Category: Independent News

  • Tickets on sale for Keyport ‘Candlelight House Tour’

    The Reedy family decorated their tree with old-fashioned ornaments in keeping with their circa 1840 house on First Street. The home will be featured in the tour. The Keyport Business Alliance announced that tickets are available for Keyport’s annual “Candlelight Holiday House Tour” Dec. 11 from 4-9 p.m. Tickets are $18 on the day of…

  • Police ready for holiday road problems

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — With the holiday season now in full swing, the little annoyances that come in conjunction with it are becoming more evident. Traffic is at a standstill up and down many of the main roads throughout Monmouth County, and driving conditions overall will be much…

  • On Campus

    The first class of New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship (NJ STARS) recipients from Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown, was recognized at a reception Nov. 23 at the college’s student life center. Seven of the 73 recently joined approximately 450 scholarship students at the governor’s residence, Drumthwacket, Princeton, at which then Gov.…

  • The few, the proud scholarship recipients

    Marines help fund two Hazlet sisters BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — It’s always a joyous day when a teen goes to the mailbox to find a big envelope from the college of his or her choice, and inside it is an acceptance letter. That joy may be fleeting, though,…

  • Planning for emergencies remains county priority

    A meeting of the Local Emergency Planning Committee was held recently to review and update the current status of grants, educational certification programs, special needs, Citizens Emergency Response Teams (CERT), upcoming exercises and ongoing contingency plans for any emergency situations that might occur in Monmouth County. According to a press release from the county, a…

  • Middletown Helps Its Own at steakhouse

    Luncheon raises funds for needy area families BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN E.. BOWES Assemblyman Joseph Azzolina (l) joins co-workers at the Middletown Helps Its Own charity luncheon. About 100 reservations were taken at the event at $75 per plate. MIDDLETOWN — Don Skrivanek has been giving it…

  • Santa Claus is coming to Middletown

    PHOTOS BY GARY BILBAO Above, Cole Raymond, 4, and his sister Sara, 6, of Middletown tell Santa that a snowball maker and a puppy are on their lists this year, while they were at the Middletown Town Hall tree-lighting ceremony on Sunday night. At right, the tree lights are turned on. Greg A. Silva, director…

  • Keyport church raises funds in boy’s memory

    Starved and beaten by new parents, Russian orphan died in 2000 BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES Phyllis Matthey-Johnson poses at the Calvary United Methodist Church in Keyport after a service held in her grandson’s memory. KEYPORT — Sometimes tragedy strikes twice. Viktor Matthey came to New Jersey…

  • A host of voices ring in the holiday season

    Monmouth County offers enough variety to fit all musical tastes BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent RYAN BARNETT Chorus members rehearse selections for the Holiday Concert. Whether it’s secular or sacred, contemporary or traditional, Monmouth County’s choral groups offer holiday concerts for a wide variety of musical tastes. Most music lovers consider Handel’s “Messiah”…