Category: Independent News
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Free financial workshops at Hazlet library
HAZLET — Improve your financial management skills with a two-part financial program at the Hazlet Township Library, 251 Middle Road. The programs are offered free of change. Register by calling the library at 732-264- 7164. “Managing Income and Expenses: Getting from Here to There” will be held 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 27. Creating a spending…
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Michael’s Feat to host 11th annual Family Picnic
MATAWAN — Michael’s Feat will host its 11th annual Family Picnic at the YMCA Camp Arrowhead in Marlboro on July 30 to benefit families of seriously ill newborns in Monmouth and Ocean counties. The event, scheduled to run from 1 to 5 p.m., features fun activities for the entire family and will kick off the…
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Brian Kirk and The Jirks perform on the beach at Sandy Hook during the Sandy Hook Foundation’s weekly summer concert series on July 13. More photos, page 31 and gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Justin Ryan will play classical music, hymns, television and movie themes and children’s songs on his Array mbira, an African instrument based on the Zimbabwe thumb-piano, at a fundraising concert set for 6 p.m. July 24 at the First Presbyterian Church of Matawan, 883 Route 34. A freewill offering will be collected to benefit children’s-cancer…
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Middletown amended municipal budget lowers tax levy
Pension and benefits costs, tax appeals drive tax increase BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Middletown Township Committee approved the amended $62 million 2011 municipal budget at a special meeting July 13. The amended budget includes a $46.6 million tax levy, down about $46,000 from the tax levy in the budget previously introduced. “I commend…
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Beach party
Members of the audience dance to the music of Brian Kirk and The Jirks during a summer concert at Sandy Hook on July 13. The free weekly concert series, which runs through Aug. 24, is held at Beach Area E and is sponsored by the Sandy Hook Foundation. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff
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Welcome to summer in the country!
Local host families cheer arrival of city kids BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Individuals and families participating in the Fresh Air Fund Friendly Town Program welcome the children they will host for a summer vacation with signs and balloons at Holmdel Park on July 14. PHOTOS BY STEVE MEDLIN Before the doors were even open, the…
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Ideal Beach neighbors unite to ensure safe community
Volunteers enlist in neighborhood watch program BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Greta Siwiec (l), coordinator of the Ideal Beach Neighborhood Watch and a member of the neighborhood group, attend the announcement of the program at the Tanya Keller Community Center on July 6. ANDREW DAVISON MIDDLETOWN — The Ideal Beach Community Association recently launched a…
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Saint Barnabas job fair targets jobs for vets
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Veterans talk to representatives of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System about employment opportunities at a job fair on July 14 at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. KENNY WALTER Clayton Simpson is one of countless veterans trying to start a new career. That is why Simpson, who served in the…
