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Former county officials plead guilty to extortion
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer NEWARK — Former Monmouth County officials Richard Iadanza and Joseph McCurnin pleaded guilty to extortion charges last week stemming from their Feb. 22, 2005, arrests as part of Operation Bid Rig. Iadanza, 50, a former deputy mayor and police commissioner in Neptune and superintendent of the…
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Girl Scout directors ready for a busy year
HOWELL — Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts held its 44th annual council meeting on the evening of Jan. 19. The council’s new Program Activity Center was decorated to echo classic Hollywood and reflect the theme of this year’s event: “Soaring Beyond Greatness.” According to a press release from the Girl Scouts, the theme communicated the…
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Preservation of Howell farm gains county OK
HOWELL — The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced the preservation of the Linwyck Gardens farm on Five Points Road. The development rights to the 12-acre bedding plant nursery owned by the Linney family were acquired on Jan. 20. “The county is delighted to continue cooperative farmland preservation efforts with Howell,” Freeholder Director William…
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Horse management day to cover breeding issues
NEW BRUNSWICK — Horse owners, farm managers and veterinarians are all invited to learn more about issues involving horse breeding, foaling and raising on Feb. 11. The annual Horse Management Seminar will take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Rutgers University’s Cook College campus center in New Brunswick, according to an Equine Science…
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Guitar festival will return
MIDDLETOWN — Brookdale Public Radio will present an original guitar show on Feb. 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Donald D. Warner Student Life Center on the campus of Brookdale Community College, Route 520, Lincroft. The ninth annual Brookdale Guitar Show is sponsored by Nothing New Music of Lakehurst. According to a…
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Panter: Pedestrian safety deserves close look
Karcher: DOT has approved traffic light at Cambridge Square BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Pedestrian safety is becoming a hot button issue in western Monmouth County following several recent accidents in which pedestrians were struck by vehicles in the area of local commuter parking lots. In one incident, a Manalapan husband…
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Fresh Air Fund seeking volunteers
The Fresh Air Fund’s Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex area volunteer leaders are currently seeking committee members and host families to ensure that summer 2006 is special for New York City children. Each summer, close to 5,000 children, ages 6 to 18, enjoy two-week vacations with volunteer host families in suburban and small town communities across…
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Hockey players a hit with students
Trenton Titans duo enjoys reaching out to the community BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Sporting a black eye that is a mark of the rough and tumble sport he plays, Cole Byers of the Trenton Titans reads to children at the Park Avenue Elementary School, Freehold…
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Thompson Park mansion destroyed
Historic structure housed Visitor Center, Park System offices BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Firefighters attempt to save the 110-year-old mansion at Thompson Park in Middletown on Monday after a fire broke out in the west wing of the building, engulfing the entire structure. Thompson Park will never look…
