Category: Independent News

  • Board and MTEA join forces to save lives

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The township’s Board of Education and teachers union agreed to a joint project to fund a device that may save lives in the school district. The board agreed to match a sum of $20,000 proposed by the Middletown Township Education Association to bring automatic…

  • Program promoted as a way to aid employment

    Proposal made as many newcomers seekjobs every day BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Program promoted as a way to aid employment Proposal made as many newcomers seek jobs every day BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Advocacy groups for Monmouth County’s day laborers have come up with a proposal that they hope will help workers…

  • Kids and seniors: perfect together ‘Grandpals’ program teams up middle schoolers with grandparent figures

    BY MARC CAVELLAStaff Writer Kids and seniors: perfect together ‘Grandpals’ program teams up middle schoolers with grandparent figures BY MARC CAVELLA Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Brighton Gardens resident Anna Gaida gets up close and personal with Matawan Avenue Middle School student Theresa Paldino, 12, during the students’ visit to the Middletown residence March…

  • Support group growing, aims to educate doctors

    Area residents who haveankylosing spondylitisshed light on condition BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Support group growing, aims to educate doctors Area residents who have ankylosing spondylitis shed light on condition BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer Howard Feingold Howard Feingold’s efforts to spread awareness about his rare disease are beginning to bear fruit. Feingold has ankylosing spondylitis…

  • Municipal budget calls for 4.9-cent tax hike

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HAZLET — Residents may face a 4.9-cent tax increase as a result of the Township Committee’s proposed $14.5 million budget. The committee approved the introduction of the municipal budget by a 4-1 vote at a special meeting March 23. The proposed budget carries a $7.8 million…

  • Highlands opposing development on Sandy Hook

    Fair Haven will not join list of towns on record opposing fort project BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer The borough of Highlands this week became the latest area town to pass a resolution opposing a planned commercial development in its front yard. In a unanimous vote, the Highlands Borough Council passed…

  • District claims errors in state report card

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer District claims errors in state report card BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer KEYPORT — The results of the 2003 state school report cards have come under question by the district administration. Some of the data compiled in the report is inaccurate, according to Superintendent of Schools John Dumford. Dumford said some…

  • Truck slams into Kings

    Highway residence BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A Keansburg resident lost consciousness while driving and slammed his car into a township residence. Robert Monahan, 60, of Keansburg, lost control of the Ford F-150 pickup truck he was driving at 3:17 a.m. March 10 after passing out from a medical…

  • In unexpected ways WWII changed women’s lives

    Role in war effort helped shift societal perceptions and expectations BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Women accounted for one-third of Air Force pilots during WWII. While she trudged through the snow to get to work, Doris Forman likened her trek to that of her serviceman husband off fighting in World War…