Category: Independent News
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Boro redesigns Web site, changes thrust of content
BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent KEYPORT – Borough Administrator and Director of Engineering Peter Valesi has announced the launch of Keyport’s newly redesigned Web site, www.keyportonline.com. The new Web site was officially unveiled on Feb. 15. Much of the layout and design of the new Web site was inherited from the…
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New clerk lists records organization as priority
BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent KEYPORT – Valerie Tornick Heilweil was officially sworn in as the new borough clerk Feb. 20. Heilwell replaces Allyson Cinquegrana, who took over the position a little less than a year ago for longtime clerk Judy Poling. “I am very happy to be here,” Heilweil said…
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On Campus
Christina Cecero, Middletown, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Elmira (N.Y.) College, where she is a student in the class of 2008. A speech and language disabilities major, she is the daughter of Phyllis and Anthony Cecero. Matthew Ewald, Lincroft section of Middletown, has been named to the dean’s…
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From the Vault
A teacher at the Marine Academy of Science and Technology is lowered in a “breeches buoy” from the simulated crow’s nest of a sinking ship during a display of turn of the century rescue techniques held at Sandy Hook. The date of the photo could not be determined.
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Twp. forms economic task force
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – The township has created a task force that will be responsible for finding ways to attract and retain businesses. The Economic Development Task Force will include township administrators, planners, residents, business owners and a representative from the Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce. Recommendations by…
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Assembly bills aim to better autism awareness
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr. recently announced his work on a seven-bill package designed to improve detection, treatment and awareness of autism in New Jersey. A recent study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found New Jersey to have the nation’s highest…
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Corzine demands cut in greenhouse gas emissions
Bill similar to executive order is under review in the state Legislature BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer Gov. Jon Corzine signed an executive order Feb. 13 that seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state by 80 percent. The order is virtually identical to a bill introduced in the Legislature…
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Dancing with daddy
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Joe Ponisi tries to do the “Cotton Eye Joe” dance with his daughter Nicole, 9, during the Daddy & Daughter Sweetheart Dance at the Holmdel Senior Center on Sunday.
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Committee to state: Keep your pension money
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – In a recently adopted resolution, the mayor and Township Committee called on the governor and the state Legislature to include pension system reforms among the property tax relief initiatives they are considering. The committee wants the state to regulate or altogether eliminate the eligibility…
