Category: Independent News
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Choir sings on Martin Luther King Day
Taylor Towns, 4, Dasia Farris, 4, and Kyra Farris, 3, clap along with the choir during an area Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Saturday at Matawan Avenue Middle School in Aberdeen. MARIE ORTIZ
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Keyport may realign 1st St., American Legion Drive
Keyport may realign 1st St., American Legion Drive JERRY WOLKOWITZ Currently pedestrians must cross American Legion Drive (above) to access the waterfront behind Keyport’s downtown business district. The Keyport Borough Council hopes to change that when it replaces the deteriorating bulkhead that borders the roadway. Project related to $2 million bulkhead replacement By cindy tietjen…
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Driver’s license change draws mixed reaction Youths give the plan a thumbs down; driving instructor, a thumbs up
Staff Writer By Alison Granito Driver’s license change draws mixed reaction Youths give the plan a thumbs down; driving instructor, a thumbs up Area teen-agers are not happy with a new law that will keep them off the roads at night and their friends out of the car during the day. Under the new graduated…
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Two men robbed at gunpoint at apartment in Matawan
Staff Writer By Alison Granito Two men robbed at gunpoint at apartment in Matawan MATAWAN — Two men were robbed at gunpoint in the Longbrook Apartments off Matawan Avenue and Sutton Place on Dec. 31. The robbery took place in one of the apartments. The victims, one borough man and one Marlboro man, reported that…
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Keeping King’s dream alive
MARIE ORTIZ Members of Saints Together for One Main Purpose (STOMP), a drill team composed of area youth, rehearse Sunday for a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Saturday at Matawan Avenue Middle School in Aberdeen. MLK program set for Sat. at Matawan Ave. Middle School By alison granito Staff Writer Organizers of this year’s Martin…
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Holmdel hoping to buy former Navy housing 5-acre Telegraph Hill Road site could be added to Phillips Park
Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Holmdel hoping to buy former Navy housing 5-acre Telegraph Hill Road site could be added to Phillips Park MARIE ORTIZ If Holmdel is able to acquire this 5-acre former Navy housing site on Telegraph Hill, next to Phillips Park, some officials would like to demolish the houses to expand the…
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Middletown school projects on target High School South, Thompson and Thorne to be done by fall
Staff Writer By alison granito Middletown school projects on target High School South, Thompson and Thorne to be done by fall According to school district officials, progress in the construction overhaul of township schools is apparent. "Most people can really see things happening when they drive by the schools now," Joe Grabowski, director of facilities…
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Davey, Aumiller switch places in Holmdel Larry Fink sworn in as first Democrat since the early 1970s
Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Davey, Aumiller switch places in Holmdel Larry Fink sworn in as first Democrat since the early 1970s Art Davey HOLMDEL — Outgoing Deputy Mayor Arthur Davey became the township’s new mayor at Monday’s reorganization, but his election by the five-member Township Committee was not without controversy. "I think he will…
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