Category: Independent News
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DEP extends comment period for Holmdel site
Staff Writer By cindy tietjen DEP extends comment period for Holmdel site HOLMDEL — The state Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to extend the public comment period on a permit for a waste water treatment plant for a Route 34 development site. HMF Associates has approval to construct five office buildings on more than…
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Holmdel moves forward on Chase buy Township signs assignment of interest agreement with partners
Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Holmdel moves forward on Chase buy Township signs assignment of interest agreement with partners HOLMDEL — An assignment of interest agreement has been drawn up between the four organizations that plan to purchase the Chase property. The township, the county, the state Department of Environmental Protection and the Monmouth Conservation…
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Search continues for clammers lost at sea Fund started to assist families of Middletown, Highlands men
Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Search continues for clammers lost at sea Fund started to assist families of Middletown, Highlands men Tragedy has struck the clamming community for the second time in four years. As of Monday, the bodies of two clammers whose boat overturned during rough waters the afternoon of Jan. 27 in…
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The truth about George First president a guest at county historical association gathering
Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE The truth about George First president a guest at county historical association gathering JERRY WOLKOWITZ George Washington, played by William Sommerfield, discusses the printed news in his day. MIDDLETOWN — George Washington held a press conference last week. It was the highlight of the Monmouth County Historical Association’s Jan.…
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Holt, Pallone, Smith call for new edict on Earle Congressmen call on Rumsfeld to stay the recent decision
Holt, Pallone, Smith call for new edict on Earle Congressmen call on Rumsfeld to stay the recent decision With a new face at the helm of the Department of Defense, congressmen Frank Pallone, Rush Holt and Christopher Smith are thinking that luck could turn in their favor. They are asking the Navy to keep one…
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Many towns seek new prosecutors Court rules working as defense attorney conflicts with filling post
Staff Writer By lindsey siegle Many towns seek new prosecutors Court rules working as defense attorney conflicts with filling post Every year New Jersey municipalities hold reorganization meetings in which new members are sworn in and professionals are appointed. In most towns things stay pretty much the same year to year, unless power shifts from…
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Residents work to help India earthquake victims
Staff Writers By takesha Pettus & Natalie M. vena A Sayreville campaign is under way to aid victims in last week’s earthquake in India. According to Pankaj I. Sheth, president of the D’warkadhish Temple on Washington Road, a relief fund drive is being held to aid victims of the earthquake which occurred in India on…
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Middletown prepared for remainder of snow season
The National Weather Service is predicting warmer than normal temperatures from the southwest to the southeast, and northward to the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and mid-Atlantic coast. However, Middletown is ready now that Punxsutawney Phil has called for another six weeks of winter. Mayor Joan Smith said, "Over the last decade, local officials have rebuilt…
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Both sides deplore theft of anti-town center signs
Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Both sides deplore theft of anti-town center signs MIDDLETOWN — Anti-town center signs are popping up like weeds throughout the township. Lately, though, as fast as they’re popping up, they’re being pulled, leaving only partially frozen stakes rooted in the ground. No one on either side of the movement…
