Category: Independent News

  • Three exhibits to feature works of award-winning photojournalist

    By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Photographer Veronica L. Yankowski is displaying her work at three local venue, featuring images from 9/11 as well as scenic landscape photographs. Seven years as a photojournalist at some of New Jersey’s top daily and weekly newspapers could not have prepared Veronica Lynn Yankowski for the…

  • Memorial remembers

    church By josh davidsonStaff Writer church’s Sept. 11 victims By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — Three days before the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, a local church will unveil a monument of strength in memory of those who were killed. The granite monument, completed last month,…

  • Rainfall didn’t ease drought

    State officials say water restrictions still apply; conservation necessary By alison granitoStaff Writer State officials say water restrictions still apply; conservation necessary By alison granito Staff Writer Despite the wet weekend, the state is still suffering from the most severe drought in recent memory. State climatologist David Robinson said that although last week’s rainfall was…

  • Towns at odds over widening of Rte. 520

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Towns at odds over widening of Rte. 520 By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A proposal to widen Route 520 has pitted two towns against one another in a fight for each to preserve its own peaceful rural atmosphere amid suburban sprawl. It’s all because Monmouth County wants…

  • New pumper truck finds home in Crawford’s Corner

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The new fire truck didn’t fit, but fire officials wouldn’t quit. Plans for an addition to Fire Station No. 2 on Crawford’s Corner Everett Road were approved at the Aug. 26 Township Committee meeting. There was no vote and the fire department…

  • Improvements approved for Cross Farm Park

    One bond passed for Phase II, another forcapital improvements By elaine van develdeStaff Writer One bond passed for Phase II, another for capital improvements By elaine van develde Staff Writer FILE PHOTO A $1 million bond was just passed sanctioning Phase II improvements to Cross Farm Park, located off Route 520 in Holmdel. HOLMDEL —…

  • Boro hall memorial honors former police director

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Keyport police Capt. John Dayback (l-r), Mayor Kevin Graham and Police Chief Theodore Gajewski stand on the site of the new borough hall building, presently under construction, where three bullet shells and a set of keys were placed in memory of former Keyport Police…

  • Local rap group takes on the music scene

    By Josh DavidsonStaff Writer By Josh Davidson Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Rappers (front l-r) Sam “Filthy McNasty” Moore, John “Ugly Yuckling” Phillips, Antonio “Vague” Fortuna, (back l-r) Laverne “Young Munk” Finley, Rob “I.C. Truth” Rodriguez and Nicholas “P.A.” Lin pose for the camera at Stewart’s, Route 79, Matawan, last week. ABERDEEN — Cliffwood-based rap group…

  • High salaries may not guarantee teachers

    By mary dempseyStaff Writer By mary dempsey Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Last week’s agreement between the Board of Education and the Middletown Township Education Association may give the board partial control over the union’s salary guide, but it does not ensure new teachers will come to the troubled school district. Board member and negotiation committee…