Category: Independent News
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No shortage of takers for dredge materials
Local merchants, environmentalists back bay cleanup plan BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT – Perhaps the best way to encourage recycling is to appeal to that most American of pursuits: making money. People who make their living off the area’s waterways packed borough hall Thursday night, lending support to…
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From the vault
A maintenance worker mows the lawn of the former Garden State Arts Center (now known as the PNC Bank Arts Center) on a quiet day at the Holmdel facility. The date of this photo could not be determined.
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Wellness Community finds a new home
New facility offers support to people battling cancer BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Jan Tryba, program director of The Wellness Community, talks with newcomers in the cancer survivor class. EATONTOWN – – Like Dorothy in the “Wizard of Oz,” Ilene Winters’ journey toward a home for The Wellness Community: Northern Jersey…
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Fundraiser aims to help prevent teen suicide
BY LAYLI WHYTE Correspondent BY LAYLI WHYTECorrespondent LITTLE SILVER – – After losing her sister to suicide three years ago, Elena Acuna is doing whatever she can to help make people aware of this growing cause of death among teenagers. Acuna, 16, is a junior at Red Bank Regional High School (RBR) in Little Silver,…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Rory Noble, 5, flashes a smile during a field day held by the Bayshore Jointure Developmental Learning Center in Aberdeen on Friday. See page 3 for story.
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Monk or bunk? A Middletown tax dispute
Battle over exemption, sign centers on legitimacy of small monastery BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Middletown officials have demanded that this sign outside a residence on David Court be taken down. Middletown Township has ordered a self-described Greek Orthodox monk to remove a large front lawn sign declaring his…
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Making art with scraps and stamps
Untitled Collage, 10″ x 11″ Collages, drawings and mixed-media sculptures by Daniel Schroll are on exhibit in the Nilson Gallery of the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft. “Daniel Schroll Collages” will run through June 24 at the museum, located on the campus of Brookdale Community College. Schroll, Red Bank, is an artist and professor of graphic…
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Measure would permit alcohol at arts center
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – For years, township residents waited for the Banfield Cultural Arts Center to open its doors, and they got their wish back in March. Now, one avenue that the Township Committee wants to use to raise funds for the center is facing some opposition. The…
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Monmouth, Ocean Girl Scouts OK merger
By an overwhelming vote on June 4, delegates from the Girl Scouts of Ocean County and the Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts ratified their merger after more than a year of planning. The newly formed Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore will formally launch July 1 and serve almost 18,000 girls with the assistance of…
