Category: Independent News
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Home Depot approved on Tinton Falls tract
Middletown residents, commiteeman attend meeting to voice objection BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – Home Depot is coming to the borough. The variance-free application was approved at the June 27 Planning Board meeting. It is now being reviewed by the county and the state, which has to review the…
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Walks, concerts slated at Hook during August
Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook, will offer a “Holly Forest Ramble” Aug. 1 and 9 at 10 a.m. Attendees will explore the Hook’s 64-acre holly forest. Beach concerts will be Aug. 1 with Tim McLoone & the Shirleys, Aug. 8 with Pat Guadagno & the Candle Brothers, Aug. 15 with The Robert Murdoch Band,…
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July 2007 gardens: Plain old green
BY GOTTI KELLEY BY GOTTI KELLEY Structural foliage plants give the garden a sense of definition and permanence. With summer’s lavish display upon us and gardens awash in floral color, let’s not forget the “plain old green” with its multifaceted textures and patterns. Henry Thoreau wrote, “Nature made ferns for pure leaves to show what…
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N.J. enacts far-reaching greenhouse gas standards
Demands 80% emissions drop by 2050; how to do it remains uncertain BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer New Jersey residents have heard it all before. Their home state has been called everything from “the armpit of America” to the “landfill of opportunity,” all while being asked, repeatedly, “So, what exit?” On…
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Gazebo gets new home
Boro and KBA move structure from Mini Park to First St. BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Former Mayor John Merla (in the background, center) and Joseph Merla (background, right) were among the many volunteers who helped move the gazebo from the Mini Park on West Front…
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Matawan to host second SharkFest on Saturday
BY JOHN SUTTON Correspondent BY JOHN SUTTONCorrespondent Richard Fernicola, author of “Twelve Days of Terror,” will sign books and lead guided bus tours of the 1916 Matawan shark attack sites at 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. at Saturday’s SharkFest. MATAWAN – When the word shark was mentioned in Matawan during the summer of 1916, it…
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On the brink of the sixth extinction
Going organic could help threatened bees and butterflies BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff The fruits of Manuela McCusker’s labors surround her in the garden behind her Roosevelt home. The fate of many major food crops hangs in the balance of what biologists are calling the “sixth extinction.” Humans…
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Increased field expected for second Matawan 5K
Saturday morning event will raise money for various charities BY JOHN SUTTON Correspondent BY JOHN SUTTONCorrespondent MATAWAN – The Matawan Rotary Charitable Foundation, along with the New Jersey Shore Builders Association, will sponsor the second annual Matawan 5K Run and Walk on July 21 starting in Terhune Park. Registration will begin at 7 a.m. with…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Locals volunteer their time and equipment to help move a gazebo down Keyport’s West Front Street on Saturday morning. The gazebo is now located on lower Broad Street and American Legion Drive. Story, page 3.
