Category: Independent News
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Twp. gets extra grant money, amends budget
To be spent on Belford fishing study, archiving records, police programs BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – At the last minute, town hall received an additional $201,175 in state grants, causing officials to amend the proposed municipal budget. The grants will be spent on a study of the…
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Cty. seminar on energy efficient buildings
FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Planning Board’s Environmental Council is hosting a seminar titled “Concepts for High-Performance Buildings and Community Development” given by the U.S. Green Building Council on Thursday from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Monmouth County Agricultural Building, 4000 Kozloski Road, between Route 537 and Route 33. The U.S. Green Building Council is the…
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Greater Media Newspapers wins 42 NJPA awards for 2005
“Willie,” first place, Portrait, Miguel Juarez With a total of 42 editorial, photography and advertising awards, Greater Media Newspapers had its best showing ever in the weekly division of the New Jersey Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for 2005. The newspaper group, based in Freehold, publishes 12 weeklies, serving Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties, and…
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Middletown budget fails by 127 votes
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – With S-1701 and a sharp increase in taxes being viewed as problems, the township school district budget went down at the polls for the first time in five years. While most local budgets failed, Middletown’s $108 million plan, which would have raised the tax…
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Talk on Hollywood-NJ link April 26 at library
Middletown Township Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, will welcome Brendan Tobin, Tinton Falls, sharing his stories of “Hollywood, NJ” April 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tobin has explored connections from the basic (the movie camera comes from the Edison Labs) to the esoteric (Hawk, in the TV series “Spenser for Hire,” is played by Rutgers graduate…
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Voting machines break down during election
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET – When the polls opened for last Tuesday’s township school board election at 2 p.m., local resident Rachel Brock wanted to be among the first to vote. “I had things to do later that day, and so I just wanted to vote and get it…
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Aberdeen readies for twp.-wide revaluation
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer ABERDEEN – The Township Council introduced two ordinances that would lay the groundwork for a state-mandated revaluation, which Township Manager Stuart Brown said would put all taxpayers on “a fair playing field.” If passed on second reading May 2, the first ordinance would appropriate $194,000 to…
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CHRIS KELLY Staff Holmdel K-9 Officer Ed Martinez and his dog, Buddy, demonstrate how to subdue an assailant, Officer Mike Daniele, at the Earth Day Festival at Bayonet Farm on Sunday.
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Walk the line
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Model Colleen Burn walks the runway during the Dante Alighieri Fashion Show at the Garden Manor in Aberdeen on Saturday.
