Category: Independent News
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In the Service
U.S. Army Pfc. Jared Campbell, Hazlet, has completed and graduated basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C., and has transferred to Fort Nuachuca, Ariz., for training in army home intelligence. A graduate of Raritan High School, Hazlet, he is the son of Phyllis and Jeff Campbell of Hazlet. U.S. Army Pfc. Nicholas Rakoncza, Hazlet, has completed…
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Garden club is blooming in Keyport
Blooms, community garden are second-year projects BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer If you’ve noticed a blooming difference around town, don’t adjust your vision, Keyport is definitely awash in color. PHOTOS BY NANCY CAREW Keyport Garden Club has been busy beautifying the borough with plantings at the Keyport Senior Center (above) and Public Library (below)…
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Bayshore plan to solve soil issues
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Groups in the Bayshore area have created a plan that would help local municipalities find ways to store dredged material, which would benefit the environment. The Bayshore Regional Watershed Council and its partners, including the Hazlet Area Quality of Life Alliance, Clean Ocean Action and the Monmouth County…
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Angling contest is basis for good fish tale
Participants of all ages flocked to Cliffwood Beach for the 16th annual Aberdeen Family Fishing Contest May 2 sponsored by the Aberdeen Township Environmental and Shade Tree Advisory Board. Winners included Howell’s Corey Laurence, shown with his father Scott, who placed first in the children’s category. ABERDEEN — Approximately 40 families packed the beach at…
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Guilty plea entered in donut shop robberies
AMiddletown man has pleaded guilty to the armed robbery of two local donut shops. On May 4, Brandon Sandford, 26, appeared in Superior Court in Freehold and pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree armed robbery, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The charges relate to a pair of armed…
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NOTES
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) meets with Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) students Max Kornek, a senior from Oceanport; Nicholas Dona, a senior from Freehold; Danielle Delp, a junior from Manasquan; and Robert Gaffey, from Locust, and Alexander Kloo, from Manasquan, both sophomores. The students at MAST in Sandy Hook were…
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TriCity Arts Tour returns May 15-17
In the three cultural hubs of eastern Monmouth County — Red Bank, Long Branch and Asbury Park — art happens in the most amazing places. Mark Mothersbaugh exhibit at Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park. And this weekend, from theaters to art galleries and from boardwalks to sidewalks, the TriCity Arts Tour 2009 will take place May…
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May: Diligence is the word!
“Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.” Geoffrey Charlesworth Have you lately seen your resident woodchuck? The rapacious varmints have made their spring debut, and their banquet table is laden with tender apple-green shoots of hosta and tall foliage…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Mickey Kent, Aberdeen, reflects during the opening invocation of the annual N.J. Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day ceremony May 7 at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Holmdel. More photos at gmnews.com.
