Category: Independent News

  • Report blames captain in Fast Ferry grounding

    By darlene dieboldStaff Writer By darlene diebold Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report has found Capt. Ed McKenna at fault for running the New York Fast Ferry Finest aground off Sandy Hook over a year ago. "The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the grounding of…

  • Fire causes NJ Transit delay

    By darlene dieboldStaff Writer By darlene diebold Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A fire on the train tracks near the Navesink River bridge caused train service between Red Bank and Matawan to be shut down for almost three hours last week, inconveniencing about 400 commuters. "One of our inspection vehicles caught fire on the tracks around…

  • Business administrator quits, returns to his alma mater

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — After over three years with the district, school Business Administrator Kenneth Jannarone has decided to make a change. The business administrator and board secretary will take over the same position in the Ocean Township School District, Monmouth County. Though he was happy at his…

  • PTO, Eosso treat students to new basketball court

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Magician Matthew Dwinnell performs a trick on Peter Farah, 9, Aberdeen, during the Lloyd Road School basketball court ribbon-cutting ceremony, held at the school Thursday. ABERDEEN — Lloyd Road Elementary School will start the new school year with a new basketball court. Residents and…

  • For ‘Twice Told Tales,’ second time’s as charming

    By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Monmouth County Historian George H. Moss Jr. has published his latest book, a collection of his columns from the Sunday Register. The train ride from Rumson to lower Manhattan taken by George H. Moss Jr. each day proved a boon to the residents of…

  • Approval of Gypsum permit angers state officials

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A promise made by former Gov. Christie Whitman may be broken before it’s even established. Whitman, the federal Environmental Protection Agency administrator, made a promise in July to impose more stringent guidelines for ocean dumping at the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS)…

  • Lucent says recent layoffs part of co.’s restructuring

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Lucent says recent layoffs part of co.’s restructuring By elaine van develde Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Company officials at Lucent Technologies say recent layoffs are part of a strategy to improve the company’s economic standing. Since January 2001, "the company has been implementing a restructuring program designed to return the…

  • New leader, new approach for United Way

    County charitableorganization is reaching out to smaller operations By Sherry conohanStaff Writer County charitable organization is reaching out to smaller operations By Sherry conohan Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Jose Pena, the new director of United Way of Monmouth County, is settling into his position and helping the organization head in a new direction. The winds…

  • Owner donates two acres to open space

    Land is adjacentto Natco Park By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Land is adjacent to Natco Park By elaine van develde Staff Writer HAZLET — The township got a gift of green to boost its dwindling open space. Two acres of land adjacent to the pristine Natco Park were donated by a resident who develops his…