Category: Independent News
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Middletown’s school superintendent to retire
BOE OKs retirement with shortened notice BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Board of Education approved Superintendent Karen Bilbao’s retirement at its Dec. 15 meeting. Bilbao’s retirement will take effect Feb. 1. The board needed to approve her retirement because she gave 60 days’ notice, rather than the 120 days her contract stipulates.…
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Brookdale’s new center expands recreation space
$22M BREC fitness center is open to the community BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Officials and members of the Brookdale community attend opening ceremonies in the college’s new Recreation and Events Center (BREC). MIDDLETOWN — Brookdale Community College’s new Recreation and Events Center (BREC) will reduce conflicts for campus recreation space and provide a brand-new…
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Greater Media archives now available at Mat-Ab library
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN — The borough’s hometown newspaper is now available through a digital archive at the Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library (MAPL). The Independent, the newspaper of record for the Bayshore section of Monmouth County, has been digitized from March 1972 through March 2000 on the MAPL website. “It’s fully operational and it’s…
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Twp. Committee says goodbye to Janet Berk
Twp. government will reorganize on Jan. 3 BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Janet Berk HOLMDEL — After serving seven years on the Township Committee, the governing body bid farewell to Committeewoman Janet Berk. Berk, a three-term Democrat, was presented with a plaque honoring her service with the township on Dec. 9. She lost a reelection…
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Aberdeen to Afghanistan, help for soldiers in need
Help Us, Help Them collecting donations for care packages BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Township resident Kathy MacCutcheon is a mom on a mission. Her 21-year-old son Christopher Mac- Cutcheon graduated from basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., and was deployed to Afghanistan, 10 miles away from the Pakistan border, in April. “When…
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Jake Geniton, along with the rest of the kindergarten angels, heads for the stage to perform in “The First Leon,” the annual Christmas pageant held at St. Benedict School in Holmdel on Dec. 16. More photos, page 25 and at gmnews.com.
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Operation Sleighbells toy drive marks 101st year
Family and Children’s Services began with holiday collection BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Operation Sleighbells toy drive, the founding event of Family and Children’s Services (FCS), will wrap up this week. The Long Branch-based nonprofit finished up the 101st annual collection last week and will dispense the toys and gifts in the days before…
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Hazlet administrator: Town must change its ways
Valentino warns of $1.3M budget deficit; criticizes state, county BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Hazlet Township Administrator Brian Valentino projected a $1.3 million municipal deficit for 2011 and urged the Township Committee to change the way the town conducts business, at a special meeting on Dec. 14. He also challenged the committee to achieve a…
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YMCAs to host 22nd annual MLK memorial breakfast
The Community YMCA and the YMCA of Western Monmouth County will host the 22nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast on Jan. 17. The event will celebrate of the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and will be held 8-10 a.m. at Branches, 123 Monmouth Road in West Long Branch.…
