Category: Independent News
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From left: Port Monmouth first aiders Jen Cartwright and Tanya Gioia, parents Mary Beth and Timothy Van Orden with their daughter, Lincroft first aider John Cordell and Deputy Mayor Pamela M. Brightbill during the presentation. See story, facing page.
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SICA calls for works
The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch is seeking contemporary artworks in all media for inclusion in an exhibition, “Ocean,” which will be part of the second annual Ocean Film & Arts Festival. The festival is a collaborative effort between SICA, The Two River Film Festival and Monmouth University. The call is…
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Baby boy gets a hand arriving
Police, first aid recognized for assist in delivery BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – Timothy Van Orden Jr., unlike most newborn babies, couldn’t wait to be born. Hewas in such a rush that hewas born in a vehicle on the side of Newman Springs Road, thanks to police and first aid personnel fromMiddletown. Middletown…
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Hall winds up term on committee
BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – Thomas Hall considers himself to be the elder statesman on the Township Committee as he has served on the committee for the past four years. Hall sat in front of residents in the main meeting room of town hall for the last time as a committeeman on Dec.…
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Suspect indicted for lewdness at bus stop
OnDec. 28, aMonmouthCounty grand jury returned an indictment against Michael Carlucci, 23, of Holmdel, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Carlucci was arrested on Sept. 27, 2007, upon being observed engaging in unlawful sexual activity in the presence of juveniles, according to a press release from the Prosecutor’s Office. The indictment charges Carlucci with…
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Polar Bears poised for icy plunge in Sea Bright
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer Polar Bear Plungers get ready to take a dip Jan. 1, 2007, in Sea Bright. SEA BRIGHT – Have you ever felt the urge to take a dip in the ocean on a crisp January afternoonwhile raising somemoney for charity? Well, the Sons of Ireland Polar Bear Plungers have, and…
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Program for at-risk new moms comes to city
VNACJ opens Healthy Families program at Broadway location BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – The Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ) has begun operating one of its programs out of a Long Branch building in order to cater to atrisk first-time moms in the area. Healthy Families was started by the VNACJ…
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‘New Beginnings 2008’ Happy tales = happy tails
Twelve new happy tales, 12 wonderful adoption stories are featured in the 2008 New Beginnings Calendar from the Monmouth County SPCA. This year’s photos were taken by photographers Joan LaBanca and Scott Longfield and volunteer Val Craig and highlight 12 heartwarming stories of pets (dogs, cats and even a rabbit) adopted from the MCSPCA. The…
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Calling all drawings
BY MARIE MABER Correspondent Draw. It’s one of those verbs that has several meanings. As a noun it can be just as ambiguous. If you look the word draw up in a standard dictionary, and then again in a dictionary devoted to art terms, the word might begin to haunt you. In old westerns, after…
