Category: Independent News

  • Cab driver killed in head-on collision

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer MATAWAN — A two-car collision involving an alleged drunken driver on High Street was fatal for one man, and injured all other parties involved on Sunday. Rajal Brooks, 30, of Matawan Avenue, Aberdeen, was reportedly driving east on High Street in a 1993 four-door silver Plymouth…

  • Election ’04

    Four seek two seats on Hazlet committee BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Michael Sachs HAZLET — The state of Veterans Park, what to do with the Sewerage Authority and the sale of vacant land are just some of the issues named as priorities by the candidates for the Township Committee. Four…

  • Suit to seek jury trial to decide future of Ft. Hancock

    Sea Bright mayor throws her support behind grassroots group BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — If Save Sandy Hook gets its way, the public will have a say after all in redevelopment plans for historic Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. “We will ask for a jury trial. Let the citizens…

  • Nine educational programs awarded aid

    Middletown Education Foundation announces recipients of $10,000 BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — For nearly 20 years, the Middletown Township Education Foundation has awarded grants totaling more than $600,000 to educators within the school district. This year is no exception, as the MTEF recently awarded over $10,000 for nine educational…

  • Re-enactor specializes in Colonial dentistry

    Care was primitive, not widely available in 18th-century America BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Marjy Wienkop FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Marjy Wienkop, a Revolutionary War re-enactor, has become a specialist in 18th century dentistry. She is probably better trained for that trade than were those who were treating people in the 1700s.…

  • Jersey band wants you to try a Cold one

    Cold30 comprised of members from Monmouth, Middlesex BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Cold30’s (l-r) Danny Pinto, Enzo Bacelo, Jay Robinson, Marc Windler and (sitting) Alan Ambler are all local musicians who will be performing at Stingers in Long Branch next week. MIDDLETOWN — It’s not easy being an emotional…

  • Riverview addition for new cancer surgery approved

    BY RONNIE GARDSTEIN Correspondent BY RONNIE GARDSTEINCorrespondent Riverview Medical Center’s application for amended site plan approval with bulk variances to permit construction of a 2,950-square-foot addition to house new CyberKnife cancer, tumor and lesion radiation treatment technology, sailed through the Red Bank Planning Board Oct. 11. After brief discussions of parking and landscaping plans, the…

  • Volunteers sought to help clean beaches

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Monmouth County: Atlantic Highlands -— Harbor Gravel parking lot Highlands — Central Avenue next to Community Center Loch Arbour/Allenhurst — Euclid Avenue at the beach Long Branch -— Cooper Avenue at Rooney’s Ocean Crab House Middletown -— East Keansburg- Ideal Beach at Ocean Avenue & Bayside…

  • Giddy up!

    GARY BILBAO Three-year-old Morgan Raye Kosakowski, Hazlet, rides Taffy at the Faith Reformed Church’s 12th annual Octoberfest on Saturday.