Category: Independent News
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Family seeks to sell off set of 31 vintage guitars
Collectors’ cache of hand-crafted guitars made by New Jersey’s Sam Koontz BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer I t’s a story that might make William Shakespeare proud. “We’ve got passion, we’ve got love, we have beauty, we have death and we have suicide … it’s everything that Shakespeare would have written about,” said Christopher Wylde, who…
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Art spurs good works, benefits community
Recent work by Molly Gaston Johnson A rtist Molly Gaston Johnson, the featured artist at Joel McFadden’s jewelry design studio in Red Bank this month, is taking her art exhibit to a new level of community involvement. Gaston Johnson is the third artist to be featured during Second Saturdays at the Studio, monthly art openings…
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Aberdeen Twp. manager resigns for Old Bridge spot
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Joseph Criscuolo ABERDEEN — Township Manager Joseph Criscuolo will be returning to his old stomping grounds in Middlesex County on Jan. 20. Criscuolo, the former assistant business administrator for Old Bridge Township, formally resigned from his position as Aberdeen’s township manager at the Jan. 4 Township Council meeting to take…
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‘Visions of Wilson Hall’
Pompeii Room” by Scott NickersonMonmouth University’s Wilson Hall is one of the landmark structures of the Jersey Shore. The property has served as the summer White House for President Woodrow Wilson, the home of Daddy Warbucks in the film version of “Annie,” and currently as administrative offices and classroom and lecture space for the university,…
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Mid’twn’s new mayor to pursue solar energy
Fiore says staying within property tax cap is major challenge BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Mayor Anthony Fiore MIDDLETOWN — As the township’s new mayor, Anthony Fiore lists coming in under the 2-percent cap and a townwide solar initiative as goals for 2011. Fiore said that 2011’s biggest challenge would be staying under the 2-percent…
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“Citizen King,” the 13th in the Social Action film series, will be shown 4 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Unitarian Meetinghouse, 1475 W. Front Street, Lincroft. “Citizen King” traces the final arc of Martin Luther King Jr.’s journey, which became, in his words, the effort to “transform and restructure the whole of American society.” Call…
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Goddard School plans Jan. 22 open house
The Goddard School of Hazlet, 560 Holmdel Road, will hold a Winter Wonderland open house 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 22. All are welcome to attend the free event. Children will be invited to join in activities, arts and crafts and games. Refreshments will be served. A discount will be offered to families enrolling…
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Temple Beth Ahm to host author, resistance fighter
ABERDEEN— Temple Beth Ahm and its Hebrew High School program will present an appearance by author Arlette deMonceau Michaelis, who lived in Brussels, Belgium, during the German occupation of World War II (1940-45). During those war years, Michaelis, a teenager, and her parents, brother and sister resisted the Germans in many ways: harassing Germans on…
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Army Corps scans Fort Hancock for munitions
Study looks for unexploded ordnance on Sandy Hook BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will conduct a remedial investigation and feasibility study to determine if a significant number of unexploded munitions remains around Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook. Gregory Goepfert, USACE project manager, explained the upcoming study at a…
