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Mat-Ab District considers Race to the Top grant
Teachers’ union opposes federal reform initiative BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA The board will vote on Jan. 25 whether to join other districts applying for funding through the State of New Jersey. Funding from the federal government will be awarded to state education departments, which will distribute the grants to local districts. The $4.35 billion grant fund,…
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Keyport H.S. seniors primp for ‘Mr. Raider’ pageant
Contest raises funds for ailing classmates BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Thirteen Keyport High School senior male students strutted their stuff in a male beauty pageant Jan. 11 to help classmates with cancer. More than 300 people, many of them teenage girls, crowded a packed Keyport Central School auditorium to see the boys compete…
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Local nurse, student among earthquake survivors
Riverview nurse: ‘I’m not a hero’ BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG & JACQUELINE HLAVENKA The impact of the devastating Haitian earthquake has affected many area residents, including two locals who survived the temblor, as well as those who are responding with an outpouring of support for the earthquake victims. Still feeling the aftershocks of the Haitian…
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Bolte defends council seat in runoff election
49-vote difference returns incumbent to office over Burlew BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer After a prolonged, rough-and-tumble campaign, Democrat Christian Bolte defeated Republican challenger Ed Burlew in Keyport’s Jan. 12 runoff election. The Monmouth County Board of Elections officially awarded the election to Bolte on Jan. 14, but the race was all but over when…
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‘Mr. Raider’
Senior Frank Romeo celebrates winning the title “Mr. Raider” during Keyport High School’s beauty pageant for male students held Jan. 11 to raise funds for online courses for two ailing classmates. Story and more photos, page 3 and at www.gmnews.com.
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Country needs president with backbone, fortitude
Open letter to President Obama: America needs you to step up and support the military and the sovereign rights of this great country. We need a president with backbone, fortitude, resolve and love of his country to give America and Americans back their respect and prosperity. Stop treating Muslim terrorists as a criminal element by…
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Lady Slipper acquisition a coup for citizens, environment I
It was a pleasure to read Jacqueline Hlavenka’s story in the Independent about the recently preserved “Lady Slipper” preserve in Holmdel. The acquisition of this property was a coup for local citizens and the regional environment. It is an exceptional 12-acre natural site, abundant with wildlife, which is part of the six-mile-long Waackaack Creek Greenway…
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Bow hunting is not a solution to deer dilemma
I am a resident of Holmdel and am outraged over the deer hunt that is taking place here. I have attended each town meeting where alternative means of deer population control methods were presented to and ignored by the town committee. The surrounding homeowners where the hunt is taking place were not sufficiently notified of…
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Why was Oceanic Bridge allowed to deteriorate?
Iread with interest your article in the Dec. 24 issue regarding the replacing of the Oceanic Bridge. While I applaud the efforts of Todd Thompson to assure that any replacement span would replicate the “ … aesthetic and practical aspects of the present bridge …,” I fear that what is in the cards is really…
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