Category: Independent News
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Contract awarded for new lighting at Oakshades Park
ABERDEEN – The Township Council has awarded a contract for the replacement of sports lighting at Oakshades Park’s Fireman’s Field. The contract was awarded to Quality Electric, of West Keansburg, following the submission of bids from four New Jersey companies, with Quality Electric submitting the lowest bid of $127,429. The new more energy-efficient lighting is…
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(From left) Agnus Reid, of Red Bank, Trudy and Heidi Daniels, both of Aberdeen, and Sue Geruasio, of Hazlet, peruse some used books during Oktoberfest held at the Faith Reformed Church of Hazlet on Saturday. ERIC SUCAR staff
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OMG, MCAC finds a gr8 way 2 K.I.T. w/teens
Arts council uses new media to connect teens with the arts BY KATHY HALL Correspondent Anyone who spends time around teenagers “cn c” that they communicate differently from the rest of us. Above: Teens participate in an improv exercise at the Teen Arts Festival. Right: Sandy Taylor. MySpace pages, YouTube videos and instant messages that…
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Four vie for two seats in Middletown
With first Dem win in decades last year, party majority now at stake BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Open space and tax relief are two of the top issues being debated in the race for two seats in this year’s Middletown Township Committee election. Sean Byrnes Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger and…
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Wheel-a-thon, memorial walk Oct. 20 at Brookdale
MIDDLETOWN – The first Ryan Bell Memorial Walk and Wheel-A-Thon will be held Oct. 20 at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. Ryan was a student at the Schroth School of LADACIN Network for seven years, where he received education, therapy, and other services. According to a press release, Ryan’s parents, Marlene and Stephen Bell of Marlboro,…
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A good cause for purrs and paws
Max Weinberg’s family to host fundraiser for Monmouth County SPCA BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Becky Weinberg has a mission. The wife of E Street Band drummer and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” show bandleader Max Weinberg is dedicated to furthering the cause of the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals…
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Middletown lauded for exemplary planning
FREEHOLD – Four separate projects from around the county, including two from Middletown, received awards last week at the 54th Monmouth County Planning Board Awards Dinner. At the dinner, held in Freehold, awards were given to highlight projects that serve as examples of exemplary planning. This year, four Merit Awards were presented: Monmouth University, West…
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Shelter still $1.5M shy of costs for renovations
Oshelters still needs to raise $1.5 million to have the ability to continue to help save the lives of hundreds of animals each year. In 1999, the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) decided it would no longer euthanize adoptable animals. Since then, its shelter on Wall Street in Eatontown…
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From the Vault
Michael White, 10, of Matawan, catches some air off a ramp set up on the basketball court at Clinton Street Park in Matawan. The photo appeared in the Aug. 9, 1989, Independent.
