Category: Independent Calendar

  • In Brief Breakfast, spaghetti dinner slated for March

    In Brief Breakfast, spaghetti dinner slated for March The Knights of Columbus, St. Joseph’s Council No. 3402, Keyport, will hold its "Second Sunday Family Breakfast" March 10 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Cost is $4, $3 for seniors and children under age 10, and free for children age 5 and younger. A "Friday Night Lenten Spaghetti Dinner"…

  • Board gives nod to Village Pharmacy application

    Staff Writer By darlene diebold HOLMDEL — With supporters all around, Village Pharmacy owner Vince Matthews last week won approval to construct a new combination pharmacy and office building on the east side of Holmdel Road. The Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously approved the application to build an 8,000-square-foot building at 969 Holmdel Road, on…

  • Bill Murray, CEO of the Jersey Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross, Tinton Falls, has announced that Bill Beatty of Whiting has been appointed to serve on the regional Weapons of Mass Destruction/Terrorism Task Force. The task force is comprised of bo

    Bill Murray, CEO of the Jersey Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross, Tinton Falls, has announced that Bill Beatty of Whiting has been appointed to serve on the regional Weapons of Mass Destruction/Terrorism Task Force. The task force is comprised of both career and volunteer staff personnel from New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.…

  • Auxiliary’s gift auction to aid cancer research

    The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2179 will hold a tricky tray gift auction March 15 from 7-11 p.m. The auction will be held at the post home at 1 Veterans Lane, Port Monmouth section of Middletown. Admission is $5 and refreshments will be available for purchase. Doors open at 6…

  • Suspect charged in train station assault

    FARRAH MAFFAI WATER EMERGENCY DECLARED — The impact of the drought, for which Gov. James E. McGreevey declared a statewide water emergency Monday, can be seen at the Swimming River Reservoir off Longbridge Road in Holmdel. The executive order authorizes new Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bradley Campbell to develop mandatory water restrictions to be…

  • Police seek information on Cliffwood truck robbery

    Police seek information on Cliffwood truck robbery ABERDEEN — Police are seeking information on a robbery from a delivery truck and a hit-and-run attack by one of the suspects on the delivery truck driver. Two suspects are being sought. An employee of Point Pleasant Distributors, Allenwood, pulled up in front of Next Stop Wine and…

  • Ordinance would expand Keyport business district

    Staff Writer By darlene diebold Ordinance would expand Keyport business district KEYPORT — As expected, the Borough Council unanimously voted to introduce an ordinance that would expand Business Improvement District to include all commercial businesses, including the marinas. The public hearing will be held on March 5. The current district runs from Chingarora Creek to…

  • Town gets its ducks in a row for arts fund-raiser

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE JERRY WOLKOWITZ The Middletown Arts Advisory Committee is counting on these little ducks to help promote arts. In the background is committee member Roy A. Mussina. MIDDLETOWN — Things are looking just ducky for the arts in the township. By Deputy Mayor Rosemarie Peters’ account, arts enthusiasts are flocking…

  • Former soldier recalls an earlier Fort Hancock

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde They can huff and they can puff, but Al Zwiazek is one man who isn’t so sure that breathing new life into buildings at Sandy Hook’s Fort Hancock and Proving Ground could ever restore the historic fort to its former glory. Sandy Hook Partners and the National Park Service…