Category: Independent News

  • Matawan Regional student found with gun

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Matawan Regional student found with gun BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — A 15-year-old Matawan Regional High School student was arrested by township police for allegedly bringing a .38-caliber gun to the school. Police were called to the school Dec. 9 at 12:50 p.m. and arrested and charged the 15-year-old…

  • Registration under way for Hazlet Rec. programs

    Registration under way for Hazlet Rec. programs The Hazlet Recreation Commission is now accepting registration for cardio-kickboxing. The 16-lesson program will be held Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. beginning Jan. 5. Cost is $50 ($15 late fee after Jan. 2), and a mat/towel, water bottle and three-to-five-pound hand weights are needed. Another session, lasting…

  • NJ Transit working on improving train station

    ADA-compliancy upgrades include raised platforms on both sides of tracks BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer RED BANK — The Red Bank train station may be getting a new look with high-level platforms, historic benches and information display cases. On Nov. 18, the borough council unanimously passed a resolution supporting accessibility improvements…

  • Brodsky resigns from Township Committee

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — After serving nearly nine years on the Middletown Township Committee, Rick Brodsky resigned from office Monday night, effective Jan. 1. "It is with very mixed feelings and emotions that I resign from the Township Committee," Brodsky said. "Life takes a lot of…

  • Women of Distinction to be honored at dinner

    Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts, Howell, has selected four women as this year’s recipients of the Women of Distinction Award, which spotlights local women who serve as outstanding role models for today’s Girl Scouts and the community at large. This year’s Women of Distinction are Cynthia Joy, president/CEO of the YMCA of Western Monmouth County;…

  • Judge denies teachers’ expungement requests

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — District teachers who were jailed during the 2001 Middletown Township Education Association strike will not have the records of their December 2001 arrests expunged. State Superior Court Judge Clarkson Fisher Jr., Freehold, recently ruled that 216 teachers, who were jailed as a result of…

  • Immigration situation lights hot public debate

    Meeting in Freeholdlets many state viewson volatile issue BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer Immigration situation lights hot public debate Meeting in Freehold lets many state views on volatile issue BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer CLARE MARIE CELANO staff A discussion of Freehold Borough’s plan to close a day laborers’ muster zone brought protesters to a Borough…

  • Kara Homes gets OK to build headquarters

    Developer movingoperations from East Brunswick to Old Bridge BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Developer moving operations from East Brunswick to Old Bridge BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A successful area home builder will soon be building its own corporate home in the township. East Brunswick-based Kara Homes, developer of the recently…

  • DOT proposes immediate attention to Route 9 woes

    MARLBORO — Improvements recommended by a state and federal highway safety team may be on the way for a stretch of Route 9 in the township. New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Jack Lettiere was joined at a presentation in Old Bridge on Dec. 3 by members of a joint state-federal highway safety team, law enforcement and…