Category: Independent News
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‘Fresh’ is September theme
“But If Then’ The theme of the September show at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County is “Fresh,” featuring new work from members. The exhibit will run through Sept. 25 at the gallery, located at 33 Monmouth St. The window artist is Robert O’Conner, a New Jersey-based painter, printmaker and video artist. His work has…
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Keyport Historical Society programs
The Keyport Historical Society will host its 14th annual Tea & Fashion Show 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2. “The Roaring 20s” will be held at the Keyport Yacht Club, 115 First St. Vintage clothing will be modeled by members of the Performing Arts Ensemble. Guests are encouraged to dress in period style. Gifts and prizes…
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Nelson Riddle Orchestra to perform in concert Oct. 2
In this age of social media and nano-technology, the classic hits first recorded on vinyl more than half a century ago still hold a place in the hearts of many and have gained a following among those born a generation later. Nelson Riddle, the iconic arranger and bandleader who worked with luminaries including Sinatra, Nat…
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Aberdeen approves $15M budget for 2010
Council allots $100K for infrastructure BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Council unanimously adopted its $15.15 million budget for 2010 on Sept. 7, a spending plan that raises taxes approximately $10 a month. After the township received a $371,000 reduction in state aid funding, all township municipal employees, including Township Manager Joseph…
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Program aims to boost recycling of paper
MIDDLETOWN — The township is launching a new awareness program to challenge residents to reduce their carbon footprint and save tax dollars. The goal of Recycle2$ave is to increase township-wide recycling of paper products including cardboard, junk mail, magazines, office paper and newsprint from 1,950 tons last year to 2,010 tons this year, Mayor Gerard…
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in the service
Air National Guard Airman Jerome Billups Jr., son of Vera Cummings of the Cliffwood section of Aberdeen, graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. The airman completed an intensive, eightweek program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and…
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Teens to register bone-marrow donors
In preparation for their upcoming bar mitzvahs and to join in the fight against leukemia and other blood cancers, Old Bridge teens Sam Allen and Brandon Sims will team up with the DKMS bone-marrow donor center to conduct a bone-marrow-donor registration drive 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 19 at Temple Shalom, 5 Ayrmont Lane, Aberdeen. For…
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POW/MIA, Gold Star Mothers Recognition Day
HOLMDEL — The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will hold its annual POW/MIA Recognition and Gold Star Mothers Recognition Day ceremony on Friday at 11 a.m. at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Holmdel. The third Friday of September is National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Ceremonies are held throughout the country in honor of…
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‘Racing at the Shore’
For more than 25 seasons, Bill Denver, of Equi-Photo, has documented the scene at Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport as official photographer, capturing moments from the morning sun rising over the paddocks and sleek thoroughbred racers at ease, to the anticipation at the bugle’s blow, the exhilaration of the race, and the faces in the…
