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ERIC SUCAR staff A.J. Waters, a first-grader at Home Away from Home Academy in Aberdeen, blows up a balloon to demonstrate his science project for a classmate during the school’s annual science fair held at Matawan Regional High School in Aberdeen on Jan. 8. More photos, page 18 and at gmnews.com.
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Young Einsteins
PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Students at Home Away From Home Academy, Aberdeen present their projects at the school’s annual Science Fair held at Matawan Regional High School on Jan. 8. Clockwise from top left: Judges Phyllis Visone (l-r) and Tiffany Wojcicki evaluate first-grader Alexis Campitello’s project. Students at the private school look at science…
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Mayor, deputy mayor seat switch in Holmdel Township
Committee votes to cut fees to professionals BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Township Clerk Maureen Doloughty (r) shakes hands with new Holmdel Mayor Patrick Impreveduto (l) at the township’s annual reorganization meeting Jan. 3. Holmdel rang in the new year with a new mayor at its annual reorganization meeting Jan. 3. Three-term Mayor…
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Canine officers end training
Six canineswere barking up the right tree since September, and as a result are the first graduates of the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office Police CanineAcademy. The intensive training session consisted of narcotics and explosive training dogs, along with their handlers from law enforcement agencies who received special training in the search and seizure of drugs…
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New Year’s Day Beach Walk
Left: The American Littoral Society continued an annual tradition by sponsoring a New Year’s Day Beach Walk to the tip of Sandy Hook. Tim Dillingham (center), executive director, leads the walk, which has been dedicated to Dery Bennett, the society’s former director who inaugurated the walk in the 1970s. Bottom left: Dressed for the occasion…
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IN THE ARTS
‘Four Women/Insight Out’ “Striped Tux” by Cynthia Yurcisin The Middletown Arts Center (MAC) is hosting “Four Women/InsightOut,” an art exhibition of recent paintings showcasing the talent and vision of four friends: Rosalie Bennett, Nina Douglas, Jacquelyn Kirczow-Smith and CynthiaYurcisin. The artists have shown their work extensively and have received recognition including awards, grants and acceptance…
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Developer at center of Marlboro scandal dies
A nthony Spalliero, a businessman and developer who was at the center of a municipal corruption scandal in Marlboro almost 10 years ago, has died. Spalliero, 68, ofHolmdel, died onDec. 19 at JFKMedical Center in Edison. At the time of his death, Spallierowas serving one year of home confinement for making bribe payments to then-Marlboro…
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ERIC SUCAR staff A thick blanket of snow deposited by the blizzard two days earlier draws children and adults to the sledding hill at Holmdel Park on a sunny afternoon on Dec. 28. More photos on page 11 and at gmnews.com.
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Libraries evolve, expand services and programs
Librarians cite recession, Internet, changing communities BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA & ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writers James Pirozzi, posing with his sister Dylan, became the one-millionth patron to check out a book in 2010, “Thomas-saurus Rex,” at the Middletown Township Public Library on Dec. 23. The role of local libraries in Eastern Monmouth County is evolving to…
