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Emergency funds will offset blizzard cleanup costs
ERIC SUCAR staff BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Passengers wait to board a train at the Aberdeen-Matawan Train Station on Dec. 28, two days after a blizzard disrupted transportation throughout the region. MATAWAN — Emergency reserve funding from the state could ease the burden on towns that are figuring out how to pay for snow…
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Boro appoints new biz administrator
Garofalo moves to finance department BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN— A new borough administrator will be handling the day-to-day operations for Matawan in 2011. Barbara L. Bascom, the former township administrator and municipal clerk for Upper Freehold, was appointed as the new borough administrator for Matawan at the borough’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 1.…
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Independent’s top news stories of 2010
Bayshore groups, freeholders oppose wind turbine Bayshore environmental group Hazlet Area Quality of Life Alliance, the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and several Bayshore towns are opposing plans to construct an industrial wind turbine on the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority’s 24- acre wastewater management plant in Union Beach. The turbine received conditional approval from…
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Libraries evolve, expand services and programs
Librarians cite recession, Internet, changing communities BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA & ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writers James Pirozzi, posing with his sister Dylan, became the one-millionth patron to check out a book in 2010, “Thomas-saurus Rex,” at the Middletown Township Public Library on Dec. 23. The role of local libraries in Eastern Monmouth County is evolving to…
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ERIC SUCAR staff A thick blanket of snow deposited by the blizzard two days earlier draws children and adults to the sledding hill at Holmdel Park on a sunny afternoon on Dec. 28. More photos on page 11 and at gmnews.com.
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Strand will host musician T.J. Wheeler
Blues and jazz musician T.J. Wheeler will perform his show “Hope, Heroes & The Blues” at 8 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Strand Theater, Lakewood. Also featured will beMattWade on the Hammond B3 organ and Brian Klammer on drums. Swept up by the British invasion of 1964, Wheeler started playing the guitar when he was…
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sport shorts
The Jackson Lacrosse Club will hold registration for its boys and girls 2011 program from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 8 at the Melvin Cottrell Center for Senior Citizens and the Disabled, 45 Don Connor Blvd., Jackson. Details: www.jacksonlax.com. Jackson Renegades fastpitch softball is seeking players in the 10U to 18U age groups. Contact the…
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Jags buoyed by play in Hamilton tourney
Ice hockey action resumes this week for JMHS skaters BYWAYNEWITKOWSKI Correspondent Anthony Stolarz and Kevin Lebron of the Jackson Memorial High School ice hockey team have shared time in goal before and shared the rewards for it. Both young men made the most of their playing time in net for the Ocean County All-Stars in…
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Howell H.S. girls lead B Central bowling
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Coach Dave Clampffer said his Howell High School girls bowling team was looking forward to defending its Shore Conference division championship this season. The Rebels have been playing like champions, ending 2010 with an 18-3 record in the Shore Conference B Central Division, two games up on Jackson Memorial High…
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