Category: Independent News
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Mat-Ab BOE member resigns, cites move
Board of Ed. will seek candidate for Aberdeen seat BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Joseph Warren ABERDEEN — The Matawan- Aberdeen Board of Education accepted the resignation of board member Joseph Warren, author of the controversial “Aberdeener” blog, at a regular action meeting on Sept. 27. Warren, who was elected to the board in April…
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Construction begins for turbine; local residents call for halt
Fischer: BRSA will build only one turbine BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Robert Fischer (center), executive director of the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority, leads a tour of the construction site for the industrial wind turbine on the plant’s 24-acre property in Union Beach on Sept. 20. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA HAZLET — As residents continue to push…
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Middletown Day
Top to bottom: Dominic Schettino (l) and Charlie Lee battle it out on one of the inflatable attractions at Middletown Day on Sept. 25 on Croydon Hall. Keira Dean enjoys a pony ride while a group gets a lift in a fire ladder bucket, compliments of the Middletown Fire Department Station No. 8.
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Twp. seeks grant for Ideal Beach upgrades
Committee OKs application for $250K in county open space funds BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer A concept drawing of the new concession building proposed for the Ideal Beach pavilion. COURTESY OF BLDG ARCHITECTURE LLC., MANASQUAN MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee authorized an application for a Monmouth County Open Space grant for the first phase of…
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Keyport joins opposition to wind turbine
BY JAMES McEVOY Correspondent KEYPORT — The Keyport Borough Council has joined the Hazlet Township Committee and the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders in opposing the construction of a 1.5-megawatt industrial wind turbine by the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority (BRSA) in Union Beach. Much of the controversy stems from the proposed construction of the…
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Pilsners, lagers and ales, oh my!
First Beer on the Pier features samples of local brews BY SAM SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Above: Festival volunteer Marty Horowitz serves up Rogue’s Somer Orange Honey Ale, one of the 50-plus beers available for tasting at Beer on the Pier Saturday in Belmar. Right: Local brew Beach Haus Pilsner from the East Coast Brewing Co.…
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Library trades fines for food donations
The Middletown Main Library is partnering with nonprofit organization Project Paul in the fight against hunger by collecting nonperishable food items at the library on Oct. 8, 9 and 10. As an added incentive, the library is offering “amnesty” for overdue fines — for every two donations of food, the library will take $5 off…
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Harvest Home Festival
The Jugtown Mountain String Band provides authentic entertainment at the Monmouth County Park System’s Harvest Home Festival held at Historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel on Sept. 25. The event also featured old-fashioned games, beekeeping, cider making, and potato harvesting. FRANK GALIPO
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Fort museum to begin new chapter
Communications artifacts to relocate to Aberdeen, Md. BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer From bouncing sunlight off a mirror to bouncing radio waves off the moon, the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Museum houses a collection of impressively rare and arguably war-winning technologies, many of which scientists developed in our backyard. A diorama shows the transmitter…
