Category: Independent News
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Holmdel delineates fire company areas
Parkway defines north and south sectors BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The township’s two firehouses now have defined priority areas, after an ordinance assigning responsibility areas to the houses was adopted at a recent Township Committee meeting. Mayor Serena DiMaso calls the formation of the sectors “the result of an evolution.” “In…
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‘Buy Middletown’ open for business
Twp. unveils logo, launches website BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Middletown resident Christine Alvarez and Mayor Pamela Brightbill unveil the new logo for the township’s “Buy Middletown” campaign. MIDDLETOWN — The township’s “Buy Middletown” campaign is in full swing with the website up and running and an official logo to go along with it. The…
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Sandy Hook Beach Concert Series starts June 24
The Sandy Hook Foundation has announced the 2009 free Summer Concert Series schedule. From June 24 through Aug. 19, every Wednesday at 6 p.m. (weather permitting) at Beach Area E on Sandy Hook, top performers will draw thousands for musical entertainment in this beautiful setting. During previous seasons, each week (weather permitting) more than 2,000…
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New Belford Pier opens in time for summer
Improvements part of plan for Belford port BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer The Belford Pier before the $1.1 million reconstruction project. MIDDLETOWN — The newly refurbished pier at the Belford Ferry Terminal opened to public use recently, just in time for Monmouth County’s busy summer boating season. “Recreational boaters who wish to pick up or…
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Mid’town clears the air about cell tower
Parkway location has state approvals BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Residents of the Lincroft section of the township have been flooding the mayor’s voice mail with questions about a cell tower at Exit 109 on the Garden State Parkway, Mayor Pamela Brightbill reported at the Township Committee’s June 1 workshop meeting that according…
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In the Service
Air Force Reserve Airman Patrick H. Arminas has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. A 2005 graduate of Middletown High School North, he is the son of Terry and Ted Brookes of the Belford section of Middletown. Army Pfc. Nicholas T. Rakoncza has graduated from basic combat training…
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Greek Festival
PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff From top to bottom: Volunteer Sid Hutin (r) watches as a young participant tries his hand at one of the games set up at the annual Greek Festival held at the Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church on June 6. Patrons peruse the wide array of
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Coastal evacuation plan coordinates exodus
Plan will give county tools in event of natural disaster BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Monmouth County has unveiled a draft plan for coastal evacuation that takes a comprehensive look at the facilities necessary to move residents safely away from coastal areas. The yearlong study of coastal evacuation routes prepared for the Monmouth County Planning…
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Four left standing by end of grueling Alaska show
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer Trish Bulinsky’s worst experience on the Discovery Channel’s “Out of the Wild — the Alaska Experiment” came early. The volunteers from the show “Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment” (from l-r) top row Penny Jo Johnson, Jake Nodar, Frederic Birt, John Ulmer, (middle row) Joseph Harner, Trish Bulinsky,…
