Category: Independent News
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Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announced the following local births: Jan. 4, a boy to Jamie and Ryan P. McAndrews of Hazlet; Jan. 7, a girl to Angela L. Cook of Middletown; Jan. 11, a boy to Kelly Ann Kenny and Thomas Cribbin of Middletown; and Jan. 14, a girl to Lauren and Robert Healey…
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Measure designates roadway in honor of vets of Korean War battle
MIDDLETOWN — A measure sponsored by Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (R-13th District), Sen. Sean Kean (R-11th District) and Assemblyman Dave Rible (R-11th District), which would designate a portion of Route 35 in honor of veterans of a renowned Korean War battle, has been signed into law. The bill honors the American-led United Nations soldiers, known as…
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Holmdel native selected as Albright Institute Fellow
HOLMDEL — Wellesley College junior Surina Diddi, of Holmdel, has been named a fellow of the Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs, which prepares women for positions of global leadership. Diddi’s participation in the institute began with an intensive course this January, when she took lessons from experts in international relations and public policy,…
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Danielle Ash consoles Philip Strobel during a candlelight vigil held Feb. 8 at the Matawan Regional High School gymnasium in memory of Chris Dhume, a Matawan Regional High School senior who passed away on Jan. 22 from bacterial meningitis. Story and more photos, page 3 and gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Holy Cross to host Gaelic Mass, Irish parade
RUMSON — Holy Cross Catholic Church will celebrate its third annual Gaelic Mass and Irish Parade/Festival in honor of St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday, March 12. The event will begin with a gathering before 8 a.m. on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright, near the base of the Sea Bright Bridge, followed by a parade of…
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Students with the Jersey Shore Chinese School of Holmdel perform a Dragon Dance to celebrate the advent of the Year of the Rabbit on Feb. 3 at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year.See the story, on page 3. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Veterans’ stories recorded for national archive
Iraq War veteran from Holmdel adds his experiences to Veterans History Project BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Behind each war story in the media are the men and women who lived it before it was news; for them, it was reality. Iraq War veteran Justin Sasso, of Holmdel, hopes that adding his oral history to…
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From Taiwan to Brookdale, Year of the Rabbit welcomed
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Bright costumes, colorful red fans and joyous music filled Brookdale Community College’s Student Life Center as revelers said goodbye to the tumultuous Year of the Tiger and a hearty “gung hay fat choy” to the Year of the Rabbit last Thursday. Students from the Jersey Shore Chinese School of Holmdel…
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Holmdel police support DWI Remembrance Day
HOLMDEL— The New Jersey Department of Highway Traffic Safety will host a DWI Remembrance Day on April 27 at the Trenton War Memorial. The event will honor and remember victims of drunken drivers. The Holmdel Township Police Department Traffic Safety Unit is asking anyone who may be a victim or anyone who may know a…
