Category: Independent News

  • USS Detroit home after nearly six months

    Sailors, family members have an emotional reunion BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff The sun shone brightly on a cold day at Naval Weapons Station Earle, Middletown, when Sue Peniston reunited with her 20-year-old sailor son, Justin, as he returned from 51/2 months at sea with the U.S. Navy’s fast combat supply ship the…

  • State budget increases school aid $200M

    McGreevy planto provide more fundsto schools and towns BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer McGreevy plan to provide more funds to schools and towns BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer TRENTON — There will finally be more money for schools and municipalities in the state budget. In his 2005 Budget Address Feb. 24, Gov. James E.…

  • Residents plan event to aid cancer victim

    Correspondent BY SANDI CARPELLO MIDDLETOWN — On the storefronts of many local businesses, a snapshot of a smiling little girl is framed with the inscription "Please Give Her A Fighting Chance." The photograph, which has also been posted at the township train depot, on the seats of North Jersey Coast Line trains and in residential…

  • Bayshore planning to open new cancer center

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer Bayshore planning to open new cancer center BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Bayshore Community Hospital is planning to build a new cancer center that will serve area residents. Laurence C. Gumina, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Bayshore Community Health Services, said the need for the center…

  • BOE candidates set for April 20 election

    BY JOSH DAVIDSON, VINCE ECHAVARIA AND ELAINE VANDEVELDEStaff Writers BOE candidates set for April 20 election BY JOSH DAVIDSON, VINCE ECHAVARIA AND ELAINE VANDEVELDE Staff Writers The March 1 filing deadline for Board of Education candidates produced a few surprises as some incumbents decided to bow out of the race. In Middletown, incumbents Bob Bucco…

  • Final touches set for Keyport borough hall

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer KEYPORT — The Borough Council plans to finance the remaining construction costs of the new borough hall. The council issued $2.7 million in bonds Feb. 17 to temporarily fund upcoming projects, including the remaining costs of the new municipal building on West Front Street. The council…

  • Diorio to run for Mid’town Board of Education seat

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer  MIDDLETOWN — A parent leader at Nut Swamp Elementary School is running for the Board of Education in April. Dawn Diorio, 40, of 23 Sugar Maple Drive, filed Feb. 24 to run for a board seat in April. "My platform really is that I don’t have…

  • School districts get increase in state aid

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIA and JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writers BY VINCE ECHAVARIA and JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writers Gov. James E. McGreevey’s announcement last week of the 2004-05 school state aid figures, released about a month behind schedule, reflect a 3-percent increase to districts statewide. The late release of the state aid figures was met with mixed reviews…

  • Final touches set for

    Keyport borough hall BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer KEYPORT — The Borough Council plans to finance the remaining construction costs of the new borough hall. The council issued $2.7 million in bonds Feb. 17 to temporarily fund upcoming projects, including the remaining costs of the new municipal building on West Front…