Category: Independent News
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When I graduate…
When I graduate… Lisa Beveridge is all smiles as she attends Keyport High School’s graduation ceremony Thursday.
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Aberdeen approves luxury 290-unit housing complex Project a major component of train station revitalization area
Aberdeen approves luxury 290-unit housing complex Project a major component of train station revitalization area The Aberdeen Plan-ning Board last week unanimously granted preliminary and final site approval for a 290-unit luxury apartment complex in the township’s new Commerce & Transportation Center redevelopment area near the Aberdeen-Matawan Train Station. Known as Jefferson at Aberdeen Station,…
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Hazlet to get $50,000 in state extraordinary aid
HAZLET — The township will get $50,000 in extra state aid to offset its municipal tax rate. The township is one of only six towns in Monmouth County to get the extra money, dubbed extraordinary aid, which is "designed specifically to offset property tax increases that result from a severe hardship," according to E.J. Miranda,…
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Aberdeen OKs complex Continued from page 1
Aberdeen OKs complex Continued from page 1 ments, including landscaping, parking area lighting levels and the location of a detention basin, as well as an easement for a proposed extension of the Monmouth County Park System’s Henry Hudson Trail. The existing trail follows a railroad right of way between Atlantic Highlands and Aberdeen. The extension…
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Phoenix Productions to stage ‘Grease’ in July
Phoenix Productions of Lincroft is producing the musical Grease for the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St. in Red Bank. A ’50s dance contest will be held 15 minutes before curtain, and audience members are encouraged to participate. Performances will be Fridays and Saturdays, July 14, 15, 21 and 22 at 8 p.m., and Sunday…
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Middletown Library sets home buyers’ workshop
Middletown Township Public Library will present a workshop for first-time home buyers on June 28 at 7:30 p.m. John Mauro, senior mortgage consultant for First Interstate Financial Corp., will be the guest speaker for the program. Because first-time home buyers are faced with many questions and decisions, Mauro will discuss the advantages of home ownership,…
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Mid’town budget now in commissioner’s hands School board expecting fast decision on appeal of township cuts
Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Mid’town budget now in commissioner’s hands School board expecting fast decision on appeal of township cuts MIDDLETOWN — The fate of the Township Committee’s $1.6 million recommended cuts to the defeated 2000-01 school budget now lies in the hands of the state education commissioner. Commissioner David Hespe will make the…
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Seamen celebrate their role in U.S. Navy history Destroyer Escort association members meet at Earle Navy pier
Staff Writer By Doug mckenzie Seamen celebrate their role in U.S. Navy history Destroyer Escort association members meet at Earle Navy pier JEFF HUNTLEY Master of ceremonies James Mitchell rings the bell during the reading of the roll of honor during Saturday’s ceremony for lost destroyer escort sailors at the Naval Weapons Station Earle pier…
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Celebrating heritage
Celebrating heritage Hatti Gates (top) studies a sarong, while Susan Slay (r) and her daughter Zenobia, 3, take a food break at the 15th annual African American Family Festival Saturday at Brookdale Com-munity College in Lincroft. PHOTOS BY JEFF HUNTLEY
