Category: Independent News
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Middletown North & South class of 2009
Graduates are in abundance at Middletown North and South high school commencement exercises June 23 at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. Above: MHSN graduates await the start of exercises. Right: MHSS grad Patrick O’Donnell sits among members of the class of 2009. More photos, pages 26-27.
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Holmdel district salaries OK’d despite dissent
BOE split on 4 percent raises for school administrators BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer After a somewhat contentious Board of Education meeting last week, the administration of the school district will see a 4 percent pay raise in their salaries. Salaries for Superintendent Barbara Duncan, Assistant Superintendent Mary Beth Currie and Business Administrator/ Board…
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Keyport food & music fest
Clockwise from top: Steve Stathopoulos, from the Athen’s Grill, cooks up some culinary specialties during the International Food and Music Festival held along West Front Street in Keyport on June 27. Emily Francis and brother Nolan look out at the waterfront. Lawrence Clark (l) and Pipe Major Henry Stuart, of the American Celts Pipes &…
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Scharfenberger honored with Public Servant Award
MIDDLETOWN — Gerard P. Scharfenberger, deputy mayor of Middletown Township, has been named the 2009 Public Servant of the Year by the Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce (NMCC). The award, which is part of the chamber’s Crystal Beacon Awards, is presented to the person who “embodies the true spirit of public service through faithfully discharging…
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Fostering a dialogue to wage peace
Friends’ presentation helps dispel Iran’s mystique BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Teacups of steeping mint and herbal mixtures, bustling city streets, and a population that is largely under the age of 30 are not what most Americans think of when they think of Iran. Above: American Friends Service Committee Project Coordinator Iris Bieri (fourth…
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Arc’s Work Opportunity Center funding is cut
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Too old for school but too young to retire. That’s the situation faced by individuals served by The Arc of Monmouth’s Work Opportunity Center (WOC) in Long Branch. CHRIS KELLY staff Joe Carbin was one of The Arc clients who went to Trenton to protest funding cuts to the Work…
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Historical association to honor former prez
The Monmouth County Historical Association (MCHA) will honor Mary Lou Strong, former president of the board, at its 34th annual garden party slated for July 19. Strong served as president of the Monmouth County Historical Association Board of Trustees from 1981-86. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in art history from Wellesley College, Wellesley,…
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NOTES
Students at CPC’s High Point Schools, Morganville, get an up-close look at an Army National Guard helicopter that landed on the school’s baseball field in May. The Kiowa 58 piloted by Chief Warrant Officers Todd Collins and Mike Chiaco is used in leadership and drug-awareness programs for schools as well as counterdrug programs. The pilots…
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Woman charged with unlicensed practice of law
Detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office arrested a woman who operated a law office in Matawan but is not licensed to practice law in the state, the Prosecutor’s Office reported. On June 25, Laurie Rieger, 45, of Chester, was arrested by with the assistance of the Chester Township Police Department and charged with one…
