Category: Independent News
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Historical society to host Victorian tea May 21
The Matawan Historical Society will host a Victorian tea May 21 at 1 p.m. at the Matawan Municipal Center, 201 Broad St. Barbara Meyer Darlin will present her one-woman show “Unlacing the Victorian Woman,” followed by high tea with refreshments and a door-prize raffle. Tickets are $15 per person (limited seating), and may be purchased…
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County Republicans search for new leader
BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Monmouth County’s Republican Party is aggressively searching for a new official leader. Since Fredrick P. Niemann, the chairman of the Monmouth County Repub-lican Party since June 2004, recently announced that he will not seek another term in that office, and Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley…
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Appetite for instruction
Rock ‘n Music Academy, Middletown, a summer camp with power chords BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Above, Rock ‘n Music Academy students take to the streets to perform in front of the Middletown location. The summer camps provided by the academy promote performance and songwriting skills, as well as music theory…
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Membership increases at Hazlet swim club
No decision made on if it will open for season; open house Saturday BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET – The township is continuing in its efforts to drum up enough support – and money – to open the Hazlet Swim and Tennis Club in a few weeks. After the township…
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Mayor, police joust over rumored officer layoffs
Borough officials concede cuts are possible in other areas to reduce tax hikes BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES Keyport Police Officer Kenneth Marr, union representative for the department, spoke on May 2 before the Borough Council, inquiring about rumors of layoffs. KEYPORT – Citing rumors of layoffs,…
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Proposed KBA budget carries $30K increase
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer “First, I thought this was supposed to be a public hearing, not a presentation by the KBA. … Maybe the new members would like to make some changes.” – Terry Musson KEYPORT – The Keyport Business Alliance (KBA) is asking for more money and…
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Freehold Twp. to welcome 111th annual horse show
The 111th Monmouth County Horse Show will return to East Freehold Park, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, Aug. 16-20 and exhibitors will see a number of upgrades both in prize money and continued improvements to the facility. The show, first held in 1895, is one of the nation’s longest running and most prestigious horse shows, according…
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Freeholders pan ‘sick tax’
FREEHOLD – Citing the impact Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed “sick tax” would have on Monmouth County’s hospitals, the Board of Freeholders passed a resolution critical of the proposal to tax hospital beds, urging all 120 state legislators to oppose such a levy. Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick, who prepared the resolution, said the tax being proposed…
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Gazebo design order upsets councilman
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT – The unusable gazebo on West Front Street continues to cause controversy. Located in Mini Park, the new gazebo is currently enclosed by a fence, and will remain that way until the borough provides a wheelchair ramp that meets Americans with Disabilities Act…
