Category: Independent News
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Beauty on the inside and out
ERIC SUCAR staff Admirers check out a 1959 Cadillac during a fundraiser for 180, Turning Lives Around held at Middletown Plaza, Route 35, Saturday.
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Local art teacher’s works on display at town hall
Nessa Neilson Morse’s “Not Quite Spring,” which depicts a scene from Middletown’s Poricy Park, is one of several of her paintings on display in Holmdel this month. HOLMDEL – Brush-stroked scenes of New Jersey landscapes and elsewhere will grace the Holmdel Township Gallery this month as local painter Nessa Neilson Morse displays her latest exhibit.…
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Keyport enjoys tastes and sounds of Latin America
BY LAUREN PIRO Correspondent BY LAUREN PIROCorrespondent PHOTOSBY CHRIS KELLY staff Armando Rentas, of Highlands, dances to the sounds of Grupo Caribe at the Spanish-American Festival in Keyport on Saturday. KEYPORT – Latino culture embraced the Keyport waterfront Saturday, as the Spanish American Club celebrated its annual festival. The aroma of Peruvian chicken, empanadas and…
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Keyport passes budget with 6-cent tax increase
Sheridan says more could have been done to keep taxes down BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Joe Sheridan KEYPORT – Unlike most towns in Monmouth County, Keyport received an extraordinary state aid package last week. Still, the extra cash isn’t nearly enough to keep taxes from rising, officials say.…
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Two indicted on robbery, attempted murder charges
Men allegedly stabbed Middletown bike shop owner on Christmas Eve BY JOHN SUTTON Correspondent BY JOHN SUTTONCorrespondent FREEHOLD – A Monmouth County grand jury returned an indictment charging two men with the first-degree crimes of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed robbery, and attempted murder, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Keith D. Simmonds,…
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Twp. hires 3 new officers
MIDDLETOWN – Three new police officers received ceremonial oaths of office during the Aug. 6 Township Committee meeting. Keith R. Hirschbein, 31, is a lifelong resident of Middletown and a Middletown High School North graduate. Hirschbein, who is married and has two children, had been employed as an NJ Transit police officer since 2004. Hirschbein…
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Mayor to Short: Resign
Group’s lone Democrat says Republican majority can’t handle his dissent BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Patrick Short MIDDLETOWN – Contending Committeeman Patrick Short has bashed the Township Committee on numerous occasions and has put his political party ahead of his own town, Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger publicly called for Short’s resignation last…
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Youth to be remembered through charity bike ride
Timmy’s Tour de Shore Oct. 7; registration day at shopping center Aug. 25 BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Timothy Pauxtis MIDDLETOWN – At 10 years old, Timothy Pauxtis was like most kids his age, enjoying riding his bike after school and making the occasional trip to the beach. But he was…
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New cook with same mission: Feed the hungry
Lunch Break has someone new in the kitchen BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer BY MELISSA KARSHStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Bette Ivory cooks for 100 or more people daily at Lunch Break in Red Bank, preparing the day’s meal in the morning to be served at noon when Lunch Break provides lunch to those in…
