Category: Independent News
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Children of the Jersey Shore Chinese School dressed as piglets made a presentation of the “Picking Turnip Song” during the celebrations of the Chinese New Year at Holmdel High School on Saturday. See related story, pages 28 and 29.
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So far, efforts to find ads for water tower a wash
Officials have been trying to sell space to pay for paint job BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer “I think the council has to revisit that area, to forgo that investment for certain types of advertising now that we’ve chosen to put the flag up there.” – Joseph Sheridan Councilman…
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The feathers fly
CHRIS KELLY staff Colts Neck’s Daina Pace takes aim at her opponent during the WRAT’s first Jersey Shore all-women’s pillow fight competition held at the Steak Exchange in Hazlet on Sunday.
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‘Lyrical Paint’ abstract expressionists exhibit
“The Experiment” by Medy Quiroz The Lyrical Abstract Expressionist group, composed of local artists, will exhibit their work at the Middletown Township Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, until Feb. 27. “Lyrical Paint” will feature more than 50 large and small acrylic paintings, some of which incorporate collage elements. The group held their first exhibit…
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From the Vault
Sixteen years ago, concerned family members and friends on the homefront also looked forward to the day American troops returned home from Iraq. Above, Art Rooke ties up a banner in Keyport as hostilities neared an end in Operation Desert Storm. The photo appeared in the Feb. 13, 1991, issue of the Independent.
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‘Terroristic threats’ under investigation
Police take equipment from former Holmdel school administrators BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Holmdel police have confirmed that they seized computer equipment at the Wall Township home of former school district athletic director Laurie Cancalosi and former Holmdel High School Principal Cheryl Swider. Detective Sgt. James Smythe said that a search…
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Taking a spin
SCOTT PILLING staff Six-year-old Noah Scalzo, Keansburg, gets a lesson from New Jersey Wizards star Rashann “Rocketman” Barner on how to spin the ball on his finger at the Holy Family School in Hazlet on Friday.
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Hanging with friends
SCOTT PILLING staff Six-year-old Noah Scalzo, Keansburg, gets some help dunking the ball from New Jersey Wizards star Tojo Henderson at the Holy Family School in Hazlet on Friday.
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Holmdel H.S. ceremony may still be at arts center
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HOLMDEL – After calling the inflated price of holding high school graduation ceremonies at PNC Bank Arts Center “very shocking” just two weeks ago, the township school district may book the venue anyway. Superintendent of Schools Barbara Duncan said that a committee of parents, students, administrators…
