Category: Independent News
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Hazlet man charged with beating a federal witness
NEWARK – A Hazlet man employed by a Newark towing company was charged last week with beating a cooperating government witness whose assistance led to the guilty plea in 2005 of the manager of emergency towing services for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Carmine Dente Jr., 32, was charged in a one-count indictment with retaliation…
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Holmdel may toughen its pay-to-play rules
One measure would bar contractors from giving any contributions BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent HOLMDEL – The Township Committee voted Thursday to advance two measures that would complement and strengthen the town’s existing pay-to-play ordinance. One of those measures, a developer disclosure ordinance, would require developers of major subdivision and site…
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Holmdel appoints members to Open Space Council
HOLMDEL – Mayor Serena DiMaso announced several appointments to the township’s Open Space Advisory Council on Thursday. The council was established in 1999 to review and recommend parcels of land to be acquired and preserved. The council consists of nine regular members plus two alternate members. All members serve without compensation. The appointments are as…
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Middletown man arrested for thefts from customers
FREEHOLD – A Leonardo man was arrested at his home on Monday and charged with second-degree theft for allegedly stealing money from customers of his furniture businesses. William C. Neumann Jr., 61, is the owner of Cabbage Rose, LLC, a Fair Haven-based furniture store, and Chelsea Manor Unlimited, which sells furniture on the Internet. Numerous…
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Brookdale to celebrate Women’s History Month
The office of student life and activities and the women’s student organization at Brookdale Community College will celebrating Women’s History Month in March with a number of programs. “Shaping a Life, The Early Years of Eleanor Roosevelt” will be March 8 at noon. Baseball Hall of Fame 1988 inductee Ernestine “Teeny” Petras will talk March…
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Middletown committee to take meetings on the road
MIDDLETOWN – The 2007 Regional Neighborhood Meetings will return to a neighborhood near you, beginning Tuesday. Each year the Township Committee holds four informal meetings to hear the concerns and ideas of residents. “I hope many residents will be able to join us. The neighborhood meetings are a valuable way to maintain a greater understanding…
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Committeeman’s e-mail deemed Short on class
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Patrick Short MIDDLETOWN – The Township Committee’s lone Democrat has come under fire for a crude remark he made to a fellow committeeman in an e-mail. Following a somewhat contentious Township Committee meeting on Feb. 20, Republican Committeeman Thomas Hall sent an e-mail to Committeeman Patrick…
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From the Vault
Lester Jargowsky, Monmouth County public health coordinator, guides then- Assemblywoman Joann Smith and Assemblyman Joseph Kyrillos on a tour of a spill cleanup near the Anchor Glass factory in Aberdeen. The photo appeared in the Feb. 28, 1990, issue of the Independent.
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Vault update
Our Feb. 28 “From the Vault” photo showed a teacher from the Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) sliding down on a rope and pulley from the simulated crow’s nest of a sinking ship during a demonstration of turn-of-the-century rescue techniques at Sandy Hook. Unfortunately, so many of the photos in our archives have…
