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Little league offers two scholarships
The Middletown Little League has announced that it will be award two $1,500 Campbell Scholarships this spring — one for a boy and one for a girl. These scholarships will be awarded to current high school seniors who participated in the Middletown Youth Athletic Association Little League/Softball programs. Interested students must submit applications postmarked by…
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Family ties
Catherine Finnerty was given a surprise party for her 90th birthday by her extended family of nieces and nephews, the McKeowns. A lifelong resident of Keyport, Keansburg and Hazlet, she turned 90 on Jan. 15. Most of the clan is from New York, but Denis McKeown, back row in the U.S. flag shirt, hails from…
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Fundraiser to assist local cancer patients
Holmdel Imaging will host its third annual fundraiser to benefit STOMP The Monster from 7-11 p.m. Jan. 31 at 100 Commons Way, Holmdel. STOMP The Monster provides financial support and other services to cancer patients and their families and caregivers. Festivities will include entertainment by the band Cause and The Effects, beverages, prizes, raffles and…
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New prosecutor appointed for joint municipal court
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — The Joint Municipal Court of Hazlet, Keyport and Matawan will enter its final year of operation with a new prosecutor. Patrick Healy, the former prosecutor for the Matawan Municipal Court, has been selected to take over duties at the joint court in 2014, replacing former Prosecutor John Lane…
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Use of sow gestation crates is animal abuse
On Jan. 9, Tyson Foods Inc. announced that it wanted better treatment of hogs raised for food, including not killing sick and injured piglets by blunt force. Tyson stated, “Whether it involves gestation stalls, pens or some other type of housing, we believe future sow housing should allow sows of all sizes to stand, turn…
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Resources available for victims
A fter we learned that a woman in Keansburg had been sexually assaulted recently, it is important for everyone to realize that sexual violence does not take a holiday — or a snow day. While this woman was helping a friend dig out from the storm, she was lured away and sexually assaulted. Sexual violence…
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The Rev. Porter: King’s message vital to survival
By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Rev. Terrence K. Porter More than half a century after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the struggle for equality and justice, his commitment to nonviolence remains relevant to the future of local communities, the Rev. Terrence K. Porter said this week. “In these days of heightened fear…
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NJ Transit identifies man killed by train
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer HAZLET — NJ Transit officials have identified a man fatally struck by a train in Hazlet on Jan. 9 as Gerald Caruso, a 24- year-old Aberdeen resident. According to NJ Transit spokesman William Smith, Caruso was lying down on the train tracks approximately 300 feet west of the Bethany Road…
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