Category: Independent News
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Cool School: Keeping an American art form alive
fifth session of Youth Jazz Training Program under way at Count Basie BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent Above, Jessica Chang, of Holmdel, and other middle school and high school musicians practice during a session of the Count Basie Cool School’s Youth Jazz Training Program. At left, students practice jazz technique on electric guitar…
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County library to host archives event Saturday
MANALAPAN — Historians, archivists, genealogists and others with similar interests will soon gather at the 10th annual Archives and History Day, supported by the Monmouth County Clerk and a grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, and in recognition of Archives Week, which is being celebrated throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. The event is scheduled for…
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Rainy roast
CHRIS KELLY staff Despite the rainy weather, Bob Fanning, Keyport, places cheese on the last burger of the day during the annual pig roast held by the Caesarea Lodge, Number 64, Keyport, on Oct. 8.
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Eatontown Roller Rink closes after 32 years
Future plans for Rte. 35 property uncertain BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Geraldine “Jake” McCarthy of Shrewsbury captures the memories of her twin daughters, Adeline and Belle, both 3, trying out their wheels. The good times at the Eatontown Roller Rink have rolled to an end.After thriving during…
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Arts council announces annual grant selections
The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) has announced grant awards to 28 Monmouth County organizations for Fiscal Year 2006. MCAC offers local arts grant funding to organizations that provide the Monmouth County public with arts events that are artistically excellent, provide public benefit and are accessible to the public, according to a press release. This…
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Exhibit a blend of colors, collages and cartoons
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES Maureen Kelly of Wall has a one-woman art exhibit at the Middletown Public Library on New Monmouth Road. The show runs from Saturday until the end of the month. MIDDLETOWN — Charming and carefree, the latest art exhibit at the township library…
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Holmdel ‘adopts’ hurricane-torn city
Three journey from township to Mississippi to deliver donated aid BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Clockwise from above: the city of Pass Christian, Miss., lost all of its stores, restaurants, buildings, and 85 percent of its homes to Hurricane Katrina. The inner contents of the majority of the city’s homes floated…
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DOT grants to pay for area sidewalk upgrades
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer With some help from the state Department of Transportation, young people in the Bayshore area will be able to get to school and elsewhere in the community a little bit safer. Assemblyman Sam Thompson (R-Middlesex/Monmouth) announced last week that two grants have been obtained for use…
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‘Greatest Game’ is next step in actor’s career
Josh Flitter of Marlboro plays key role of caddy in true story of golfer BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Josh Flitter (center), of Marlboro, one of the stars of the new Disney movie “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” meets some fans at a screening of the movie in Freehold Township. MARLBORO…
