Category: Independent News

  • Boro school budget calls for 15.9-cent tax hike

    By maura dowginStaff Writer Boro school budget calls for 15.9-cent tax hike By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT — The 2003-04 school budget reflects a tax increase of 15.9 cents. The Board of Education unanimously voted on March 26 to approve the $14.3 million budget that includes a $7.2 million tax levy. Board member Timothy…

  • High School North work continues on schedule

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — With the first phase of High School North’s referendum renovation and construction work complete, some students are enjoying a brighter learning environment. "We’re very proud of what we have," Principal Barry Goldstein said. "It’s a great feeling," said N. Britt Raynor, a board member…

  • Post commander, wife visit Normandy cemetery

    Frank Romeo, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4303, Hazlet, recently traveled to the American Cemetery, Normandy, France, to honor fallen comrades, after reading a recent newspaper headline, "They died for France, but France has forgotten." Romeo was accompanied by his wife, Scherene, and the two stood by the crosses that identify the…

  • Budget hearing brings support for increase

    Hazlet sup By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Hazlet sup’t. says price to pay is minimal considering unfair aid By elaine van develde Staff Writer While the Hazlet Board of Education’s proposed budget was put to the public with a 17.8-cent per $100 of assessed property valuation hike, it did not provoke much resistance. At the…

  • Local carjacking may have been drug-related

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer Middletown police have released this sketch of a carjacking suspect. MIDDLETOWN — A carjacking suspect remains at large after allegedly taking a car and robbing his victim of $900. The car was recovered and the victim escaped unharmed, and police are looking for the…

  • Sentencing handed out for tax evasion

    Man, wife, daughter plead guiltyto various counts By maura dowginStaff Writer Man, wife, daughter plead guilty to various counts By maura dowgin Staff Writer A Homdel man was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to a federal tax-evasion charge stemming from his business earnings from work performed at Fort Monmouth. Benjamin Tirabassi,…

  • Township looks for some green to pay for park

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The Township Committee is applying for a low-interest state Green Acres loan to help pay for a new park. Veterans Memorial Park, formerly the Nike Missile Site, is located off Telegraph Hill Road. The park will be adjoining Phillips Park. Included in the application…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Keyport Mayor John Merla marries Christine Adderly and Ryan Rajaniemi at the Senior Center on March 26. Rajaniemi is a member of the U.S. Navy.

  • The Holocaust’s American victims

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer In his studies on the Holocaust, Mitchell Bard came across a group of American soldiers who were ignored by their own country and treated in an unspeakable manner by their enemy. Bard’s seminar March 27 at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, examined about 5,000 American Jews, non-Jews,…