Category: Independent News

  • County prisoners see the forest from the trees

    Blaze new trails at Middletown BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer Blaze new trailsat Middletown’sVillage Green ParkBY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Monmouth County jail prisoners cleared trails at Lincroft Village Green Park last week, creating walkways through the heavily wooded park. “They’ve done dune planting, beach cleanups, painting, gotten Little League fields ready,”…

  • Habitat motorcycle ride will tour two counties

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Motorcycle riders will once again be securing their helmets, revving up their engines and riding for charity. The Western Monmouth Habitat for Humanity is holding its fifth annual motorcycle ride for affordable housing on Oct. 3 and organizers are hoping to top last year’s…

  • Old Bridge man faces kidnapping charges

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer ABERDEEN — A 24-year-old man turned himself in to Aberdeen police on Sept. 8 following two separate incidents involving the kidnapping of his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend. Dale Maharaj, of the Lawrence Harbor section of Old Bridge, was charged with attempted kidnapping and criminal restraint for an incident…

  • CHRIS KELLY staff

    One of the memorial markers in the newly finished Middletown 9/11 Memorial Garden.

  • Fire department bringing back Freeholdopoly game

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD — Looking for a unique gift for the holidays? How about a board game featuring your hometown? If that sounds intriguing it’s because it really is. Take the game of Monopoly, substitute names and game spaces with local businesses and what you have…

  • Group finds charitable carpentry rewarding

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Three volunteers fix the roof of a home during a missions trip to Goochland, Va., with the Matawan United Methodist Church from Aug. 8-13. ABERDEEN — Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you. Perhaps this phrase applied to the actions of…

  • GOP convention marchers protested many issues

    Locals plan to attend Million Workers March in Washington, D.C. BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer ‘It was huge. It was hot. But it was heartening.” That was Donna Chapin’s description of the Aug. 29 protest at the site of the Republican National Convention in New York organized by a group called…

  • Stringing beads a social art at Red Bank Bead Co.

    BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Photos by Diane Pettineo searched for a year and a half for just the right spot in Red Bank for her new bead store, Red Bank Bead Co. About to give up, she spotted a “For Rent” sign in the window of 12 W. Front St.…

  • A perfect Matawan Day

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Bruce Maccutcheon, Matawan, works a grill during Matawan Day on Sunday. Matawan’s Bernard Vitale, 21/2, tries to drive a fire truck during Matawan Day. Matawan’s Michael Cunningham, 11, tackles a climbing wall at Terhune Park.