Category: Independent News

  • Renovations are in store for Kislin’s

    BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Renovations are in store for Kislin’s BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Pullman Architects’ design for the building that now houses Kislin’s Sporting Goods calls for making the top two floors into apartments and creating two separate retail spaces on the first floor. While they ponder the future of their nearly 100-year-old…

  • Monty sisters recall soap opera’s Luke & Laura days

    Rumson residents now focusing on helpingchildren pursue the arts BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer Monty sisters recall soap opera’s Luke & Laura days CHRIS KELLY staff Norma (l) and Gloria Monty, Rumson, won four Emmy awards for their work on the long-running soap opera, “General Hospital.” Rumson residents now focusing on helping children pursue the arts…

  • Administrators’ contract approved

    Middletown Board of Ed. gives 3.5% raise BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Middletown Board of Ed. gives 3.5% raise BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer District administrators will receive a 3.5 percent raise this year. The Middletown Board of Education approved the administrators’ contract 8-0 Sept. 23. Board member Marjorie Cavalier was absent from the meeting. "Any…

  • Water and sewer debate continues

    BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer KEYPORT — About 30 residents turned out for the second of three public hearings scheduled to discuss the sale of the township’s water and sewer service. Whether or not the water and sewer system will be sold will be decided by voters in November. The majority…

  • Crossing guard recovering after being hit by car

    No charges filed against driver BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A Bayview Elementary School crossing guard who was struck by a car while on duty Sept. 11 is recovering at home from her injuries. Helen Sengebush, 62, of Middletown was standing in East Road after crossing Bayview…

  • Getting a leg up

    Getting a leg up CHRIS KELLY staff Christian Brothers Academy’s Brian Beaty battles for the ball with an Ocean Township defender during the Colts’ 1-1 tie on Sept. 23 in Ocean. For story, see sports.

  • Plucky 4-yr.-old saves dad

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Plucky 4-yr.-old saves dad BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A 4-year-old’s quick thinking appears to have saved his father’s life. Anthony Valletta, 49, of Michele Drive, was home working on his wife’s 1987 Mercedes-Benz Sept. 24 when the car rolled off the jacks onto his chest. His son, Justin…

  • Missing man’s body washes ashore

    Authorities unsure how Hazlet man fell off boat, died BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer A Hazlet man, who was missing last week after a fishing expedition, is dead. The body of Francis W. Delucia, 38, of Buttonwood Place was found on the shores of Long Island’s Lido Beach Saturday…

  • Officer hospitalized after fight at VFW

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — A township police officer was injured following a fight at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building in the Cliffwood section of the township. Stephen C. Gallo, 20, of North Concourse, Aberdeen, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and aggravated assault against a police…