Category: Independent News
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Bids are in; nonpublic pupils will have busing
Bids received meet state per-pupil cap BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer After receiving satisfactory transportation bids, the Holmdel School District announced this week that nonpublic school students will be provided with busing for the 2009-10 school year. “I am pleased to inform you that at the April 1 … regular business meeting, the board…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Jeanne Woodford, of the Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, Medford, holds a rescued peregrine falcon before releasing it April 19 at Bayshore Waterfront Park in New Monmouth. The event was held to raise awareness of the success of wildlife management programs and of the urgent need for comprehensive climate legislation that includes…
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Local officials meet to discuss shared services
Corzine attends as member towns sign charter BY JAMIE ROMM & REBECCA MORTON Staff Writers Representatives of 22 Monmouth County municipalities came together for the first official meeting of the Central Jersey Council of Governments (CJCG) on April 7. Gov. Jon Corzine was present as the local officials signed the council’s ceremonial charter at Marlboro…
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Richard Stillman entertains a group of youngsters and parents with a tap dance at the Middletown Main Library on April 20. Photographer Kim Levin, Little Silver, will hold book signings 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Paw Palace, 19 W. Front St., Red Bank; and 2-4 p.m. at Barnes and Noble at The Commons at Holmdel, 2134…
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When the daffodils bloom, Bayonet Farm springs to life
Preserved Holmdel farm to get improvements BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Changes are coming to Bayonet Farm in Holmdel in the form of capital improvements to the Harding House and additions to spring programming for children. FILE PHOTOS Top: Restoration plans are in the early stages for the 200-year-old Harding House at Bayonet Farm,…
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Two Hazlet committee seats up for grabs
Dem incumbents look to fend off GOP challenge BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Joseph Belasco HAZLET — Four familiar names will be on the ballot in the June 2 primaries and the Nov. 3 municipal elections All four candidates for two, three-year term Township Committee seats, including the mayor and deputy mayor, have been on…
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Got late fines? Bring food to the library!
Libraries accept food donations in lieu of late fines BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer If it has been a while since those library books under your bed have seen the light of day, now is the time to bring them back to your branch of the Monmouth County Library, along with some canned goods,…
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Hold the shark tales, Burrowes Mansion has adventure, too
Manse part of Weekend in Old Monmouth, May 2-3 BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Burrowes Mansion MATAWAN — Ask locals what they know about the borough’s history, and they will probably start reciting tales of the 1916 shark attacks, adding details that rival the novel “Jaws.” But there’s much more than man-eaters in Matawan’s…
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Twp. maps out plan for No. Middletown
Strategic Revitalization session May 12 at Ocean Ave. School BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Township planners have produced a timeline for the revitalization of North Middletown that will see a work plan in front of the Township Committee in June. In a memo posted on the township website by the North Middletown Neighborhood…
