Category: Independent News
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Byrnes: Salary cuts should include commissioners
Deputy mayor says move is partisan BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Sean Byrnes MIDDLETOWN — Township Committeeman Sean Byrnes wants to take budget cuts a step further than suspending the salaries of Township Committee members. After the committee unanimously approved the introduction of an ordinance suspending their 2009 salaries, the Democratic committeeman proposed an ordinance…
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Library, Board of Ed. will share space
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer ERIN STATTEL Architect Anthony Iovino, of Arcar & Iovino Architects, Little Ferry, presented preliminary site plan concepts for a new library at the Feb. 19 Holmdel Township Committee meeting. HOLMDEL — A $4.9 million concept for the township’s proposed library and new Board of Education offices was presented at…
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Thank heaven for little girls
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Top left: Rachel Brudner, 12, dances with her father Steven during a Daddy/Daughter Sweetheart Dance at the Holmdel Township Senior/Community Center on Feb. 22. Right: Mitch Lautenberg dances with his daughter Amelia, 10.
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DOT announces Rte. 36 traffic changes
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) announced upcoming traffic pattern changes on Route 36 in Hazlet and Union Beach. The traffic shifts are due to the ongoing construction of the new Route 36 culvert over Flat Creek. As of Tuesday morning, Feb. 24, all Route 36 traffic will be shifted to the north side…
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Police arrest alleged stuffed-animal thief
Suspect allegedly took items, led police on lengthy chase BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Aman who allegedly stole stuffed animals from a Sayreville gas station led police on a 25-mile-car chase through five municipalities before crashing his car in Matawan last week. Old Bridge police followed the alleged thief, Khalil Lockett, 20, throughout the pursuit…
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Middletown joins in Read Across America
MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee is encouraging residents to celebrate Read Across America on March 2. Mayor Pamela Brightbill presented a proclamation marking this special day to Middletown Library Director Susan O’Neal at the Feb. 17 Township Committee meeting. The annual celebration of reading, conducted nationwide by the National Education Association (NJEA), honors the late…
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Art in the Garden at Dearborn Market
HOLMDEL — Dearborn Market announces its free Art in the Garden event taking place 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 28 and March 1. This a chance to escape the winter doldrums and enjoy the blooming flowerand plant-filled 11,000-square-foot greenhouse as well as the art of local Monmouth County artisans, according…
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NOTES
Linda Neff, from the Castle of Dreams animal rescue in Aberdeen, gets some lovin’ from D.Jay during the Super Pet Expo in Edison on Feb. 7. The Matawan-Aberdeen Educational Foundation, along with various PTOs/PTSOs of the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District, is co-sponsoring Family Fun Night 6-10 p.m. Feb. 26. Tickets are $20 in advance and…
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MCAC brings new members on board
RED BANK — The Monmouth County Arts Council held its annual meeting at the Monmouth Museum on Jan. 21with member arts groups and artists voting unanimously on board members for the next three-year term. The slate for 2009 includes three returning directors: Jennifer Anderson of Monmouth Beach, a fundraising consultant and community organizer who has…
