Category: Independent News
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Dems call for more help on open-space funding
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET – Elected officials from Monmouth County and Hazlet joined fellow Democrats seeking public office at Waackaack Creek Saturday morning for a press conference meant to bring to light the issue of open space in the township. According to Kevin Lavan, who is running this year…
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Patient takes leukemia fight to the Internet
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer ABERDEEN – Julie Meryl’s blood has betrayed her. Diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in 2004, the Manahawkin resident and Aberdeen native has responded in kind to her blood disease with a rousing “Leukemia Sucks.” Meryl and her father, Barry Epstein, have created a Web site…
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Burry named to serve on Ft. Monmouth authority
FREEHOLD – Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian G. Burry will represent Monmouth County on the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority. The Board of Freeholders appointed her to the post, citing her experience with Naval Weapons Station Earle, Colts Neck, when it was targeted for closure. “Serving on the Colts Neck Township Committee, Lillian Burry has…
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On Campus
Thomas Catena, Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, a senior at Matawan Regional High School, recently won a Merit Scholarship to attend Berkeley College, Newark. The scholarship was awarded based upon Catena’s academic achievement in high school. Andrew Blaszczyk, Holmdel, a senior at St. John Vianney High School, has been awarded a Alumni Scholarship to…
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‘An end of an era’ in Holmdel
Lucent to sell Bell Labs property, clear out next fall BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY Staff Lucent Technologies is in the process of selling its 472-acre Bell Labs property to Preferred Real Estate Investments Inc., a Pennsylvania redevelopment company. Lucent will move the 1,000 employees working at the 44-year-old…
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Brookdale pursues new facility for Bayshore
Renovations planned at Collins Arena on Lincroft campus BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent COURTESY OF TOM FANTACONE An architect’s rendering shows the building at One Crown Plaza, Hazlet, which administrators at Brookdale Community College hope to use as a new Bayshore Higher Education Center. Spring-cleaning plans at Brookdale Community College involve a lot…
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Program offers drug offenders a new start
209 nonviolent offenders are participants in the Monmouth Drug Court BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – Drug offenders are often labeled as social deviants, shunned by many and given a chance by few. Jamar was sentenced over two years ago on drug-related charges. Initially, he reacted as most people in…
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Municipal budget may carry 3.7-cent increase
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Mayor Thomas Hall MIDDLETOWN – The municipal tax rate for 2006 will rise to 68.7 cents per $100 assessed value, up 3.7 cents from last year, township officials announced last week. The $58.2 million proposed spending plan was introduced by the Township Committee on…
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Teen admits to making bomb threat
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer FREEHOLD – A 16-year-old Middletown High School South student pleaded guilty last week to issuing a bomb threat Jan. 25, resulting in the school being evacuated. The juvenile, whose name was withheld due to his age, appeared before N.J. Superior Court Judge Eugene Iadanza in Freehold…
