Category: Independent News
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Interest in garden blooms at community center
Weeding not a popular chore among youngsters pitching in at Keller Center BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Clockwise from top: Middletown Deputy Mayor Pamela Brightbill tours the Tonya Keller Community Center garden with its young caretakers. A youngster picks vegetables. Center Supervisor Janet Adams helps bag produce. Three times a week, Middletown children become purveyors…
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Planners continue hearing Four Ponds application
Board members, residents express concerns about traffic impact BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer A color rendering of the 3,000-square-foot clubhouse at the proposed Four Ponds Development on Middletown- Lincroft Road illustrates the development’s traditional styling. MIDDLETOWN — Expert testimony on the controversial 342-unit Four Ponds development continued at the Aug. 3 Middletown Planning Board meeting,…
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Show your love for the shore Aug. 20
American Littoral Society launches ‘Share the Shore’ at 26 locations BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The American Littoral Society (ALS) is asking coastal enthusiasts to help celebrate its 50th anniversary during the inaugural “Share the Shore,” an event that celebrates the coastline. “Share the Shore” will take place on Aug. 20 simultaneously at 26 locations…
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180 seeks volunteers for SART training
180 Turning Lives Around (180) is accepting applications for new Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) advocates. Successful applicants will be invited to participate in the 50-hour mandatory training course being held 6-9:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from Sept. 19 through Oct. 19 held in the courtroom at Hazlet Township Police Headquarters, 255 Middle…
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Brush collection at issue in Middletown
Mayor suggests increasing fine or charging for pickup BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN— Township Committee members are concerned that residents have already started piling brush in front of their houses despite the cancellation of the fall collection. At the committee’s Aug. 1 meeting, Department of Public Works Director Joseph Maloney said the department has taken…
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Mayor describes impact of 9/11 memorial tour
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — A visit to the 9/11 Memorial at theWorld Trade Center site in New York left Mayor Fred Tagliarini with mixed emotions. “It’s wonderful on one hand to see life continuing, but then one stops and remembers this is because what happened 10 years ago,” Tagliarini said in an…
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Report: No further ecology study on fort necessary
NJDEP next step in determining if sites need further assessment BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Although some signs of dangerous ecological materials were found, an environmental firm did not recommend further ecological study for the soon-to-be-shuttered Fort Monmouth. The Baseline Ecological Evaluation (BEE) was presented to Fort Monmouth’s Restoration Advisory Board with environmental scientist…
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Max Keating, of Hauser Hill Farms in Old Bridge, stacks a pile of fresh corn for sale at the Keyport Farmers Market held at the Waterfront Mini Park on Aug. 4. More photos, page 22 and gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Fresh from the farm
Clockwides from far left: Max Keating helps shoppers select produce from Hauser Hill Farms in Old Bridge at the Keyport Farmers Market on Aug. 4. Tomatoes in various sizes and shapes create a colorful collage of summer’s bounty at the market, held weekly at the Waterfront Mini Park. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff
