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Your town, your newspaper, your life
YOUR TURN JIM ZACHARY GUEST COLUMN A s newspaper executives struggle over whether the news should be digital first, tablet first, SMS first or print first, readers know exactly what they want their local newspaper to be — community first. Reading a newspaper is not like reading a novel, a magazine, a history book, poetry,…
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Hazlet hosts townwide garage sale Oct. 19
The Hazlet Recreation Commission will sponsor its annual Fall Townwide Garage Sale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 19. The rain date is Oct. 20. A list of participating residences will be available. To have an address added to the garage sale map, submit an application and $10 payment to Hazlet Recreation, 1776 Union Ave.,…
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Monmouth Players to present Simon play
The Monmouth Players will present Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” at the Navesink Arts Center, 149 Monmouth Ave. The play is a bittersweet memoir that captures the life of a struggling Jewish household. Performances will be at 8:15 p.m. Oct. 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 and Nov. 2, and at 2 p.m. Oct. 13, 20…
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Middletown partners with Vietnam War anniversary program
MIDDLETOWN — The township has been approved as a partner for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Commemorative Partner Program. This program is designed for federal, state and local communities; veterans’ organizations; and other nongovernmental organizations to assist in thanking and honoring Vietnam War veterans and their families. Commemorative partners are encouraged to participate in the…
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Itβs official: West Keansburg now known as Hazlet
HAZLET β The West Keansburg section of the township has a new address: Hazlet Township. Years of attempts to change the address of the neighborhood located in the northeast section of Hazlet have finally ended with an official name change by the U.S. Postal Service. Hazlet Township announced Oct. 2 that West Keansburg residents would…
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Police charge suspect in car burglaries
ABERDEEN — The Aberdeen Township Police Department has charged James Fred Pitts of Cross Road with receiving stolen property taken from three vehicles at Peachtree Village, County Road, and Oakridge Manor, Cliffwood Avenue, on Sept. 28. According to a press release from Police Chief John Powers, proceeds from the burglaries were found in Pitts’ apartment.…
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Keyport questions joint court arrangement
By KEITH HEUMILLER and NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writers KEYPORT — Borough officials are reporting a slump in court revenues since Keyport entered into a joint court arrangement with Hazlet and Matawan last year. According to figures released by the borough finance committee, Keyport’s court revenue for 2013 and 2014 is projected to be $160,000 per…
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Red Bank hunger panel provides food for thought
By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer A panel of area women discuss their personal struggles with food insecurity during the “Soul of Hunger” event at the Count Basie Theatre on Sept. 30. KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF For the one in seven New Jerseyans who don’t know where their next meal will come from, hunger is a problem of…
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