GPU promoting new home-building program
     GPU Energy, an affiliate of FirstEnergy Corp., in coordination with other New Jersey electric and gas utility companies, announced plans for a comprehensive promotional campaign for the New Jersey Energy Star Homes program, the first statewide, fuel-neutral, residential new home construction program...
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Hazlet’s Rte. 35 corridor
     faces uncertain future
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Community Bulletin Board
‘You Can’t Take It With You’ slated for February
     The Spotlight Players, Matawan, will present the comedy You Can’t Take It With You Feb. 15, 22 and 23 at 8 p.m.; and Feb. 17 and 24 at 3 p.m. Cost for regular shows and refreshments is $16, and $14 for students and seniors.
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Entries now accepted
for Middletown art show
     The Middletown Department of Parks and Recreation is now accepting applications for its 45th annual adult art show, scheduled for March 2-3 at the gymnasium at Croydon Hall, 900 Leonardville Road.
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     COFFEE program for women to begin Feb. 7
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     FARRAH MAFFAI Students from the Jersey Shore Chinese School in Holmdel rang in the Chinese New Year with musical performances and artistic demonstrations Saturday at the Holmdel Barnes & Noble bookstore.
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Facts about clerk’s claim remain sparse
Staff Writer
By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE
     MIDDLETOWN — You can read it, but no one involved will discuss it. That’s the irony in the circumstances surrounding the filing of a notice of tort claim by Township Clerk Rosa Garcia.
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Cell tower application
defeated by 4-3 margin
     MIDDLETOWN — They’re popping up like buds all over in all shapes and forms in response to a society increasingly reliance on cell phones. But there’s one cell tower that won’t be blooming in the Belford section of the township.
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Sheriff’s office welcomes
new K-9 officer to squad
     In response to the growing need for law enforcement canine teams after the terrorist attacks on America of Sept. 11, the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office added the newest member to the Sheriff’s Canine Unit — a specially trained explosive-detection dog named Lexus.
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Drought warning expanded to all Monmouth County
     Due to continued dry weather and declining reservoir and stream flow levels, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) acting Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell has expanded the existing regional drought warning to include seven additional counties: Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean an...
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Middletown officers finish Cape May training course
     The Township of Middletown Police Department recently had three officers, Janine Hawthorne, Christian Clark, and Michael Kenney graduate from the 15th "Basic Course for Police Officers" at the Cape May County Police Academy. The officers graduated Jan. 16 and have been in training since Au...
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American Red Cross
     blood drive slated Feb. 7
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Board selects Larrison as director for 2002
     The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders recently held the 2002 county reorganization and selected 37-year veteran Harry Larrison Jr., Ocean Grove, to again serve as director and presiding officer.
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