officials want to make licensing easier to keep those cabs on the road. In an effort to streamline the licensing process for individual drivers and cab businesses, the…
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County agencies preparing for future terror incidents
Response teams trainedfor radiation, biologicaland chemical weapons By alison granitoStaff Writer County agencies preparing for future terror incidents Response teams trained for radiation, biological and chemical weapons By alison granito Staff Writer For local county officials it is not a question of if, but when, their resources will be tested by another terrorist attack in…
