Category: Independent News
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Boro resident receives national recognition for volunteerism
MATAWAN — Ellen Strack, R.N., was honored by the Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps as the 2010 Outstanding Public Health Volunteer for her dedicated work with the Monmouth County Health Department’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). “Ellen is a wonderful volunteer who gives back by using her skills to strengthen the health and…
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Touring Sandy Hook
American Littoral Society fish-tagging director Jeff Dement (second from right) leads a tour of the Sandy Hook holly forest on Aug. 11. The Holmdel-based group Citizens for Informed Land Use (CILU) joined the American Littoral Society for a tour that explained the benefits of shoreline protection, while detailing the society’s efforts to date. More photos…
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Man sentenced to prison term in fatal accident
AHighlands man was sentenced to a six-year state prison term for second degree vehicular homicide, fourth-degree violating a special sentence of community supervision for life, and the motor vehicle offense of driving while intoxicated (DWI) on July 30. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Drew See pleaded guilty to the…
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Middletown District honors Special Olympians
Nishan Patel negotiates the standing high jump during track and field events at the Area Six Special Olympics in May. FRED SAUNDERS MIDDLETOWN — Student-athletes were recognized for their achievements at the June meeting of the Middletown Board of Education. Many of the 29 high school students who participated in the Area Six (Monmouth and…
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Freeholders honor Judith Stanley Coleman
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Judith Stanley Coleman MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders honored the life, work and legacy of philanthropist Judith Hurley Stanley Coleman with an honorary proclamation at a regular meeting on Aug. 12. Coleman, founder of the Monmouth Conservation Foundation and Save Sandy Hook, died peacefully at her…
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35th annual Clearwater Festival Aug. 21
The 2010 Clearwater Festival, a free celebration of the environment with live music, dance, food, fun and useful information, will take place Saturday, Aug. 21, in Sunset Park in Asbury Park. The largest eco festival in New Jersey, the festival is sponsored by the nonprofit New Jersey Friends of Clearwater, founded in the 1970s to…
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stork club
Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announces the following local births: July 13, a boy to Patti Ann and Joseph Borger of Hazlet; July 14, a boy to Chandra and Dennis O’Brien of Middletown; July 12, a boy to Jennifer and Thomas McGowan of Middletown; July 15, a boy to Brandy and Jordan Balthazar of Middletown;…
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CILU picnic at Veterans Memorial Park on Sept. 11
HOLMDEL — The community is invited to join Citizens for Informed Land Use on Sept. 11 for a pleasant afternoon of good food and honest conversation at Veterans Memorial Park on Telegraph Hill Road. CILU provides the barbecue for a nominal charge of $10 per family, $5 per person. Attendees are asked to bring their…
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Freeholders hear presentation on Union Beach wind turbine
BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders listened to a presentation from the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority (BRSA) about the 380- foot-tall industrial wind turbine planned for Union Beach, at a work session meeting on Aug. 12. The board unanimously passed a resolution on July 8 against the proposed 1.5-…
