Category: Independent News
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Keyport may upgrade municipal Web site
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT – A software manufacturer from Connecticut would like to upgrade the township’s municipal Web site. QScend Technologies Inc. made a special presentation at borough hall on March 21 to showcase their product, a computer system that features items such as downloadable meeting minutes…
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Remembering a mother, colleague and friend
Community holds vigil on 10th anniversary of Thorne teacher’s murder BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer At left, Barbara Pflug tried to keep her composure during the candlelight vigil for her colleague and friend, Kathy Weinstein, last week at Thorne Middle School. Above, a look at the memorial for Kathy Weinstein, a…
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Fashion, beauty, shopping at JLMC ‘Spring Market’
The Junior League of Monmouth County (JLMC) will host two luncheons and a cocktail party at Gibbs Hall on the Suneagles Golf Course in Eatontown during a “Spring Market” on April 1 and 2. The Mother/Daughter Luncheon will feature Cynthia Weber Cleary, fashion director of InStyle Magazine, and Tracy Miller, regional education director of Clinique,…
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Red Knights and sunny days
Motorcycle club will host benefit drive from Sayreville to Keyport BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT – Signs of springtime in New Jersey: daffodils, Easter bunnies, and motorcycles. This year, expect a few more motorcycles. On May 7, an estimated 500 riders are expected to roar into Keyport when…
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Twp. considers solar power
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – A proposed “energy audit” will determine if solar power is an equitable solution for certain township buildings. On March 6, Township Administrator Bob Czech discussed the option at a workshop session of the Township Committee. “There is funding out there,” said Czech,…
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Classes teach how to turn trash into compost
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Middletown MIDDLETOWN – Talking trash can be educational. A free workshop on backyard composting and other ways to reduce household trash will be held Saturday at Deep Cut Gardens, 252 Red Hill Road, Middletown. Open to all Monmouth County residents, attendees will learn how…
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Group advocates reuse of bay’s dredge spoils
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer A dredging boat in the Atlantic Highlands harbor was utilized in the fall of 2005. ABERDEEN – There’s muck at the bottom of the bay, and it has to go. But where, exactly, does that muck end up going? Dredging, or the process of…
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Staff members aid seniors with drug plan decisions
FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Office on Aging is now offering senior citizens help in understanding their options with regard to Medicare Part D. According to a press release from the county, two community educators have been hired to provide senior citizens with personal attention to help them understand their options under the new Medicare…
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Wall urges contingency plan for Lucent tract
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer HOLMDEL – The Township Committee is trying to answer the question: What if Lucent leaves Holmdel? For Committeeman Terence Wall, the answer may come in the form of a corporate and community office park, essentially breaking up the giant facility into smaller units. It would create…
