Category: Independent News

  • Middletown North grads killed in Va. car crash

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer Middletown North grads killed in Va. car crash Thomas Fette BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A car accident on Interstate 95 in Virginia claimed the lives of two recent High School North graduates on Friday afternoon. Thomas Fette Jr., 20, and Jason Leone, 19, who were both 2002 graduates…

  • Rash of car damages reported at train station

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer Matawan/Aberdeen — The train station parking lots experienced a rash of break-ins and vandalism on parked cars last week. The incidents mostly took place between July 9 and July 18, according to police. "It’s a vicious cycle. This happens about once a year, usually lasts about…

  • Fund-raisers scheduled for 9/11 memorial

    Two fund-raising programs have been scheduled for later this month to help raise money for the Monmouth County 9/11 Memorial, to be built in the Atlantic Highlands. Gourmet Giving is a program where on one day, participating restaurants from across the county will donate 5 percent of their gross sales to the Monmouth County 9/11…

  • Monmouth residents relate life and times

    First-person accountsof bygone eras addspice to library project BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Monmouth residents relate life and times First-person accounts of bygone eras add spice to library project BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer CLARE MARIE CELANO Flora T. Higgins of the Monmouth County Library System looks over the project shecoordinated, “Remembering the Twentieth…

  • Girl to race in support of brother’s disease

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer GARY BILBAO Nina-Marie Amadeo, 8, and her 3-year-old brother, George, both seated in the soap box car, pose with their parents, George and Annmarie, and other volunteers at a car wash fund-raiser at Applebee’s, Middletown, July 24. MIDDLETOWN — Eight-year-old Nina-Marie Amadeo always wanted to make…

  • Mid’town man charged in attempt to lure girls

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Police arrested and charged a 19-year-old township man for attempting to lure two girls, 11 and 12 years old, into his vehicle for a sexual act in the Port Monmouth section. Michael Marconi, Oak Street, Port Monmouth section, was arrested at his residence by…

  • Holt faces questions from constituents

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Town hall was the setting of a question-and-answer session Saturday hosted by U.S. Congressman Rush Holt, R-12. Holt fielded questions from residents on issues such as homeland security and the high cost of prescription drugs. "When it comes to homeland security, the question isn’t…

  • Megan’s Law created to protect the public

    BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — In 1994, 7-year-old Megan Kanka was brutally raped and killed by neighbor Jesse Timendiquas. Although he was a twice-convicted sex offender, nobody in his Hamilton Township neighborhood had any idea of his unkind past. The state Legislature signed the Registration and Community Notification Law…

  • Pallone to hold public forum on Sandy Hook

    Congressman asksNPSofficial to attend BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Congressman asks NPSofficial to attend BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer After meeting with members of Save Sandy Hook earlier last week, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-Monmouth) announced he will convene a public forum to address concerns — his and the public’s — about allowing private development at…