Category: Independent News
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Recycle caps for clean ocean, beaches
SANDY HOOK — Clean Ocean Action (COA) has launched a new program to encourage recycling of plastic caps. COA’s “Flip Lids for the Ocean” is being held in association with the first caps recycling program in the United States being pioneered by beauty care company Aveda. COA is inviting schools, community groups, businesses and families…
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Ex-trooper sentenced to 5 yrs. in fatal crash
FREEHOLD — Former State Trooper Christopher M. Brozyna, 29, of Hazlet, was sentenced to five years in prison Feb. 13 in connection with a fatal motor vehicle collision in 2007, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The collision, which occurred on Route 35 north in Middletown Township on Sept. 14,…
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Faith group offers free haircut program
MIDDLETOWN — A little off the top can go a long way in boosting self-esteem, according to Love In the Name of Christ (Love INC), a Monmouth County faith-based organization based in Eatontown that serves county residents in need. Through its free haircuts program, called Cuts for Christ, the group is able to provide a…
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‘Have a Heart, Give a Book’
Annual book donation drive promotes literacy BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Members of the Monmouth County Reading Council wrap books for the “Have a Heart, Give a Book” campaign at the Cliffwood Elementary School on Jan. 29. ABERDEEN — Volunteers with the Monmouth County Reading Council came together on Jan. 29 at Cliffwood Elementary…
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Hazlet offers residents help with FEMA maps
Twp. expects grants to fund drainage projects BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer HAZLET — Beginning this week, the township will have representatives in Town Hall to help residents affected by the new flood maps, Mayor Kevin Lavan announced at the Feb. 3 Township Committee meeting. Members of the Hazlet Environmental Commission will be at Town…
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At a crossroad
FRANK GALIPO Cub Scout Anthony Frate, 10, of Pack 137, Hazlet, gets help from an Eagle Scout as he takes the ceremonial path to becoming a Boy Scout during the Arrow of Light ceremony held at Lakeside Manor in Hazlet on Feb. 6.
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To kindle a light
FRANK GALIPO Eagle Scout Matt Santoro, of Hazlet, participates in the Arrow of Light Ceremony at the 50th anniversary of Cub Scout Pack 137 held at the Lakeside Manor in Hazlet on Feb. 6.
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Mid’town mulls posting resolutions on Web site
Byrnes: Public could comment before Twp. Committee vote BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Members of the Township Committee want resolutions on the agenda posted on the Web so residents can read them before they are voted on. “What we are trying to do by sponsoring this resolution is getting them into the hands…
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Timber! Residents irate over felled trees
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer MATAWAN — Something is missing on Claire Court. About a dozen residents from the small subdivision turned out at the Feb. 3 Borough Council workshop meeting to demand answers to questions regarding the recent tree-trimming and pruning done by Jersey Central Power & Light Co., or JCP&L. “I was…
