Category: Independent News

  • Musician to serenade ‘This Town’ in benefit

    Keyport BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Keyport singer Jon Caspi’s album pays homage to people and places throughout the borough. KEYPORT — Jon Caspi wants to put “This Town” on the map. Professor by day, rock musician by night, Caspi has just self-released a CD titled “This Town,” the…

  • Greater Media Newspapers purchases Latinos Unidos

    Greater Media Newspapers Inc. has announced the purchase of Latinos Unidos, a 25,000 circulation, monthly Spanish language newspaper serving Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Greater Media Newspapers currently publishes 12 weekly newspapers serving Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties, with a combined weekly circulation of 305,000. Latinos Unidos, founded and owned by Jackson resident Jorge A.…

  • Middle school raises $3,400 for tsunami aid

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Christine Fiorella, Kristen Incorvaia, Meghan McPeek, Michael McCloskey, Ashvini Venkaarama, Jillian Hassler, Allyson Parsons, Yi Lin and Katie Friedman (l-r), all students at Matawan Avenue Middle School, hold up a check for $3,400, which the school raised to benefit the tsunami victims. The…

  • Medieval manuscripts ‘illuminate’ the past

    Private collection includes richly illustrated books dating back to 1270 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Included in “Illumination” an exhibit at the Monmouth County Historical Association museum in Freehold, are pages from “The Book of Hours,” dating to 1450, and a French manuscript, dating to 1470. In a…

  • Wedick will return to council, ‘reprioritize’

    Was diagnosed with depression following altercation with son BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Joseph Wedick KEYPORT — Councilman Joseph Wedick will return to his seat on the dais Tuesday, following a weeklong stay at the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. “I met some wonderful people…

  • Weather got you down? Pass the tiki torches!

    Lori C linch Are We There Yet? I’ve spent the past week enduring frigid temperatures and yearning for a warmer climate. And as I do so, our insane friends, Clark, Fred and Ringo are packing up their Yak wear and heading off for the mountains. In the name of adventure, they plan to leave their…

  • Keyport names OEM coordinator

    KEYPORT — Police Officer Ken Marr Jr. was appointed by Mayor John J. Merla to the position of municipal coordinator of the Office of Emergency Management on Jan. 1. Marr, a native resident of Keyport, has 20 years of experience in emergency services, including 16 years as a volunteer fire fighter, 17 years with the…

  • Two teens charged for recent armed robbery

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer MATAWAN — Authorities have apprehended two individuals accused of committing an armed robbery. Two juvenile suspects who allegedly held up A Little Bit of Everything, located at 133 Main St., were arrested separately on Friday and early Monday morning, Matawan Detective Sgt. Ben Smith said. The…

  • Principal, parent drop assault complaints

    Confrontation ensued when school would not allow student inside BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Dueling charges filed between the principal of Harmony Elementary School and the parent of a student were dismissed in municipal court Jan. 19. A simple assault complaint was originally filed by Patricia Corridon, the principal,…