Category: Independent News
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Keyport mayor reaches out to Bayshore for shared police services
Keyport’s acting chief maintains that wording in referendum was misleading BY JAMES McEVOY Correspondent Mayor Robert J. Bergen announced he would begin the process of gauging interest among Keyport’s neighboring municipalities about shared services for police administration. Bergen made the announcement at the Keyport Borough Council meeting Nov. 9 in response to the results of…
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in the service •••
Army Pfc. Andrew Cuppler, brother of Kimberly Cuppler and son of Tracy Cuppler, both of Matawan, has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nineweeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military…
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BRSA seeks more space for turbine blades
Attny. for Union Beach asks for moratorium on project BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA BY JACQUELINE Staff Writer The heated debate over the construction of a 1.5-megawatt industrial wind turbine is still raging on in the Bayshore, a dispute that now involves land-use issues. Officials from the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority (BRSA) submitted an application to the…
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Mat-Ab BOE responds to O’Malley’s departure
Superintendent accepts position in Edison district BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Richard O’Malley, Superintendent of the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District, will be packing his bags from 1 Crest Way effective Feb. 7. O’Malley resigned from his position as the district’s chief executive on Nov. 7, taking a job as superintendent of the Edison…
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Homework help from the library
Students of all ages in central New Jersey can find homework help at the Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium (LMxAC) member libraries. Individualized guidance can be found through online resources such as Tutor.com and Learning Express, among others, that are subscribed to by one or another of the LMxAC libraries. There are numerous LMxAC libraries…
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Mid’twn OKs $1M for wave of retirements
Twp. Committee approves emergency appropriation BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Middletown Township Committee unanimously authorized an emergency appropriation of $1 million to pay severance liabilities from a wave of recent retirements at its meeting on Nov. 15. Specifically, the ordinance authorizing the appropriation said that these liabilities resulted from accrued leave. Township Administrator Anthony…
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New center designed to spark interest in science
Oak Hill adds environmental center to campus BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Oak Hill Academy’s recently dedicated Science and Environmental Center. Accessible via a wetlands boardwalk, the building houses five dedicated science labs for grades pre-K to eight. MIDDLETOWN — With its new Science and Environmental Center, dedicated on Nov. 14, the Oak Hill Academy…
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Rolling Thunder honors veterans
Upper Broadway in Long Branch was filled with more than 500 members of the Rolling Thunder New Jersey Chapter 2 veterans group on Nov. 11 to honor America’s military personnel. PHOTOS BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA
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Breast cancer not just a concern for females
Father George Dounelis shares his battle with so-called women’s disease BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The Rev. George Dounelis says he is now part of the “women’s club.” A lump he found while showering in May 2003 turned out to be cancerous, requiring a full mastectomy of his left breast. “I was sitting…
