Category: Independent News
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Audubon meeting, bird walk during September
The Monmouth County Audubon Society will hold its next meeting Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, White Street, Red Bank. Michael Hogan, photographer and documentarian, will present “Natural Wonders of the Jersey Pines and Shore” at the meeting which is free and open to the public. He has canoed, camped and taken…
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Three charged with thefts from Aberdeen condo assoc.
Place Condominium Association was not FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County available for comment. grand jury returned a 21-count indictment State Superior Court Judge Bette E. Aug. 13 charging a woman, her Uhrmacher set bail for Marie Carty at husband and mother with multiple offenses $50,000, and $150,000 for Lauren Carty, stemming from an investigation the…
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Rockit! will rock out at Basie concert on Sunday
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – Bruce Gallipani was doing some grocery shopping near his home when reached by phone earlier this week. While many would consider the act to be pretty mundane, Gallipani was glad he had the time to do it. “With all of the rehearsals in order to get ready for…
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Wall: Eliminate benefits for committee members
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer Terence Wall HOLMDEL – Committeeman Terence Wall received little response to a suggestion to cut the Township Committee’s medical benefits. At Thursday night’s meeting, Wall asked that the committee members consider relinquishing their taxpayer-sup- plied benefits, a total savings of $57,000 per year, according to Wall. “That’s $60,000 you…
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Wellness becomes goal of Parker Family Health Center
Focus on preventive care, education for the uninsured BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer The Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank provides free treatment to people who have no medical insurance. RED BANK – – After seven years, the focus of the Parker Family Health Center is shifting from solely providing medical care to the…
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From the Vault
Donna Kress and Alicia Semeniuk, both of Fords, take a break from the sun and sit beneath a tree at Sandy Hook in May 1986.
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Family histories told in unique biographies
Attorney leaves firm after 5 years to start unique creative venture BY LAURA KOSS Correspondent Matthew Litt has done what many people spend countless hours at their desks daydreaming about. Matthew Litt This 29-year-old Manalapan native stopped dreaming and left his career as a Manhattan attorney to start his own business, Bridge Biography. His firm…
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A classic performance
A classic performance CHRIS KELLY staff Emil Stucchio and the Classics perform during a concert that is part of the Hazlet Concert in the Park series, at Veterans Park on Aug. 14.
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Local stone carver creating 9/11 police memorial
Franco Minervini completing project for police foundation BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent When Franco Minervini was a young boy in his hometown of Molfetta, Italy, he helped his grandfather, Michael, who was a stone carver. Little did he know then that he would continue his family’s tradition of stone carving. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Stone…
