Category: Independent News

  • Residents asked to donate used glasses

    Students at Cove Road Elementary School, Hazlet, wish to inform the community the students will be collecting used prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses during the “Sight Night” campaign Oct. 31. Children will be collecting the glasses during trick-or-treating, and ask residents to have glasses ready for collection. The effort is a community service project sponsored by…

  • Tim Satty

    CHRIS KELLY staff , a member of the Holmdel Emergency Medical Service, uses the Jaws of Life to remove a door during a rescue demonstration at Holmdel Day on Sunday.

  • Gone to the birds

    Volunteers search for dead specimens at Sandy Hook for study BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer Seen any dead birds lately? Scott Newman would like you to freeze them for him. Volunteers from throughout New Jersey have signed up to search for dead birds along Sandy Hook and other beaches in order to better understand…

  • Group considers plans for Keyport’s future

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT — Aeromarine must be preserved. A tall boat would look nice parked in the harbor. More restaurants are never a bad thing. And ferry service to New York would be great. It may sound like a wish list, but these were the main…

  • Talks continue on Shorelands water rates

    Water co., Ratepayer Advocate prefer to avoid court BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Having decreased their rates twice over the last decade, officials at Shorelands Water Co., Hazlet, have said it was inevitable that their rates would soon rise. While some form of an increase will take effect over the next few months, its size…

  • He’s sharp

    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Illusionist/mind reader David Cross regurgitates sharp razors after swallowing them for the gathered crowd at Croydon Hall Senior Center on Thursday.

  • Students weather group of science experiments

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Not that it matters much with winter just around the corner, but there is no air conditioning at the Lincroft Elementary School. But as the mercury rose last spring, students at the school decided to study the effects of heat, sun, location and color…

  • Local social club offers adults a fresh start

    Provides recreation, events for Monmouth singles and couples BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Members of the Cannon Sport & Social Club coed volleyball league enjoy a game on the beach on a Sunday afternoon. It is sometimes hard for a single adult to meet someone special, for a newly married couple…