Category: Independent News

  • Brookdale to host teen arts festival, Globetrotters, talks

    Brookdale to host teen arts festival, Globetrotters, talks VERONICA YANKOWSKI Danielle Lessing checks out her brother’s pastel artwork on display at Holmdel High School on Thursday. Brookdale Community College, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft section of Middletown, will welcome the Harlem Globetrotters this evening at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 for tickets to the team’s "Reclaiming…

  • Middlesex sewage spill flushed with salt water

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer After a Middlesex County sewage pipe broke March 2, sending some 570 million gallons of raw sewage into the Raritan River, the spill’s repercussions seeped into the shellfish industry off Sandy Hook. The leak in the pipe at the foot of Boehmhurst Avenue in…

  • Winter weather slows referendum work

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Contrary to previous claims, the Board of Education said nothing is holding up the construction permits for the schools’ referendum work. Any slowdown in the work has been due to an extremely rough winter, said David Fraytak, an architect with the firm Faridy Veisz…

  • Art show displays resident’s photography

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer Art show displays resident’s photography By josh davidson Staff Writer JOSH DAVIDSON Gail Griffiths (l), Ocean Township, and Jennie Meares, Matawan, held an opening for the “Shared Visions” art exhibit at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center Friday. When Matawan resident Jennie Meares first got involved in photography, the attraction was mesmerizing.…

  • Four-way race for three open spots on Board of Ed.

    By maura dowginStaff Writer Four-way race for three open spots on Board of Ed. By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Four candidates are vying for three open spots on the Board of Education. There are two candidates who currently sit on the board, board President Susan Howard and Mary Hartnett. The other two candidates…

  • Ramsey Clark speaks out against war at college

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer JOSH DAVIDSON Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark signs an autograph at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, March 11. MIDDLETOWN — Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark spoke out against a possible war with Iraq during his visit to Brookdale Community College last week. Clark came to…

  • HAZLET — Township officials introduced the 2003 municipal budget with a proposed assessed property valuation hike of 4.9 cents per $100. Mayor Steven Piech said the budget, which was introduced at a special meeting on March 11, was a testament to tightening the township’s spending belt in spite of costly insurance and personnel contractual obligations.…

  • Environmentalists applaud new EPA rule for dumping

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer When it comes to ocean dumping, local environmentalists said they’ve finally made an important step forward in the fight to keep contaminated muck off the ocean floor. Still, they’re asking for reassurance through state and federal legislators. Last week, the federal Environmental Protection Agency…

  • Gas leak causes house explosion

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The damage is already done, but the source of a residential gas leak resulting in an explosion last week has been found. Police determined the cause of the gas leak that triggered an explosion at the Cedar Avenue home of 51-year-old Rosemary…