Category: Independent News
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New Jersey’s standardbred industry on shaky ground
Breeders call for bigger purses and slot machines at the racetracks BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Horses graze in the pasture of Fair Winds Farm in Upper Freehold. UPPER FREEHOLD – While the annual standardbred horse sale in Harrisburg, Pa., on Nov. 3-8 set record numbers this year,…
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Her clients are creatures great and small
Handler trains dogs and small animals for commercial work BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent Above, Simon, a Chinese crested owned and handled by Lisa Christman, struts his stuff down the runway with a model in tow. Lisa Christman lives a dog lover’s ideal life. As the lead trainer and handler for the New…
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Zoners asked to reconsider center with fewer seats, events
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer An architect’s rendering of Monmouth University’s MAC center. WEST LONG BRANCH – – Mon-mouth University will appear before the West Long Branch Zoning Board with a downsized version of its application for a multipurpose activity center (MAC) rejected by the board last month. Monmouth President Paul…
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Talk to focus on growth in eastern parts of county
FREEHOLD – Growth east of the Garden State Parkway and how to best manage it will be the topic of a discussion beginning at the upcoming Fifth Wednesday Squires Luncheon, sponsored by the Monmouth County Department of Economic Development and Tourism. The public is invited to attend the luncheon, scheduled Jan. 31 at noon at…
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Off the wall
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Artist Nicole Hibbard, owner of Decorative Walls, shows her portfolio as she attended the 12th annual MAC Events Jersey Shore Home Show at Brookdale Community College on Jan. 12.
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Merla ends 2-year vow of innocence
Guidelines call for 24-30 months in prison; sentencing May 8 BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES Leslie Wiser, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Newark Division, speaks with members of the press outside the federal courthouse in Newark on Jan. 17. Wiser praised the work of the…
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Two men indicted on check scam
FREEHOLD – Two men were indicted on charges related to attempting to cash a fraudulent check at a Middletown bank. Lamar Bethune, of Hamburg, and Napoleon Christian, Newark, were each charged with third-degree conspiracy, third-degree theft by deception, and fourth-degree forgery. On Nov. 2, township police responded to a Commerce Bank branch in Middletown after…
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Committee displeased by paving at Holmdel Park
County official says work was done to make site wheelchair-accessible BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES A new asphalt roadway in Holmdel Park is upsetting to some Holmdel Township Committee members. According to the county, the paving was done to make the park more accessible to those in…
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Chief reminds residents to remove snow
MIDDLETOWN – Chief of Police Robert Oches wishes to remind residents that Middletown Township ordinance No. 234-55 requires homeowners, occupants or tenants of any premise – residential or business – to remove all snow and ice from sidewalks within 24 hours after a snowfall. If the snow has become so frozen that removal is impracticable,…
