Category: Independent News
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Committee split over sewer project
Fink argues project has negative impact on the environment BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL – The debate surrounding the Country Woods sewer project continued at the March 6 Township Committee meeting. At the Feb. 21 meeting, the committee voted to authorize interim Township Administrator Joseph Annecharico to prepare a bond ordinance for the…
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Loyal following makes band the people’s choice
Freehold resident Jim Garcia brings fun to Nerds shows BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Jim Garcia seems like a typical family man living in Freehold Township. But onAug. 15, 1985, something happened that changed his life. Ever since that day, whenever he goes to work he becomes – a Nerd! And his family couldn’t be…
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Day of art at Dearborn Farms April 5
Dearborn Farms in Holmdel will host “A Day of Art” in the retail greenhouse on Saturday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Enjoy strolling though beautiful displays of spring blooms while watching artists at work. All proceeds from the sale of art go directly to the artists. Local Monmouth County artists will include:…
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Saving ‘soles’ becomes student’s Lenten mission
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Photos of children walking shoeless inspired Erin McNamara to organize a shoe collection drive for youngsters living in the Republic of the Marshall islands. HOLMDEL – Saving soles has never been so easy. Erin McNamara, 14, is collecting lightly used shoes fromthe children of St. Benedict School and church…
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All that jazz
ALEX TOWLE Bob Cunningham plays the double bass and Patience Higgins improvises on the saxophone during “Jazz – American Classical Music,” an African American History event presented by St. Mark A.M.E. Zion Church in Aberdeen Feb. 29.
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Monmouth U. artifacts sought
Monmouth University is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2008. From Monmouth Junior College to Monmouth College to Monmouth University, the Office of Alumni Affairs is actively seeking interesting, unusual or special items and artifacts. Alumni and families are asked to check their attics for materials they would like to donate or lend for display as…
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Report of found cash register leads to arrest
MIDDLETOWN – Township police received a 911 call from a man who said he found a cash register on a trail behind a shopping center on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at approximately 12:11 a.m. The discovery led police to a burglary at a business on Route 36 in the Navesink section of the township, according to…
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Auto thefts net electronics
MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Township Police Department is investigating reports of thefts from at least 30 motor vehicles occurring in the early morning hours of Feb. 24, according to a press release from the department. Police were initially summoned to Cherry Tree Village at approximately 5:15 a.m. when a man who was sitting in his…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Jack Byrnes (l-r), Joseph Parziale Jr. and other cast members run through a scene during a rehearsal for the musical “Oklahoma!” at the Henderson Theatre at Christian Brothers Academy in the Lincroft section of Middletown on Feb. 29.
