Category: Independent News
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GMN photographers honored in NJPA contest
Greater Media Newspapers’ Photo Department took home seven awards in the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2009. The newspaper group, based in Freehold, publishes 10 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties. “Ride Down” by Eric Sucar, 2nd place, Feature Head photographer Jeff Granit took first place in the Feature Picture Story…
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Riccardo Berlingeri – ‘Paper Sculpture’
“Fenestra Florealis” The Monmouth Museum’s New Jersey Emerging Artists Series continues with an exhibition of paper sculpture by artist Riccardo Berlingeri of Middletown. The exhibit will continue through May 30 in the Nilson Gallery at the museum, located on the campus of Brookdale Community College in the Lincroft section of Middletown. Berlingeri’s works are created…
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Superintendent responds to union concerns
HTEA: ‘We are in the boat … that says we are not employed’ BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — With the school budget deadline only a week away, Superintendent of Schools Barbara Duncan said “solid decisions about personnel and cuts” would be made once the Township Committee announces further reductions May 18. Duncan addressed…
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15th anniversary Remembrance Day ceremony
The memorial wall reflects the 15th anniversary Remembrance Day ceremony held at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Holmdel on May 7 at which the N.J. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs awarded New Jersey Distinguished Service medals, Vietnam Service medals and other state military honors to 77 veterans. More photos, page 3 and…
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Teachers’ union, Holmdel BOE trade letters
Union takes issue with notice to all employees of possible layoffs BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The head of the Holmdel Township Education Association said last week that members were blindsided by a letter from the Holmdel school district notifying all staff members that they would not be rehired for the next school year. Denise…
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Remembrance Day
Clockwise from top: Veteran Michael J. Angermiller (r), Millstone, a corporal in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, receives a N.J. Distinguished Service Medal with Cluster and the N.J. Vietnam Service Medal from retired Col. Stephen G. Abel during the 15th anniversary Remembrance Day ceremony held at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in…
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Mayor, union spar on salary freeze
Scharfenberger’s push for pay freeze rebuffed by MTEA BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger said he will continue pressuring the Middletown Township Education Association (MTEA) to accept a one-year pay freeze in lieu of additional program and personnel cuts, although the union has already refused. “I’m still trying to pressure the…
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Mission Matawan community service project in its 8th year
MATAWAN — The First Presbyterian Church of Matawan will hold its eighth annual Mission Matawan program June 26 through July 3. Mission Matawan provides a helping hand to the elderly, handicapped and others who may not have the resources to repair and maintain their homes. Volunteers from the First Presbyterian Church do all of the…
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Twp., Army Corps meet on Pt. Monmouth flood relief
Mayor says federal funds may be available for project BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger said he is optimistic about federal assistance for the Port Monmouth pump station, following a May 5 meeting between township officials and representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The pump station would be part…
