Category: Independent News
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Red Bank police officer indicted for misconduct
On Oct. 15, a Monmouth County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Red Bank Police Officer Steven Adams with two counts of seconddegree official misconduct, and one count each of second-degree aggravate assault and fourth-degree falsifying records, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The charges stem from an incident that occurred shortly after the…
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Boni Bates’ gift came early in life
Co-founders of ghost hunting group welcome skeptics BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer The visions began when Boni Bates turned five. The first grader had gone to get something out of her bedroom closet. When she looked up, she saw the ghostly faces of an elderly man and woman staring down at her. Then she…
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Haunted prison a place of sadness and despair
Travel Channel show features Brick woman BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Even the weather cooperated when the Garden State Ghost Hunters Society visited the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia in June. Thunder boomed. Lightning flickered eerily from the skylights and across the stone walls of the medieval looking prison built back…
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From the Vault
Former President George Bush campaigns for re-election in September 1992 in Middletown. At his left is former Middletown Committeewoman Rosemarie Peters and to his right is former Monmouth County Freeholder Director Harry Larrison.
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Medals, memories are part of firefighters’ ceremony
OCEAN GROVE – On Oct. 7 the Monmouth County Fire Marshal’s Office held the 2007 Monmouth County Medal Day and Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service at the Ocean Grove’s Firefighters Park. During the opening ceremony led by Monmouth County Fire Marshal Tim Smith, the colors were posted by an honor guard from the Fort Monmouth Fire…
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On the run
A group of runners takes part in an impromptu sprint at the 18th annual Great Race held at Middletown South High School on Saturday. The annual event featured a 5K run, two competitive 2K races for the younger crowd and an awards ceremony. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Cannon blasts Congress’ inaction on immigration
Councilman says letters to leaders seeking advice on illegals were ignored BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer “If this is the response from our federal government, it’s only going to get worse.” – Michael Cannon Councilman MATAWAN – The federal government does not care about illegal immigration. That is the conclusion Councilman Michael Cannon came…
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Officials give F&F preservation an ‘A’
Deal between Holmdel, county and state will protect longtime farm BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer Ostrictly for the birds. That’s the way it seemed on Thursday afternoon as a large flock of blackbirds sang out during a ceremony commemorating the entrance of F&F Nurseries, Crawfords Corner and Roberts roads, into the state’s Farmland Preservation…
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Bland and Austin Hand, from Dark Forest Creations, bid farewell to visitors of the Keyport Business Alliance’s Haunted Harbor House on Sunday. CHRIS KELLY staff
