Category: Independent News
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Hazlet takes steps to qualify for flood insurance rate cut
Administrator: Shortened workweek saves twp. $16K BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer HAZLET — Township residents should be in store for a 10 percent discount on the cost of flood insurance starting in May 2010. Annie Eng, Hazlet’s Community Rating System (CRS) coordinator, said the township would get at the least a 5 percent cut in…
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Sept.: Fall is staggering in
Weeks of brilliant color are ahead, and it is time to think about your spring garden. The Night-Blooming Cereus blooms once a season at night. Bulbs, those buried treasures, are the easiest and most diverse way to add excitement to your spring garden. Captivating color, fragrance and a wide range of varieties are their trademark.…
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Walk will support efforts to Bring Sean Home
LONG BRANCH — The Bring Sean Home community will hold a walkathon and fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Pier Village in Long Branch to benefit The David & Sean Fund. The Bring Sean Home Walkathon and Fundraiser will help defray expenses related to the abduction of Sean Goldman to Brazil and his repatriation to…
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‘Punks, Poets & Politicians’
McKay Imaging Photography Studio and Gallery in Red Bank will open its latest photography exhibition, “Punks, Poets & Politicians, Photographs by Marcia Resnick,” on Friday. John Belushi, comic actor, September 1981 An opening reception will be held 7-10 p.m. Sept. 25 at McKay Imaging Photography Studio and Gallery, located on the second floor of 12…
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NOTESAround Town
The Monmouth County Concours d’Elegance will sponsor a free classic car show to benefit Embrace Kids from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 26 at Hop Brook Farm, 953 Holmdel Road, Holmdel. The free show will feature five classes of competition and will end with a parade of winners. Vendors will donate proceeds to Embrace…
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Restoring oyster habitat to the Raritan Estuary
Keyport Harbor Oyster Reef Project places reefs in bay BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer South of the Newark Bay, bordered by Staten Island, N.Y., a hidden gem lies within Keyport Harbor just one mile from the shoreline. ERIC SUCAR staff Keyport Harbor Reef Project staff with the NY/NJ Baykeeper and Rutgers University prepare to install…
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BOE nixes turf fields at Thompson, Thorne
Nut Swamp Elementary site proposed instead BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer The Middletown Board of Education blocked the township’s proposal to install turf athletic fields at Thompson and Thorne middle schools at its workshop meeting Sept. 16. Instead, the board voted 5-4 to propose installing a turf field at Nut Swamp Elementary School instead of…
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Century of Hope bike tour
Cyclists await the start of the first annual Century of Hope bike tour, which began at Holmdel Community United Church of Christ on Sept. 19. The bike tour offered three courses winding through Monmouth and Ocean counties for cyclists of all ages and experience levels. The tour is a fundraiser for Sylvia’s Children, a nonprofit…
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KeyportFest
Clockwise from above: Dave Mason, Freehold, and Danny “Blues Dog” Perini, South River, of The Cobra Brothers perform at KeyportFest on Sept. 12. Vi and Jake Schneck, of Morganville, try to stay dry as they listen to a band perform. Keansburg resident Brian Lindry prepares a sandwich for a customer.
