Category: Independent News
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Holmdel police program empowers young women
Self-defense classes offered free to high school seniors BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The township Police Department and 180 Turning Lives Around, Hazlet, have joined together to ensure that college women do not become crime statistics. “The basic objective is to raise awareness for girls,” said Patrolman Michael Pigott, program coordinator for the…
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Handlin: Proposed water rate hike ‘unconscionable’
N.J. American may institute tiered-pricing structure in Monmouth BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer New Jersey American Water (NJAW) attracted the attention of Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R–District 13) when it proposed to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) a nearly 14 percent rate increase and tiered pricing. Amy Handlin “I have constituents who have…
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Spring cleaning
Volunteers remove trash along the fresh-water tributary leading into Whale Creek in Aberdeen on May 1 during a cleanup sponsored by the NY/NJ Baykeeper, the Aberdeen Environmental Committee and Bayshore Regional Watershed Council. The stream flows through riparian forest spotted with vernal pools and flows down to the tidal flood plain. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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Project porchlight a success in Aberdeen
ABERDEEN — The township Green Team’s Project Porchlight event resulted in the delivery of energy-saving compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs to over 1,400 households within the township. More than 50 volunteers delivered the free CFL bulbs throughout the community at the four-hour event on Saturday, April 17, according to Frank Huza, chairman of the Aberdeen…
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Mid’town commends law officers for long service
Mayor Gerard P. Scharfenberger (l-r), Police Chief Robert Oches, retired Police Auxiliary Chief John Jarius, current Auxiliary Chief David Diegert, and state Assemblyman Sam Thompson. MIDDLETOWN — Recently retired Police Deputy Chiefs Joseph F. Braun, Eugene P. Hannafey and Frederick J. Henry and Police Auxiliary Chief John Jarius were commended for decades of dedication to…
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in service
Army Spc. Samantha L. Kempson, daughter of Greg and Deborah Kempson of Belford, participated in the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Petersburg, Va. This year’s competition featured more than 160 military chefs from around the globe in more than 40 culinary categories. The competition included cold hors d’oeuvres, field cooking and…
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New Fiber Arts Group meets at Poricy Park
MIDDLETOWN — The Annex at Poricy Park Conservancy has added a Fiber Arts Group to its busy schedule. Created by local fiber artists Mary Ann Russo and Debby Slavitt, members of Rebecca’s Reel Quilters Guild, the new Fiber Arts Group is looking for creative individuals to come out and play in the world of nontraditional…
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‘Art on Paper’
‘Art on Paper,” a new exhibition at the Monmouth Museum, features 75 artworks in a range of paper-based media including etchings, monoprints and limited-edition original prints, artist books, collage, drawings and paintings on paper, photographs and wallmounted paper sculpture. “Estuary #2” by Robert W. Pillsbury Selecting juror Bruce Waldman is on the faculty of the…
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NOTES
German a cappella quintet Vocaldente performed during a benefit April 25 at the Oak Hill Academy Scire Activity Center in Lincroft. Proceeds benefited educational programs at the German School of Monmouth County and Oak Hill Academy. Citizens for Informed Land Use (CILU) hosts certified arborist Dr. Neil Hendrickson 7:30 p.m. May 12 at the Holmdel…
