Tag: Hazlet
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Rockets rolling; prep for play in conference, state sectional tournaments
HAZLET – The Raritan High School boys basketball team is creating a lot of buzz throughout the Shore Conference and in the A Central Division this winter. The 2021-22 Rockets are off to the program’s best start in more than a decade. Raritan is 13-4 and the players are hoping to make a run at…
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Hazlet committee members elect Clark to serve as mayor during 2022
HAZLET – Township Committeewoman Tara Clark has been elected by her fellow members of the Township Committee to serve as the mayor of Hazlet for 2022. Clark also held the position in 2021. Clark was elected mayor for 2022 by her colleagues during the Jan. 4 reorganization meeting of the governing body. Under Hazlet’s form…
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Hazlet officer honored for developing special event in community
HAZLET – An officer who serves in the Hazlet Police Department has been recognized by the New Jersey Attorney General for creating the police department’s first open house for children who have special needs. Patrolwoman Charleigh Logothetis has been recognized by Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck as one of the winners of the 2021 Excellence…
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Independent News Briefs, Dec. 22
The Middletown Arts Center has announced the formation of the MAC Players, the organization’s new community theater company for adults/young adults age 15 and up. Led by Theater Education Director Kathy Connolly, the group will kick off its first season in 2022 with “Shrek The Musical” on March 3, 4, 5 and 12, according to…
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Rockets return veteran group for 2021-22 basketball campaign
HAZLET – It is all about “seizing the day” for the Raritan High School boys basketball team as the Rockets prepare to tip off the 2021-22 season. That is the motto Coach Denis Caruano has been preaching to his players since practice began just after Thanksgiving. With a mentality that is similar to the one…
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Prosecutor’s office investigates projectile found near Hazlet school
HAZLET – On the morning of Dec. 9, members of the Hazlet Police Department responded to the Cove Road Elementary School after being notified by school officials that a projectile had been recovered near the school. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Hazlet police contacted the prosecutor’s office and members…
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Voters elect members of Holmdel, Hazlet, Keyport, Middletown and Matawan-Aberdeen school boards
In addition to voting for governor, representatives of the state Legislature, and municipal and county officials in the 2021 general election, residents also elected members of local school boards. The 2021 general election was contested with vote by mail ballots; with early in-person voting on nine days in late October; and with in-person voting on…
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Corcoran-Clark and McKay win new terms in Hazlet election
HAZLET – Republicans Tara Corcoran-Clark and James McKay have won new three-year terms on the Township Committee in Hazlet. The terms will run from January 2022 through December 2024. The 2021 general election was conducted with vote by mail ballots; with early in-person voting on nine days in late October; and with in-person voting on…
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Independent News Briefs, Oct. 27
The Hazlet Township Committee has appropriated $700,000 for improvements to a road in the community. On Oct. 5, officials adopted an ordinance that authorizes improvements scheduled for Beers Street. The ordinance provides funding for the improvements in the amount of $700,000. The amount will be covered with $430,000 from Hazlet’s capital improvement fund and a…
