Category: Independent News
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Panel to review RO-3 zone proposed changes Planner suggests limiting
Panel to review RO-3 zone proposed changes Planner suggests limiting store size to 50,000 sq. ft., expanding permitted uses By darlene diebold Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Landowners and residents were in full attendance at last week’s Township Committee meeting to hear the township planner’s recommendations for revamping the RO-3 zone along Route 35. Mayor Art…
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Volunteers sought for county response team Hazardous Materials group focuses on bioterrorism, weapons of mass destruction
Staff Writer By linda denicola Volunteers sought for county response team Hazardous Materials group focuses on bioterrorism, weapons of mass destruction The Monmouth County Health Department’s Hazardous Material Response team (HazMat) decontaminated about 1,000 people that terror-filled Tuesday that turned the World Trade Center into another Pompeii. The frightened evacuees came in from downtown New…
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Bias called simple case of ignorance, arrogance Muslims, others face new hostility in aftermath of WTC attack
Staff Writer By elaine van develde Bias called simple case of ignorance, arrogance Muslims, others face new hostility in aftermath of WTC attack The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 stunned some of other cultures into a state of fear that flag-waving patriotism laced with all the good intentions in the world could turn into a…
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ Students in Mary Ellen Dolinick’s fourth-grade class at Ravine Drive School in Matawan drop pennies destined for the American Red Cross into a collection jar Friday.
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Registration deadline for gymnastics Sept. 28
Registration deadline for gymnastics Sept. 28 The Hazlet Recreation Commission will hold gymnastics for girls and boys Monday and Wednesday evenings beginning Oct. 1. Cost for the 16-week program is $55, and classes will be at Cove Road School, Hazlet. One-hour classes will be given as follows: students age 6-8, 5:40 p.m.; girls age 6-8…
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Shirt shop raising funds for rescue workers
Staff Writer By Alison Granito FARRAH MAFFAI Jane Lynch of Aberdeen wears one of the fund-raising T-shirts to a memorial service Sunday in Matawan for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. MATAWAN — Apparel Zone cannot keep enough off their special T-shirts, which they have been producing to raise money for the victims of…
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On Sept. 20 I set out to document the destruction at the World Trade Center that I had only seen through the eyes of other photographers.
On Sept. 20 I set out to document the destruction at the World Trade Center that I had only seen through the eyes of other photographers. After several hours of walking downtown and trying unsuccessfully to get to the site, I was lucky enough to be escorted by two Port Authority police officers who allowed…
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Governor slashes red tape for ferry Fast Ferry expects to start providing service next week
Staff Writer By darlene diebold Governor slashes red tape for ferry Fast Ferry expects to start providing service next week With all the problems concerning traffic heading to New York these days, acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco has removed state roadblocks that were keeping Keyport Fast Ferry from coming to town. At the Sept. 18 Borough…
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FARRAH MAFFAI George and Kathleen Shave, Matawan, comfort each other during a memorial service for victims of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center disaster Sunday at Terhune Park in Matawan.
