Category: Independent News
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KBA president reports meeting dispute to police
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT — Keyport Business Alliance (KBA) President Mike Norris reported to police that he was harassed by fellow KBA Board of Directors member Ed Burlew. According to a Keyport police report, the alleged harassment took place at the Oct. 24 KBA meeting. Norris filed…
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County honors projects as ‘exemplary planning’
ABERDEEN — Four separate projects from around Monmouth County received awards last week at the 52nd Monmouth County Planning Board Awards Dinner. The dinner, attended by about 350 people, was held Oct. 19 at the Garden Manor in Aberdeen. Awards were given to highlight “projects that serve as examples of exemplary planning,” Monmouth County Planning…
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Sex offenders barred from cty. facilities
FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders adopted a resolution on Oct. 27 that bars convicted sexual offenders from using county facilities, which includes the Monmouth County Park System and the Monmouth County Library System. “As adults, parents and elected officials, we must do everything we can to protect our children from dangerous sexual…
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Autumn in New Jersey
Above, with the autumn months upon us, the foliage has begun to change color. Below, a seagull perches on the docks in Keyport on a recent warm fall day. PHOTOSBYCHRIS KELLY staff
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Tutoring literacy skills: A great way to give back
Volunteers tutor basic skills and ESL; training to begin in Jan. BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Literacy Volunteers of Monmouth County tutor Margie Greene (r) works with an ESL student in Freehold. One in five American adults is functionally illiterate. The definition of literacy has expanded over the past few years…
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2nd Floor offers callers a caring voice on phone
Teens and preteens have confidential way to discuss serious issues BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer The number to call is 1-888-222-2228. That’s the number where teens and pre-teens can reach the 2nd Floor youth helpline, a service that provides youths with help and someone to talk to when desperate moments occur.…
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A walk in the park
CHRIS KELLY staff Ann and John Healy, 6, of Lincroft, walk along one of the paths at Poricy Park during a scavenger hunt on Oct. 30.
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A behind-the-scenes glimpse of carnival life
Photos capture a carney BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer “Night Spin” For the past 31 years, Melanie Heinrich has been photographing lively carnival scenes and the interesting and quirky “carneys” that inhabit the behind-the-scenes environment. The photographic essay and video documentary that she created is on exhibit at the 800 Gallery…
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On Campus
Megan Elizabeth Janover, Middletown, recently received an associate degree in culinary arts at the spring commencement exercises at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Hyde Park, N.Y. While at the school, she was a recipient of its High Impact Leadership Scholarship and M.F.K. Fisher Scholarship, and was active in the performing arts, fencing and cheese…
