Category: Independent News
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First Aid and Rescue Squad marks 75 years
The 75th anniversary of the Middletown First Aid and Rescue Squad was marked with a celebratory proclamation from the Middletown Township Committee. The Middletown First Aid and Rescue Squad was the first of the township’s five volunteer squads. Representatives of the 54-member squad display the official proclamation marking the squad’s 75th anniversary. The squad, originally…
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Memory lanes just a memory
Firefighters aim a hose at the inside of Memory Bowling on Newman Springs Road in Shrewsbury on June 5. A local landmark since 1928, the bowling center was completely destroyed in the blaze.
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Plaintiff lauds ruling on govt. records requests
The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court ruled on May 21 that people requesting access to government records under New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA) are not required to obtain, fill out or submit government agencies’ official request forms. To be valid, the request need only be in writing, including letters, faxes…
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Fun at the fair
Clockwise from top left: Braden Dupey, of Aberdeen, takes in the games and rides on May 27 at the annual St. Joseph Fair held last week at St. Joseph Parish in Keyport. Casey Osterkorn of Union Beach enjoys a whirl on the Scrambler. The operator of the Gravitron watches over riders.
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Nick Weaver, Middletown, performs with the band Fruit of the Loom during a Battle of the Bands competition held at Red Bank Catholic High School on May 22. The event was a fund-raiser for Holmdel-based nonprofit Sylvia’s Children, which helps orphaned children in Uganda, Africa. Aberdeen Republican Executive Committeewill hold a pasta dinner from 6:30-9:30…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Nathan Hunt, of Keyport, enjoys a ride down the Super Slide at the St. Joseph Fair held May 27 at St. Joseph Parish in Keyport. More photos, page 45.
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Township would add three turf fields
$2.5M funding in place to convert three fields BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Middletown Township is proposing installing synthetic turf on three athletic fields, which would become multiuse fields available to community recreational programs. The township has approached the Middletown Board of Education about working together on the synthetic turf fields, which would be installed…
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Middletown mulls impact of rail link
Local towns oppose Red Bank junction BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Reports that a controversial rail line link would run through Red Bank has Middletown officials discussing what the consequences may be one train stop farther along the North Jersey Coast Line. “It certainly has an effect on Middletown with an extra 40 trains a…
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A little building with a big following
Members seek to recover some of senior center’s lost history BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer One hundred years later, and the building once known as the “little East Keyport School” is still bringing people together to learn and thrive. Hazel Feick (far left) participates in a line dance class at the Keyport Senior Center.…
