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Hazlet Twp. Committee OKs $11.8M budget
BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer HAZLET — The Township Committee voted to approve the $11.8 million 2009 municipal budget at its July 7 meeting. The committee approved the budget, which represents a 1.6 percent hike from last year, by a four-to-one vote. The $386,254 increase over last year will cover increases in statutory contracts and…
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Celebrating 75 years
Above: Dylan Pennachio enjoys one of the attractions at the Matawan First Aid and Rescue Squad’s 75th anniversary celebration held at the squad’s headquarters on Little Street in Matawan on July 11. Right: Fiona Sternbach (l-r) watches as her sister Isabel has artwork applied to her arm by Darlene Bains.
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Keyport Farmers Market offers produce and more
KEYPORT — The Keyport Farmers Market is in full swing with some new additions. In addition to Jersey-grown, handpicked fresh produce, the market features fresh cheeses and breads. The farmers market is held every Thursday from 1 p.m. until sellout, at the mini-park on West Front Street. Keyport Borough Clerk Valerie Heilweil has volunteered to…
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Building ramps and a sense of community
Jersey Shore Workcamp volunteers lend a helping hand BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Bob Bennett watched from his motorized wheelchair as six volunteers toiled in the afternoon sun. Over the course of five days, the workers, ranging in age from 16 to 58, had halfway constructed a 42-foot-long ramp to his back door. Volunteers build…
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Councilman hires attny. to block ordinance
Measure would bar council from business deals with boro BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Aproposed ordinance that would prohibit elected officials from doing business with Matawan is not quite dead yet. Councilman Joseph “Bud” Mullaney Prior to the second public hearing at the July 7 Borough Council meeting, Mayor Paul Buccellato informed the residents…
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Holmdel throws back developer’s pitch
Somerset seeks dialogue as committee cuts numbers BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer The Holmdel Township Committee has made some edits to the proposed redevelopment plan for the Alcatel- Lucent property, sending the developer back to the drawing board without the desired dialogue he has been hoping for. “Our main concerns were the extensive number…
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Kevin Romesser, of Kennett Square, Pa., helps build a ramp at a Middletown home on July 10 during the Jersey Shore Workcamp, an interfaith nonprofit that provides repairs and renovations to low-income, elderly or disabled residents.
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Thomas A. Finnegan
Mr. Finnegan, 81, of the Belford section of Middletown, died June 30, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a land surveyor and planner with his father, J. Craig Finnegan, until his father’s death in 1960, and owned his surveying business, Thomas A. Finnegan Land Surveyor and Planner, the next 45 years. He…
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Elizabeth Greeley-Marcellaro
Miss Greeley-Marcellaro, 88, of Shrewsbury and formerly Red Bank, died June 20, 2009, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She resided in Shadow Lake Village, Middletown, for 20 years, prior to relocating to Shrewsbury in 2008. She was a Dominican nun for 25 years at Mount St. Dominic Academy, Caldwell, and…
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