Category: Independent News
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Man guilty of luring ‘teen’
MIDDLETOWN – A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty last week to charges of attempted sexual assault and luring a child, stemming from an incident in Middletown early last year. Jordan J. Litto, 34, of Washington Crossing, Pa., was arrested on Jan. 26, 2006, by members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the township’s police department…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Matawan Regional High School’s marching band entertains onlookers at the Matawan Memorial Day parade Sunday afternoon.
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State debates how to find the green for open space
With successful fund about to run out, officials disagree over new source BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Gov. Jon Corzine’s opposition to the use of bonds to refund the Garden State Preservation Trust (GPST) has elicited howls of protest from both legislators and civic groups across the state. At issue is legislation that would have…
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Police accuse spa owner of housing illegal aliens
Route 36 building cited for number of structural problems BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer This photo from inside of the Hazlet Spa, taken by township inspectors, shows what they said was a hazardous sewage leak that covered the floor. HAZLET – Township officials and police busted a massage parlor last week…
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From the Vault
Film crews assembled in downtown Keyport in June 1995 to film “Big Night.” The critically acclaimed movie starred a cast of famed actors that included Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Isabella Rossellini, Minnie Driver, Marc Anthony and Liev Schreiber.
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Museum’s luncheon, theatrical event June 7
The Friends of the Monmouth Museum will host “Something Old, Something New … and a Sixpence in Her Shoe” luncheon and theatrical event June 7 at 11 a.m. at the Shadowbrook, Shrewsbury. The event will feature local actors, and museum staff and volunteers showing how wedding traditions have evolved during the past 250 years. Guests…
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21st annual Red Bank Jazz and Blues Festival
The 21st annual Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival will take place June 1-3 at Marine Park beside the Navesink River. Nearly 150,000 attendees are expected this year to enjoy three full days and nights of jazz, blues, food, crafts and plenty of family fun. Produced by the Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation, the…
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On Campus
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania announced the following local students who received degrees at the spring commencement exercises: Linda C. Stehn, Aberdeen, a bachelor of science degree in hospitality management; Erica L. Condon, Hazlet, a bachelor of science degree in early childhood education; Thomas J. Steinhart, Lincroft section of Middletown, a bachelor of science degree…
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Ex-school officials won’t face charges
Police conclude probe into possible threats against Holmdel sup’t. BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Holmdel police have confirmed that their investigation into possible terroristic threats by two former Holmdel High School staff members has been completed without any charges being filed. In February, a search warrant was executed on the Wall…
