Category: Independent News

  • Bayonne man charged after assault at motel

    By maura dowginStaff Writer Bayonne man charged after assault at motel By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Police said an assault at the Holmdel Motor Inn ended in a five-block car chase in Bayonne. Holmdel and Bayonne police are both lodging charges against Jermaine J. Nadal, 28, of 478 Broadway, Bayonne. Holmdel is charging…

  • Armed robber hits check cashing store

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer Composite sketch released by Keyport police last week of D&L Check Cashing armed robbery suspect. KEYPORT— Police are searching for an armed robber following a Nov. 21 robbery at D&L Check Cashing store on the corner of West Front Street and Broad Street. The robbery took…

  • Financing holding up ferry delivery

    Parent company claims serviceto resume withintwo weeks By maura dowginStaff Writer Parent company claims service to resume within two weeks By maura dowgin Staff Writer Despite having no ferry service to Manhattan, the parent company of Keyport Fast Ferry is promising that the borough will have a new boat to transport passengers to New York…

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    CHRIS KELLY Keyport High School students, including senior Bonnie Bornett, 17, of Union Beach, painted the front window of Dollar World, in Keyport Plaza, on Nov. 30.

  • Witmer named Mid’town schools superintendent

    East Windsor schools chiefwill arrive Feb. 1 By josh davidsonStaff Writer East Windsor schools chief will arrive Feb. 1 By josh davidson Staff Writer Six months after it began, the Middletown Board of Education’s search for a new superintendent of schools has ended. The board chose David L. Witmer as the new schools chief to…

  • Board selects construction manager for referendum

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer Board selects construction manager for referendum By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Board of Education appointed Hill International as the construction manager overseeing the post-referendum phase of its $36.8 million school improvement project. The board approved the hiring at its Nov. 25 meeting. The Marlton company will oversee the…

  • Burglary at Hook linked to Middletown

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Burglary at Hook linked to Middletown By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A routine traffic stop on Sandy Hook turned into an investigation of burglaries in and out of town. "This was an example of a good cooperative effort between the National Park Service and Middletown police," said…

  • Cop’s gun discharges during shoving match

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer Cop’s gun discharges during shoving match By josh davidson Staff Writer ABERDEEN — A township police officer’s weapon unintentionally discharged while trying to gain control of a New Brunswick man following a traffic stop. No one was injured in the incident, which took place just after 1 a.m. Nov. 21. Samuel…

  • Another ‘Dogma’ emerges from Red Bank

    Photographer By rachel van KirkStaff Writer Photographer’s book is ‘a code of living for dogs, by dogs’ By rachel van Kirk Staff Writer Dempsey, of the River Plaza section of Middletown, shows humans how to “forgive and forget” in Dogma. Like the cult film by Red Bank director Kevin Smith, another Dogma is advancing the…