Category: Independent News
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Grassroots group set to protest deer hunt
Opponents of bow hunt press for alternate methods to cull deer herd BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Opponents of the bow-and-arrow deer hunt under way at Bayonet Farm will hold a protest at Holmdel Town Hall 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6. The protest, which is being spearheaded by resident and activist Laurie Perla, is in…
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Athletes on a mission: EveryBODY Skates NJ
Disabled hockey players skate 54 NJ rinks in 54 hours BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Agroup of athletes made history during last week’s Hockey Weekend Across America when they visited all of New Jersey’s 54 ice rinks in 54 hours to raise awareness of hockey players with disabilities. Andrew Schwartz, of Clifton, (standing, left) and…
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SJV teachers flip burgers for Haiti
HOLMDEL — St. John Vianney High School students flocked to the Aberdeen McDonald’s to hear their teachers ask, “Would you like fries with that?” last week. To raise money for the relief effort in Haiti, SJV teachers traded their briefcases and textbooks for fry baskets and ice cream cones as part of “McTeachers Night,” during…
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Holmdel considers fees for field use
Groups made up of residents would be exempt BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Nonresident sports teams may be paying to use athletic fields in the township come spring. The Township Committee and the Recreation Advisory Committee are considering a maintenance fee to use township park facilities for teams and organizations made up mainly…
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With roots deep in Middletown, Evelyn Hartman turns 100
Evelyn Starke Hartman MIDDLETOWN — Evelyn Starke Hartman, a descendant of Middletown’s earliest residents, was born on Jan. 3, 1910, in the same house on Conover Street where she lives today. On the occasion of her 100th birthday, she was honored by generations of family and friends who celebrated her remarkable life in a ceremony…
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Investigation under way on fatal train accident
MATAWAN — Local officials are investigating an accident involving a NJ Transit train that fatally injured a Laurence Harbor man walking on the tracks near the Matawan- Aberdeen Train Station on Monday, according to NJ Transit. The train, which struck Krishna Kumar, 45, departed at 4:30 a.m. Feb. 1 from New York Penn Station and…
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Taylor Butler House
Re-enactor George Efinger portrays a Delaware Indian warrior allied with the British during the Revolutionary War before a group at Taylor Butler House in Middletown on Jan. 26. FRANK GALIPO
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Wide variety of orchids to be displayed at show
The Deep Cut Orchid Society’s 13th annual show will feature thousands of delicate flowers with rainbow colors from pure white to deep orange, yellows, purples, magenta, green, blue. Even spotted and striped orchids. Tiny flowers smaller than a pencil eraser and large “prom” orchids 3 to 4 inches across. The show, the largest in New…
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Army’s move from fort months ahead of schedule
HUD review of fort reuse plan still not completed BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer More than 1,000 employees have already left Fort Monmouth, as the Army’s move of personnel and equipment from the base to the Aberdeen (Md.) Proving Ground proceeds months ahead of schedule “They are six months ahead of schedule, which means that…
