Category: Independent News
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Brownsfield group will seek out contamination
Committee compiling list of Keyport properties with environmental concerns BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT – Is there a giant leaking oil tanker under your house? A new committee aims to find out. The Brownsfield Steering Committee, on hiatus since its inception over a year ago, is now becoming…
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Adopted stranger thanks local nurses in person
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT – A 21-year-old homegrown Marine has been put up for “adoption” by his mother. While he’s stationed in Iraq, James Finney, a 2003 graduate of Keyport High School, will have several moms to answer to, i.e., the nurses at Raritan Bay Medical Center,…
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Officials frustrated by new rash of false threats
Since Virginia Tech, area schools have received bomb, shooting calls BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer “Unfortunately, it seems as though there are some people who view these bomb threats as pranks, … and do not view them as acts of terrorism, which I believe they are.” – Amy Handlin Assemblywoman A…
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Mosquito Commission offers tick-testing service
The black-legged tick (deer tick) is one of three types of ticks common in Monmouth County, and the only one that causes Lyme disease in humans. TINTON FALLS – Residents who find a tick can bring it to the Monmouth County Mosquito Commission’s (MCMC) office to have it analyzed for the bacteria that causes Lyme…
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For the love of Bob
A Shore music legend pays tribute to birthday boy Dylan BY TOM CHESEK Correspondent BY TOM CHESEK Correspondent Performers, including Pat Guadagno (center) and his band Tired Horses, will gather to celebrate the life and music of Bob Dylan on May 23 at the Two River Theater in Red Bank. ‘I think Dylan’s still very…
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From the Vault
David Firestine of JCP&L prepares to lower a young osprey from the top of a utility pole so wildlife experts can attach an aluminum federal tracking band to its leg. In 1986, osprey nesting sites were first located on platforms at the top of two poles on the International Flavors and Fragrances property, Union Beach.…
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Parents enjoy experience of teaching children
Decision to home-school youngsters is personal, and requires dedication BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer TOYNETT HALL Home-school parents and students join librarian Veronica Stevens (back row, second from right) at the Howell library during a meeting of the Bagels, Brownies and Books club. The parents are Sherry Prioli (back row, left),…
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Untold stories of the ‘British Invasion’
Pete Bennett in a vintage photo with the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. For fans who weren’t around yet, or who want to revisit a definitive chapter in rock history, an insider’s look at the music scene during the heyday of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – with a tour guide who…
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Appeal of school budget vote rejected
Holmdel committee critical of school board’s budgeting practices BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer You already have $47.9 million. Poke around and you’re bound to find the money somewhere. That was the message from the Holmdel Township Committee to the Board of Education on Saturday morning. By a 4-0 vote,…
