Category: Independent News

  • Dance school celebrates 25 years in business

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — A local dance school is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The Bayshore Academy of Dance, located in the Kohl’s plaza on Route 35 in Holmdel, has taught "thousands and thousands and thousands" of students to love dance since it opened, said director and head teacher…

  • Dept. of Interior review of fort lease under way

    Citizen By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Dept. of Interior review of fort lease under way Citizen’s complaint spurs second look at park service’s process By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Officials at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) in Washington, D.C., are reviewing the legality of procedures leading up to the awarding of a historic lease…

  • Mayor says picture is grim for tax reform now

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — She called it an exercise in futility. That’s what Mayor Rosemarie Peters said about her experience joining 75 other mayors from all over the state to rally for tax reform on the steps of the state Senate July 10. The event was…

  • Martial arts master seeks to tone the mind and body

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer MAURA DOWGIN Stan Hill and his student, Jon-Michael Kennedy, 22, Neptune, practice some tae kwon do at Hill’s Golden Tiger martial arts school, Broad Street, Keyport. KEYPORT — A new martial arts school is teaching more than just karate moves. Hill’s Golden Tiger Tae Kwon Do,…

  • Michael’s Feat raises $18,000 for charity

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer MARK KSENIAK John Abbatemarco sits on a pony as his father, Michael, watches at the Michael’s Feat Country Jamboree fund-raiser at St. Clement’s Church in Matawan Friday. MATAWAN — The charity known as Michael’s Feat just raised over $18,000. Its Country Jamboree Barbecue, held at St.…

  • Navesink School principal to replace Feuer Sept. 1

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer Navesink School principal to replace Feuer Sept. 1 By josh davidson Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Those around the school district say Christopher Halpin fits perfectly in Alan Feuer’s shoes. The Board of Education voted 8-0 in approval of the appointment of Navesink Elementary School Principal Halpin as its newest district assistant…

  • Principal transfers topic of BOE meeting

    The Middletown Board of Education will meet with district parents and students in a special meeting about possible principal transfers. The meeting is scheduled to be held in High School South’s auditorium at 8 p.m. Aug. 7. The transfers are a result of the retirement of River Plaza School Principal Frank Vaccarelli and Port Monmouth…

  • State panel reviewing all

    N.J. emergency servicesArea residents beginasking questions aboutcost of ambulance aid By mark rosmanStaff Writer N.J. emergency services Area residents begin asking questions about cost of ambulance aid By mark rosman Staff Writer As questions about the cost of service provided by a private ambulance company are being asked in Monmouth and Ocean counties, a state…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Joe Walling, a Keyport fireman, cools off children who attended Cliffwood Volunteer Fire Company No. 1’s 70s Sutphen Platform wetdown dedication in Aberdeen on Saturday.