Category: Independent News
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Keyport amends Aeromarine plan
Public meeting on new plan set for April 13 BY JAMES McEVOY Correspondent KEYPORT — In a special joint meeting with the Borough Council, the Unified Planning Board recommended approval of amendments to the Aeromarine Redevelopment Plan that may be officially adopted by the council through an ordinance at its next meeting. The Planning Board,…
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Mid’twn district makes cuts, OKs $140M budget
Administrators freeze salaries; union declines concessions BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The Middletown Board of Education unanimously approved a 2010-11 budget on March 24 with $9.6 million slashed from the introduced budget and 124 positions eliminated. More than 500 residents attended a public school budget hearing at Middletown High School North on March 24. JACQUELINE…
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Tire slashing reported in twp.
ABERDEEN — The Aberdeen Township Police Department is investigating a series of tire slashings in the Strathmore section of town, according to a press release from the department. Beginning Feb. 20, residents of the A and D sections of the Strathmore development, located off Lloyd Road, have reported more than 20 incidents of criminal mischief…
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Volunteers needed for Bridges program
Volunteers are needed at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, to help sort clothing collected by Holmdel Community United Church of Christ for distribution to the homeless through the Bridges program. Clothing and food will be distributed to the homeless on Friday, April 16. Bridges is a program with and for the homeless of lower…
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Eggstravaganza
Brienna Rocha (r), Belford, works on a craft during the Middletown Spring Eggstravaganza held at the Middletown Arts Center on March 27. CHRIS KELLY
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Shellfish harvesting ban lifted by DEP
KEYPORT — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) revoked the closure of shellfish harvesting along the Raritan Bay coastline on March 26. According to the public notice, the DEP determined through water sample monitoring that the waters of the Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay, Navesink River and Shrewsbury River are now safe for…
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Jill Baker Gower: metal sculpture
The Monmouth Museum is continuing its New Jersey Emerging Artists Series in the Nilson Gallery with an exhibition of metal sculpture by artist Jill Baker Gower. “Reflection #1” The exhibition runs through April 25 at the museum, located on the campus of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. Gower creates wearable objects, sculpture and jewelry out…
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2010 EyeSights photography show
The Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury announced the winners of its seventh annual Eye- Sights open juried photography “City Window Reflections” by Paul Lenz competition. The show, which ran through this week, included photographs in monochrome and color and in traditional, digital or combination formats. Ricardo Barros, photographer-inresidence at Grounds for Sculpture, was juror…
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‘Process’ & ‘Glue’
The Spraypaint Surrealizm of artist Doug Z will be on view in the windows of the Art Alliance of Monmouth County during April. Themes for the April exhibit at the Art Alliance are “Process,” including three small images of work in progress, and “Glue,” with finished work mounted on foam core (assemblage). “Eden” An opening…
