Category: Independent News
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2011 Housing Choices Bus Tour slated for May 4
MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth Advocacy Team, a coalition of organizations that support the creation of affordable housing, will host the “2011 Housing Choices Bus Tour: Solving the Housing Puzzle Together” on Wednesday, May 4. The event is presented in conjunction with the Monmouth County Association of Realtors and the United Way of Monmouth County and…
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New Jersey 9/11 memorial fundraiser set for May 9
The New Jersey 9/11 Memorial Foundation will hold its “Empty Sky” Memorial Benefit Dinner on May 9 at the Short Hills Hilton. The event will be hosted by NJ 101.5-FM’s Dennis Malloy and features the musical entertainment of Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and J. Robert Spencer — The Midtown Men — four stars…
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Preservation conference at Monmouth U.
WEST LONG BRANCH — The New Jersey Historic Trust, an affiliate of the state Department of Community Affairs, will cohost the 2011 N.J. Historic Preservation Conference from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 3 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The conference, titled “Preservation Looks Forward,” will focus on how communities can sustain their…
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Solar panels provide learning opportunities, save $$ in Hazlet
BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer HAZLET — When Lillian Drive students were asked at a presentation on solar energy on April 13 what the sun gives us, warmth and light were quickly offered. One student also said electricity; evidence that the significance of the solar panels erected outside the school has not been lost on…
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Group to volunteer at marathon for first time
MOCEANS members will help at water stations, expo booth BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Contact Kenny Walter at [email protected]. LONG BRANCH — A new group of volunteers will step into the mainstream to help out at the week-long New Jersey Marathon Festival that kicks off on Saturday. In order to raise awareness and funds, volunteers with…
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Sheep shearing
Debbie Senese, of Matawan, takes a clipper to the woolly coat of a cooperative sheep during a shearing demonstration at Longstreet Farm in Holmdel on April 23. FRANK GALIPO
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Prosecutor: Cigarette cause of deadly blaze
The charred remains of a house at 135 Statesir Place, Middletown, consumed by a fire in the early hours of April 19. Flowers were placed on the lawn as memorials to the four victims who lost their lives in the fire. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office has determined…
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Pallone: Offshore drilling isn’t safe anywhere
Environmentalists protest bill to expand oil drilling to Eastern Seaboard BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Clean Ocean Action Executive Director Cindy Zipf (center) is joined by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-6th District, (r) and representatives of environmental organizations on April 20, the one-year anniversary of the Gulf oil spill, to protest legislation that would expand…
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Stately Homes to be held at Holly Hill, benefit VNA
Stately Homes by-the-Sea, a benefit for the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, will take place May 3 to June 12 at Holly Hill, a historic country estate nestled in the Locust section of Middletown. More than 35 interior designers, decorators and landscape artists will transform this pre-war treasure, creating a home that reflects the…
