Category: Independent News
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Mat-Ab submits tentative budget
Tax rate could rise 18 cents in Aberdeen, 16 cents in Matawan BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District submitted a tentative 2006-07 school budget to the Monmouth County superintendent of schools that would significantly raise the tax rate from last year. If adopted by the board and…
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Ring leaders
Above, Chris “Shockwave” Ruis puts the hurt on Nick “Nick Neighborhood” Nelson during a wrestling match at the Middletown VFW Hall on Friday. Below, Alisha shoulder-tosses Princess Little Feather onto the mat. Bottom, Paul “The Equalizer” Bykow from New Monmouth, emerged from the dressing room psyched up for his match. PHOTOSBYCHRIS KELLY Staff
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MIGUEL JUAREZ Staff Longstreet Farm staff member, Ramon Moylan, along with “Outa” and “Gus,” prepares the potato field for the year’s crop in typical 1890s fashion on Saturday.
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Newspapers announce nominees in Greater Women of Central NJ
Greater Media Newspapers is pleased to announce the list of nominees for the second annual Greater Women of Central New Jersey award. This year, 108 women were nominated in the categories of business, health care and nonprofit. These nominations were submitted by family, friends, co-workers and spouses in an effort to recognize the amazing and…
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Bomb threats topic of town meeting
Handlin calls for stiffer penalties, loss of license for offenders BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer In the wake of about a dozen bomb threats that have beset both Middletown high schools, a community action meeting is set for tomorrow night to encourage public discussion concerning the matter. Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-Monmouth/Middle-sex)…
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Her heart is in your hands
Honoring Women Composers concert takes place Sunday BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – Sometimes it’s like one hand clapping – nobody can hear it. In this case, if concert venues don’t play music created by women, nobody gets to hear it, or develop an appreciation for an alternative voice. Elaine…
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Excavation findings run from historic to macabre
Potter’s Field cemetery unearthed by Middletown deputy mayor BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES Middletown Deputy Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger answers questions from the audience at the Strauss Mansion in Atlantic Highlands, March 8, following his slideshow presentation on a Potter’s Field in Seacaucus. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – There was…
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Two River Theater celebrates Beckett centennial
Festival events include ‘Godot,’ short plays, films, panels, concert BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent ‘Waiting for Godot” was so popular in the 1960s that theaters programmed it whenever they wanted a hit. But it’s Samuel Beckett’s artistic value that motivated Two River Theater Company (TRTC) artistic director Jonathan Fox to organize a three-week…
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Convenience store robber remains at large
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer ABERDEEN – An armed man robbed an Aberdeen convenience store of about $350 in cash on March 3, according to Aberdeen Police. Police said that a black male in his mid-40s entered the 6-12 convenience store on Route 35 around 8:30 p.m. and demanded the clerk…
