Category: Independent News
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M’town club, township offices closed Sept. 5
Middletown Parks & Recreation has announced the last day for the Middletown Swim and Tennis Club will be Sept. 5, and the club will reopen in May. The club is at Harmony and Old Country Roads. For more information, call Recreation at (732) 615-2260 for more information. Middletown Township’s municipal offices will be closed Sept.…
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Federal commission votes to close Fort Monmouth
BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — Fort Monmouth’s more than 5,000 civilian employees and over 2,500 military contractors are evaluating their futures in the wake of a federal panel’s official vote last week to close the more than 88-year-old U.S. Army base. By a 7-1 vote, with one…
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Group sponsoring trips to Pa., D.C., West Point
The St. Mary’s Travel Group, New Monmouth section of Middletown, is sponsoring a trip to “Our Lady of Czestochowa Polish Festival” in Doylestown, Pa., Sept. 10 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $35 for bus transportation and a tour of the shrine. Reservations must be prepaid by Sept. 6. A pilgrimage to…
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Inaugural Eagles hall of fame ceremony Oct. 21
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — For the past few years, football has been king at Middletown South, as state titles and numerous players going to top flight colleges have helped the program gain visibility. But not to be forgotten are the many other student-athletes who have walked the halls…
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Hammer, nails and heart build a home
Local churches join forces on Habitat for Humanity project BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Norman Weber, Lincroft, and Bob Lightburn, Point Pleasant (above), members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Lincroft, work on a wall of a Habitat for Humanity house in Red Bank on Aug. 10. A…
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Clearwater to join Sandy Hook lawsuit
Environmental group will ask court to allow it to join other plaintiffs BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater (MCFC) will join a suit to block the National Park Service from leasing historic buildings at Fort Hancock to a private developer. If successful, MCFC will file a complaint…
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Baby born in ambulance
Middletown First Aid and Rescue Squad member Dena Hansen (l-r), Leonardo First Aid and Rescue Squad member Tom Ford holding baby Ryan, Port Monmouth First Aid member Dena Hansen, and Ryan’s mom, Kelly Day, reunite for a picture. MIDDLETOWN — First Aid volunteers safely delivered a baby boy in an ambulance on the way to…
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Council split over administrator’s pay
Keyport mayor casts tie-breaking vote to pay new hire $87,000 BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer Council split over administrator’s pay BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer The new Keyport borough administrator will earn a salary of $87,000 per year, a $30,000 increase from the last person who held the job. Residents were vocal in their…
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County authority helps towns obtain equipment
The Monmouth County Improvement Authority (MCIA) closed on the sale of $21,905,000 in bonds on Aug. 18 to finance equipment purchases for 22 Monmouth County municipalities and one school district. According to a press release from the MCIA, the eighth and largest biannual financing for the MCIA Pooled Capital Equipment Lease Program generated savings for…
