Category: Independent News
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Township recognizes public works director
ABERDEEN — The Township Council has honored its longtime Public Works Director Jim Lauro with a proclamation honoring him for 42 years of service. Lauro, who is retiring, joined the municipality’s (then Matawan Township) staff in 1967 as a laborer in the Public Works Department and was promoted to parks foreman in 1976. In 1981,…
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In the Service
Army National Guard Pvt. Anthony Bryant Jr. has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. A 2005 graduate of Matawan Regional High School, Aberdeen, he is the nephew of Rodney Radden of Matawan and the grandson of Margo Gardner of Roselle. Army Reserve Pvt. Felicia M. Hughes has graduated from basic combat…
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Stimulus helps fund Imperial Oil cleanup
Federal government continues remediation of toxic site in Marlboro BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The final stages of cleanup at the contaminated Imperial Oil site are under way and the hope among public officials and area environmentalists is that the hazardous site will soon be pristine and rid of its dangers. The 15-acre…
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Stork Club
Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announced the following local births: Kimberly and James Cook of the Leonardo section of Middletown, a son on Nov. 23; Sharon and Ron Jackson of Middletown, a son on Nov. 28; and Lisa and Daniel M. Catena of Hazlet, a son on Nov. 28.
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Chabad Jewish Center of Holmdel
CHRIS KELLY staff Holmdel’s Sheila Weisfeld looks over an ice menorah carved for the Chabad Jewish Center of Holmdel at the Holmdel Fire House Hall on Dec. 13. CHRIS KELLY staff
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Man convicted of armed robbery
Aformer Hazlet Township resident was found guilty on Dec. 9 in the 2008 armed robbery of a liquor store. A Monmouth County jury found Daniel Levins, 45, guilty of first-degree armed robbery, third-degree aggravated assault, thirddegree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and fourth- degree criminal mischief,…
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Holmdel deer management plan approved
Despite dissent, hunt to begin in January BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer After four meetings of discussion, the Holmdel Township Committee approved a deer management plan that would permit bow hunting on Bayonet Farm. The motion presented by Committeeman Rocco Pascucci at the Dec. 10 meeting passed with a 4-1 vote. Mayor Serena DiMaso, Deputy…
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Twin Lights Preservation recognized
The Twin Lights Historical Society is the recipient of The New Jersey Historical Commission, Department of State, 2009 Award of Recognition. The society was recognized Nov. 21 for its outstanding contribution to the Twin Lights Historic Site. The award was presented at the commission’s conference titled “New Jersey and the Bill of Rights” commemorating the…
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Byrnes: 2010 will bring layoffs to Middletown
Republicans question Dems’ timing on fiscal resolution BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Growing financial woes and increasing debt will force the township to institute layoffs next year, Committeeman Sean Byrnes said at the Middletown Township Committee workshop Dec. 7. Byrnes predicted the township would cut people from the municipal payroll because of a myriad of…
