Category: Independent News
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Jazz & blues fest jumps to Monmouth Pk.
Change in venue due to bulkhead project BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The 24th annual Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival will have a new name and a new venue when the annual event moves four miles down the road to Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport. Known for many years as RiverFest and then as…
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The nation called, and they answered
Outreach connects veterans with benefits BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Local veterans received some recognition last week and information about benefits they are due, when the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs presented 19 local veterans with honorary medals. Retired Army Col. Stephen G. Abel greets veterans and their family members who attended…
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Stork Club
Jennifer and Matthew Steenweg of Matawan, announce the birth of their son, Matthew Craig Steenweg Jr., Jan. 1, 2010, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. The baby weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces. Grandparents are Terry Steenweg of Old Bridge and Russell Steenweg of Manchester; and Bill Dees of Old Bridge and Jackie Grosser of…
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Community Art Show dates
The Middletown Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department and the Middletown Township Cultural and Arts Council are partnering to present the 2010 Community Art Show Series. All shows will be held at the Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St. Exhibit hours for all shows will be Monday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.;…
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NOTES
Julia Flynn, of Lincroft, waits her turn to take to the ice at the Red Bank Armory Ice Complex on Dec. 31. Mayor Serena DiMaso and the Holmdel Republican Party will host a public forum for Holmdel residents to provide input on the future of Holmdel 7-8:30 p.m. March 16 at the Community Center. All…
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KLIP (Keep Life in the Park),
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Merilee Cichy, of Little Falls, founding member of KLIP (Keep Life in the Park), is flanked by Marissa Weber (l), of Hazlet, and Angie Metler, of Vernon, as they demonstrate in front of Holmdel Town Hall on Sunday to protest a bow-and-arrow deer hunt on Bayonet Farm.
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Middletown reconsiders sports complex plans
Opposition group forms to oppose W. Front St. Park site BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The Middletown Township Committee is revisiting plans to expand athletic fields into a sports complex at West Front Street Park. The plans are being put off after a crowd of more than 100 residents attended the Feb. 1 committee meeting…
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Hazlet 2030 offers vision for future of township
Twp. creates long-term community redevelopment plan BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Mixed-use development, a community bus shuttle and an expanded open space system are all part of a 20-year visioning plan for the redevelopment of Hazlet Township. Top to bottom: A Hazlet resident looks over visuals at a public meeting on the town’s 20-year redevelopment…
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Winter play
Clockwise from top: Children of all ages are ready to ride down the sledding hill at Holmdel Park on a sunny winter afternoon Feb. 11. Kyle Jimenez climbs to the top of a small snow mountain at the park. Dozens of sleigh-riders are scattered around the hill the day after a major snowstorm blanketed the…
