Category: Independent News

  • Equalizers seek changes in handicap accessibility

    Advocacy group urgesMiddletown to enactimmediate improvements BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Advocacy group urges Middletown to enact immediate improvements BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer KAREN E. BOWES The main entrance to town hall and the police station is a point under contention in a lawsuit filed by the Equalizers, a local group suing for…

  • Peace Coalition to stage protest at convention

    Members of localgroup to join up withnational coalition in NYC BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Members of local group to join up with national coalition in NYC BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer With the Republican National Convention in New York City only days away, at least one local group is making a national, and even international…

  • Spotlights shine on ‘Li’l Abner’ this month

    Brick girl, 19, makesher directorial debutat Matawan church BY MICHELLEROSENBERGStaff Writer Brick girl, 19, makes her directorial debut at Matawan church BY MICHELLEROSENBERG Staff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Li’l Abner (Marcus Underwood, 17, Matawan) interrupts the wedding of Daisy Mae (Jenny Vallencourt, 15, Middletown) and Earthquake McGoon (Mike Moore, 16, Hazlet), conducted by…

  • Hazlet board explores new revenue sources

    Considers sale of small parcel, grant application to support school district BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer HAZLET — The Board of Education may sell a 1.4-acre parcel of land to generate revenue for capital improvements within the school district, such as renovations for the athletic facilities at Raritan High School. "There’s…

  • Save Sandy Hook will sue NPS over lease

    Pallone says no tocommercial interests on Sandy Hook BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Pallone says no to commercial interests on Sandy Hook BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Save Sandy Hook (SSH) put the National Park Service on notice recently that it will bring suit in federal court to challenge a lease for historic buildings at Fort…

  • Police seek Aberdeen bank robber

    BY MICHELLEROSENBERGStaff Writer BY MICHELLEROSENBERG Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The township police are currently working with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the FBI to hunt down a male who robbed a bank last week. The robbery took place at the Commerce Bank on South Atlantic Avenue, near Route 34, on Aug. 7. Police received…

  • Congressman hopeful faces Holt in 12th

    Spadea lists health care, safety and dependence on oil among main issues BY MICHELLEROSENBERGStaff Writer BY MICHELLEROSENBERG Staff Writer Bill Spadea, who is running as a Republican for the Congress of New Jersey’s 12th district, says that he is a "kitchen table" politician who will fight for the issues that people discuss over dinner. "I…

  • Group hopes bale homes have ‘hay’ day in N.J.

    Group pushes North Brunswick to become1st town to allow use BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer Group hopes bale homes have ‘hay’ day in N.J. Progressive Decisions, an environmental group based in North Brunswick, is trying to garner support for dwellings like these made of straw-bale construction. Group pushes North Brunswick to become 1st town to allow…

  • New field may not be set for kickoff

    Chances BY DANNEWMANStaff Writer Chances ‘75/25’ Middletown South JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff An artificial turf surface is in the final stages of being laid at Middletown South High School. done by Sept. 11 BY DANNEWMAN Staff Writer With the Middletown High School South outdoor athletic complex near completion, there should be reason for satisfaction. Previously, the…