Category: Independent News
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Fish bite at twilight
JEFF GRANIT staff The sun sets on a beautiful day for fishing on the Keyport waterfront April 6.
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‘It’s for You NJ 911’ workshop April 18
The Office of the Attorney General, Division of Criminal Justice, and UMDNJ-University Behavioral Healthcare will present the free workshop “From Career Resilience to Reinvention: Growing From Your 9/11 Experience” April 18 from 7-9 p.m. at Middletown Library, 55 New Monmouth Road. The workshop is part of the sponsors’ “It’s for You NJ 911” program, a…
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Not yet seaworthy
CHRIS KELLY staff MAST student Jon Banafato, 16, of Aberdeen, helps solve a problem as he builds canoes for the Red Bank Recreation Department on April 9.
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Horses to be placed in stable environment
County says Butch, Buddy and mules should have homes by week BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Butch (l) and Buddy, two draft horses that have worked at Longstreet Farm for the past nine years, have recently retired. The Monmouth County Park System is working with a local horsewoman to find them,…
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Brookdale holds TOPOFF emergency training week
PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff Above, emergency workers at last week’s TOPOFF 3 exercises tend to the medicine that would be distributed in the event of a terrorist attack. At left, a worker handles packages of pills that would be dispensed in the event of a bio-chemical terrorist attack during the drill at Brookdale. MIDDLETOWN —…
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Wall of boro home collapses
KEYPORT — Several families are homeless after a wall collapsed in the basement of a home on Broad Street April 4. The collapsed wall damaged a gas line, causing a leak. The owner of the 2 1/2-story home alerted police at 7:20 p.m. after smelling gas. After arriving on the scene, the Hazlet Home Depot…
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Commerce secretary advocates for business community
Tourism, trade, urban enterprise, also areas of focus BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer SCOTTPILLINGstaff Secretary of Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Ginny Bauer speaks at the county’s Fifth Wednesday Luncheon at Branches in West Long Branch. WEST LONG BRANCH — One of the state’s leading business advocates talks to a lot…
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Matawan introduces $4.7 million budget
BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council recently introduced a $4.7 million budget, which would carry a tax rate increase of 9.8 cents. The bulk of the $4,785,056 budget comes from a borough capital improvement program, interim Borough Administrator Brian Valentino said. Valentino said that residents will see…
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Boy arrested for Aberdeen school blaze
Labor Day fire caused $2M in damage, disrupted schedules BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer The misbehavior of some kids can get them grounded for a week, but one 13-year-old boy may be sentenced to three years. Authorities recently arrested a boy from the Cliffwood section of Aberdeen and charged him with…
