Category: Independent News
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State purchases colonial records for its archives
TRENTON – The state recently secured 11 lots of extremely rare colonial New Jersey historical maps and manuscripts, including the first printed map of New Jersey and Gov. Robert Barclay’s personal copy of the minutes of the East Jersey Proprietors, that were up for auction. “Today, an important part of New Jersey’s history is coming…
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County awarded $59K for monitoring waters
FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Health Department has been awarded an additional $59,000 in grant monies from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to support the Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program, which involves testing the ocean and bay waters in Monmouth County. “With so many people flocking to our beaches each summer, it is important…
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Photo collection is on another wavelength
Infrared exhibit on display at Middletown Library July 6-30 BY MEGHAN ROBERTS Staff Writer BY MEGHAN ROBERTSStaff Writer Seen in infrared, this view of Spring Lake takes on a dreamy quality. MIDDLETOWN — A local photographer is portraying the world around us in a whole new light. Debora Santiago Bruno works with film that is…
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Board gives seniors food for thought
Middletown students barred from graduation over incident BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer DAN NEWMAN Senior Jessica Della Pesca shows off her statement on why about a dozen of her classmates should not have been suspended from graduation exercises following a June 9 food fight at Middletown High School South. Nearly 300…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Matawan-Aberdeen Regional High School valedictorian Michelle Cornacchia gives her speech at graduation June 23.
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Players plead for school district to retain coaches
School board to study Middletown BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer The old adage goes, “You can’t always get what you want,” and for some Middletown student-athletes, it seems like truer words have never been spoken. Boys track coach Bob Welsh and softball coach Don Fadden of Middletown North, who have a…
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Mat-Aberdeen business administrator resigns
BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer ABERDEEN — The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District accepted the resignation of its business administrator and appointed an interim at the June 20 Board of Education meeting. The board voted 7-1 to appoint Charles Shay, of Rumson, to the position. Board member Larry O’Connell was absent and…
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Developer skeptical of boro’s Aeromarine plan
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT — What should be done with Aeromarine? It’s a query that’s generating more questions than answers. Future plans for the redevelopment of the historic site were up for discussion June 24 during a Unified Planning Board hearing. “Should it be residential? Industrial? Commercial?…
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Amanda’s Easel awarded $35K grant
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — Unlike those who lived through Pearl Harbor, the Vietnam War or, more recently, the Persian Gulf War, there are some who are not even old enough to have experienced anything of this nature. So when the terrorist attacks of 9/11 occurred, the young people…
