Category: Independent News
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Mallet win gives Dems control of freeholder board
Provisional & absentee ballots total lead of 350 votes over GOP’s John Curley BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent FREEHOLD — It took more than two weeks to tally the final votes for the vacant seat on the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, but as of last Thursday, the official result is that candidate Amy Mallet…
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Organizers keep faith as food pantry supplies drop
Matawan Community Food Pantry finds more in need of help BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Herbert Kukash, of Holmdel, organizes groceries donated to stock the shelves of the Matawan Community Food Pantry for distribution to the needy for Thanksgiving. Below: Volunteers check the contents of grocery bags to…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Johanna Seigle, of Old Bridge, stocks the shelves on Nov. 20 at the Matawan Community Food Pantry with groceries donated to provide the fixings for a traditional Thanksgiving meal to those in need. Story, page 36.
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Lights! Camera! Action!
Clockwise from top: Shannon Sullivan (l-r) portrays Claire Ganz, Joey Lehan plays Ken Gorman, and Julian Fulton portrays Lenny Ganz during a scene from Raritan High School’s production of “Rumors,” which was presented Nov. 20-22 in the high school auditorium in Hazlet. Katie DeAngelo portrays Chris Gorman in a scene from the school’s production of…
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Mat-Ab plans for preschool expansion
District will offer full-day classes by 2010-2011 school year BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Afull-day preschool program for 3- and 4-year-olds is being planned for the 2010-11 school year, according to Matawan Aberdeen Regional School District (MARSD) officials. “We are planning to put a full-day preschool program in place, but we will hold off…
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Finally, turf field done at H.S. North
Thanksgiving football meet to be played on new field BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Thanksgiving Day will see something not seen in Middletown in over a year: a football game played on the High School North athletic field. The newly completed field comes after a drawn-out process that saw three bidding processes, litigation, two turf…
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Students step up to make a difference
Winners of the 2008 Holiday Hunger Challenge to be announced Dec. 1 BY CHRISTINE VARNO and JAMIE ROMM Staff Writers ERIC SUCAR staff Students from the Seashore School in Long Branch drop off bags filled with donated food at the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties in Neptune on Nov. 20. Aspecial holiday challenge food…
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Vet waits 50 yrs. for Bronze Star
CHRIS KELLY staff Col. Michael Christian pins the Bronze Star on Joseph Sekerzicky at a special ceremony held to present the medal to the WWII veteran Nov. 13. MIDDLETOWN — Five decades after he earned the commendation, a local World War II veteran has added a Bronze Star to his Army uniform. Luftman Towers resident…
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Administrator, Matawan split
Mayor: Post may revert to part time to save funds BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer MATAWAN — Borough Administrator Fred Carr has tendered his resignation, the mayor announced at the Nov. 18 Borough Council meeting. “It is with regret that I inform the council and the residents of Matawan that Borough Administrator Fred Carr…
