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Holmdel, Hazlet BOEs vote for election date change
Board members say elections must remain free of partisan politicssubhead BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer HOLMDEL— With the budget process for fiscal year 2012-13 underway, most school districts have opted to move school elections to November and take the district budget off the ballot. This month, the school districts in Holmdel and Hazlet townships both voted…
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MHSN wrestlers stake claim on Miner building
Athletes want wrestling-only facility for H.S. & BYAA in old BOE admin building BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — For some Middletown High School North athletes, the district’s trash could be their treasure. The August T. Miner administration building has been vacant since August 2010 and could provide some much-needed space for the high school’s…
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Residents raise concerns about train station plans
Study is first phase of redevelopment plan for Aberdeen-Matawan station BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Aberdeen Township officials have designated the area surrounding the Aberdeen-Matawan Train Station as an area in need of redevelopment. ABERDEEN — Traffic, environmental impacts and eminent domain were among the concerns raised during a public hearing on redevelopment of the…
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RBR students will perform at library
Aspecial performance by students from Red Bank Regional High School’s Performing Arts Academy will be held at the main branch of the Middletown Public Library at 2 p.m. Feb. 26. Student authors will perform skits, poetry, plays and other creative works. The event will take place in the library’s Community Room at 55 New Monmouth…
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Hazlet taxes linked to capital projects
Twp. Committee: $670K in improvements reason for tax rate increase BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer HAZLET — When putting together the 2012-13 fiscal budget, the Township Committee is presented with a unique opportunity to control the tax levy. At the Feb. 16 workshop meeting, the committee agreed to fund approximately $670,000 in capital improvements, which would…
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Mat-AB BOE approves election move to Nov.
Members cite concerns about lack of public vote on annual budget BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer The decision to move the date of the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District school election to November sparked an intense discussion about the taxpayers’ right to vote on the annual district budget during the Board of Education’s workshop meeting Feb.…
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Naturalist Joe Reynolds (r) leads a group on a walk to view harbor seals wintering on remote beaches and sandbars at Sandy Hook. The Feb. 18 seal walk was a fundraiser for Clean Ocean Action. Frank Galipo
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Baykeeper cautions Holmdel on land sale precedent
N.Y./N.J. environmental group helped twp. secure open-space funding BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer The Holmdel Township Committee is expected to designate 12 acres of land at Cross Farm for sale. FILE PHOTO A regional environmental group that has helped fund Holmdel Township’s purchase of open space is taking an unprecedented stand against the potential sale of…
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Clark Mulheren, Rumson, helps his daughter Gia look through a spotting scope to see harbor seals sunning on remote beach at Sandy Hook on Feb. 18 during a seal walk fundraiser for Clean Ocean Action. Frank Galipo
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