Category: Independent News
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Aberdeen police seek suspects in assault
Police sketches of two of the suspects ABERDEEN — Township police are investigating the July 1 robbery and aggravated assault of a township resident. At approximately 8:30 p.m. on July 1, three male subjects approached a 29-yearold township resident while he was fishing off the seawall in the area of Beach Drive and demanded money…
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Learn old-time crafts
OCEAN GROVE — The Historical Society of Ocean Grove will present a variety of craft workshops throughout the summer in the pastoral gardens of Centennial Cottage. The two-hour workshops will focus on crafts popular in the early days of Ocean Grove and are being offered at minimal cost. Except as noted, sessions run from 10:30…
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A sunny option for reuse of former Bell Labs site
Resident pitches benefits of solar farm to twp. BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Amid the myriad ideas for reuses of the former Bell Labs site on Crawfords Corner Road, one resident has a sunny suggestion. “There seems to be a very strong trend nationwide for solar farms,” said Holmdel resident Leo Slobodin,…
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Squad celebrates 75th anniversary
Matawan First Aid one of county’s oldest BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer MATAWAN — In 1934, a group of volunteers at the Washington Engine Fire Company decided that the town’s residents needed someone to look after them when they had brush-ups and bang-ups requiring medical attention. That effort would later become the Matawan First…
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Josephine Mastrocola, Matawan, relaxes lakeside at Lake Lefferts along Ravine Drive while waiting for the borough’s July 5 fireworks display to get underway.
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Slocums of New Jersey plan reunion
LONG BRANCH — The Slocums of New Jersey have planned their annual family reunion for Sunday, Oct. 4, at The Ocean Place Resort, Long Branch. All interested parties are welcome to attend the event, which will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A Dutch lunch will be available from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. Buffet…
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President Barack Obama congratulates Ensign Brett Sadowski, who graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., with a degree in chemistry. He is the son of Meg and Don Sadowski, of Holmdel, and a 2005 graduate of Holmdel High School. The president was the commencement speaker. Sadowski will attend the Georgetown…
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IN THE ARTS
‘Nine’ at Art Alliance Nine mid-career and emerging artists are showing new work at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County in Red Bank. The show includes paintings, collages, fabric art, and ceramics by Heather Brown, Mary Cooper, Jill Kerwick, Melissa Pyle, Betsey Regan, Sandy Roberts, Elaine Shor, Katie Stone and Joyce Anastasia-Urbanski “Root” by Heather…
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VSA arts seeks creative writing
The Unlimited Potential Theater Company (UPTCo), a project of VSA arts of New Jersey (VSA/NJ), is seeking poems, essays, short stories and plays by New Jersey residents 18 years of age or older for its 16th annual Joyce Indik New Jersey Wordsmith Competition. The contest is open to all writers, and submissions by writers with…
