Category: Independent News

  • Middletown contract negotiations suspended MTEA says it will focus on students

    Staff Writer By Alison Granito Middletown contract negotiations suspended MTEA says it will focus on students MIDDLETOWN — When planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the twin towers crumbled before the eyes of the nation, even the most controversial local issues went on the back burner. For months, many township parents have followed…

  • Taking a breather from search & rescue effort

    Taking a breather from search & rescue effort VERONICA YANKOWSKI Upper Freehold resident Alice Holmes and her search dogs, Holmes and Chewbacca, front, are aiding in the search for the missing and dead in the rubble of the World Trade Center. Rescuers hope to find survivors in 16 acres of tunnels By linda denicola Staff…

  • Committeeman’s contact with residents criticized

    Staff Writer By darlene diebold HOLMDEL — Three residents criticized Township Committeeman Terence Wall, who is running for re-election, at last week’s Township Committee meeting. Two people read letters into the record, trying to document things that Wall has written while serving on the Township Committee. Janice Liebenow, McCampbell Road, spoke up first regarding Wall’s…

  • Candlelight vigil draws thousands of mourners

    Staff Writer By darlene diebold Candlelight vigil draws thousands of mourners DARLENE DIEBOLD A crowd gathers at a candlelight vigil Sunday at Holmdel’s town hall for victims of last week’s World Trade Center disaster in lower Manhattan. HOLMDEL — With the nation in mourning, people are trying to find ways to come together as one…

  • America Recovers Photos

    America Recovers Photos JERRY WOLKOWITZ Volunteers load supplies onto a SeaStreak Ferry at the Highlands Marina Thursday bound for ground zero in Manhattan. At right, Raritan High School student Stephanie Coonan pins a red ribbon on classmate Scott Laudati. JERRY WOLKOWITZ During a rendition of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA,” participants at a Sunday…

  • Mid’town contingent responds to hot spot 24 provided support soon after tragedy struck

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Mid’town contingent responds to hot spot 24 provided support soon after tragedy struck JERRY WOLKOWITZ In Highlands volunteers load supplies onto a SeaStreak ferry for delivery to the World Trade Center disaster area in lower Manhattan. In the wake of the World Trade Center terrorist attack and tragedy, the…

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    JERRY WOLKOWITZ In the wake of the Sept. 11 World Trade Center disaster, candlelight vigils were held in several area towns over the weekend. Here a woman takes part in a vigil Sunday evening at Beach Park in Keyport, where the twin towers used to be visible across the bay.

  • Area police on high alert; no tolerance for bias, they say

    Area police on high alert; no tolerance for bias, they say In Middletown bias incident, a man donated blood, then assaulted gas station attendant By elaine van develde Staff Writer Area police are committed to making certain that a national tragedy won’t turn into local hate crime mayhem of any proportion. The message: Intolerance will…

  • For commuters, return to work a slow routine Some expect changes in daily routine

    Staff Writer By Alison Granito For commuters, return to work a slow routine Some expect changes in daily routine MIDDLETOWN — Early Monday morning at the Middletown train station, it appeared to be business as usual for commuters on their way to work. By 7 a.m. both the main lot on Middletown-Lincroft Road and the…