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Aberdeen introduces preliminary budget
$14.8 M spending plan calls for lower tax rate BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Council introduced a $14.9 million preliminary municipal budget at the April 7 meeting. This year’s budget at $14,837,824 is lower than the 2008 municipal budget, which was $15,328,156. The estimated tax levy for 2009, without the…
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Troops honored, families supported
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer MATAWAN — Both the Borough Council and the neighboring Aberdeen Township Council have stated their support of New Jersey’s men and women in the armed forces with official resolutions. The resolutions came at the behest of the N.J. League of Municipalities and its executive director, William Dressel, who is…
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Matawan introduces preliminary budget
Public hearing on municipal spending plan set for May 5 BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council introduced a $9.7 million municipal budget last week over the objections of one councilman. On April 7, the Borough Council reconvened the March 31 special meeting where department heads went over their budgets line…
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Open municipal seats draw new faces and familiar ones
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Fourteen candidates vying for seven seats on the governing bodies of Aberdeen, Holmdel and Matawan filed petitions to run in primary elections by the April 6 deadline. Primaries will be held June 2, the deadline to file as an independent candidate for the Nov. 3 elections. Four seats on…
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April: Garden pace picks up
Green Scene William Shakespeare: “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” Dare to dream! Patience has its own sweet rewards. When you are struck with the urge to root in the dirt, you are in your own world. It’s an elusive combination: hard labor with satisfaction on its heels. The speed bumps you…
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In the Service
Air Force Airman Jennifer M. Casaletto has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. A 2007 graduate of Keyport High School, she is the daughter of Sharon Casaletto of Keyport and George Casaletto of Middletown. Air Force Airman John Weiler has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air…
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Matawan council names part-time administrator
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer MATAWAN — The borough finally has a new administrator, even if on a part-time basis. The Borough Council appointed William Garofalo as business administrator during the reconvened portion of the March 31 meeting held before the April 7 Borough Council meeting. As a part-time business administrator for the borough,…
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An Earth Day celebration chock full of ‘green’
BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Earth Day is right around the corner, falling on Sunday, April 26, this year, and events celebrating the day dedicated to environmental wellness will take place at Bayonet Farm. For a free education on how to “Go Green,” stop by Bayonet Farm, located at 41 Middletown Road,…
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Viva Shea’: Mets’ old home lives in fan’s heart
Aberdeen native’s design protests demise of stadium BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer On a cold October night in Queens, N.Y., a scuffed baseball rolled down the firstbase line in Shea Stadium and through the legs of Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner. Aberdeen native Dave Croatto designed a T-shirt to protest the demolition of…
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