Category: Independent News

  • Bayshore ER nurse receives NJENA award

    Bayshore Community Hospital nurse Noreen Schifano (l) nominated Wendy E. Brown (r), Bayshore director of nursing, for the Leadership Award from the New Jersey State Emergency Nurses Association. The New Jersey State Emergency Nurses Association (NJENA) recently presented its Leadership Award to Wendy E. Brown, director of nursing at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. The award…

  • Parent group wants to change funding formula Fears soaring taxes, failed budgets in middle-income schools districts

    Staff Writer By alison granito Parent group wants to change funding formula Fears soaring taxes, failed budgets in middle-income schools districts HAZLET — With rising property tax rates and state funding to schools being cut, the Organization of Parent Taxpayers (OPT) has banded together to fight what they say is an unfair system. The organization’s…

  • The right song at the right time in the right movie Doors of Hollywood swung open for musician after 1987 Academy Award

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli The right song at the right time in the right movie Doors of Hollywood swung open for musician after 1987 Academy Award JERRY WOLKOWITZ Franke Previte shows off the Academy Award he won in 1987 for the song “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life” from the movie Dirty Dancing.…

  • Residents unhappy with trail near yards Park system officials working to address concerns in Marlboro

    Staff Writer By karl vilacoba Residents unhappy with trail near yards Park system officials working to address concerns in Marlboro Some Marlboro residents are already reporting problems with the southern extension of the Henry Hudson Trail. Although the trail through Marlboro has not officially opened yet, residents are reporting people illegally riding motorcycles and ATVs,…

  • Park service to release rehabilitation proposals Public hearing on

    Park service to release rehabilitation proposals Public hearing on environmental assessment Sat.; comment period extended By Marilyn duff Staff Writer In response to a request from Congressman Frank Pallone (D-6), the National Park Service agreed Monday to release the 22 proposals submitted for the rehabilitation of historic Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. But it may…

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    BILL MARSH Francesca, 9, and Matthew Picerno, 13, watch their brother, Anthony, 14, throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Holmdel Youth Activities Association ceremony Sunday at Holmdel Village School. An award was named for their late father, Matthew, who was killed in the World Trade Center attacks.

  • Work gets under way at new Keyport hall Official groundbreaking ceremony planned

    Staff Writer By darlene diebold Work gets under way at new Keyport hall Official groundbreaking ceremony planned The never-ending saga of the litigation surrounding the Keyport borough hall is not over yet, but officials are getting ready to proceed with the official groundbreaking ceremony. A&K Construction, Holmdel, which has been awarded the contract, has already…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ The Tribute in Light memorial to victims of 9/11 reaches out to the stars from the site of the former World Trade Center twin towers.The memorial lights were turned off over the weekend.

  • Two Dems vie for party backing in primary

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE HAZLET — The political fight is on, pitting two Democrats of differing party ideology against one another for the June 4 primary race. Mindful of the long-known fact that there’s a split in the party in Hazlet, the two Democrats, James Brady and Kevin Lavin, will vie for one…