Category: Independent News
-

Elks throw parties for Down syndrome adults
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES Violet Font (l) of Port Monmouth and Tom DeMarco (r) of Matawan dance at the Keyport Elks Club’s Christmas Party for Down syndrome adults on Dec.21. KEYPORT — There’s a party every Tuesday night at the Keyport Elks Club. For 14 years…
-

Ring out the old, ring in the new at First Night
Welcome in 2005 and usher out 2004 with music, entertainment and activities for the whole family at Red Bank First Night 2005. Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. for the rain-or-shine event, produced by the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation. Locations throughout Red Bank will host over 50 different acts, including jazz and blues performers,…
-

A call to arms for Operation Phone Home
Post office raises prepaid calling card minutes BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — This holiday season the Middletown main post office offered a generous gift to hundreds of soldiers, thanks to the 500-plus customers who donated prepaid calling cards. Since Dec. 1, the post office has been participating in Operation…
-

Magazine writing does the Trick for local teen
Ben Kharakh embraces raunchy humor with his One Trick Pony BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES Ben Kharakh, 17, reads from the first edition of the magazine he self-published with help from friend Daniel Baumgarten. One Trick Pony is available online at http://otp.freeshell.org/. MIDDLETOWN — For some, there…
-

Middletown students excel on SAT scores
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The average SAT score within the township’s two high schools the past few years has hovered around 1030, but there are those students who have scored higher. And then there are the students with the aptitude to enter rarefied air, those who enter the…
-

Family donates artwork in mother’s memory
11 pieces will hang in Keyport tower where Betty Murphy lived BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES Richard Murphy (L) points to the artwork his family donated to the Keyport Legion Apartments where his mother, Elizabeth “Betty” Murphy, lived for 10 years prior to her death. Also pictured…
-

Starland celebrates first year of music
Former Hunka Bunka has presented many national and local acts BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Fans rock out as Ill Nino performs at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville during its one-year anniversary celebration. SAYREVILLE — On one snowy evening late last year, the Hunka Bunka ceased to be.…
-

Alliance touts work on behalf of businesses
KBA taxes Keyport merchants to promote local economy, events BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT — The Keyport Business Alliance (KBA) wants its budget renewed for a sixth year, using a special tax paid only by business and commercial property owners. “Somebody has to pay,” said resident and business…
-

Police Beat
Police Beat All items in Police Beat are taken from police department records. All suspects are presumed innocent until found guilty in court. Aberdeen Police arrested and charged Robert Keating, 36, of Keyport, with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and speeding, following a motor vehicle stop at the intersection of Route 35 and Riverdale Drive…
