Category: Independent News

  • Adoption Day: Making it official

    Monmouth County Courthouse event a joyous occasion for 21 children and their parents BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer The Munoz family celebrated the adoption of their two daughters at the Monmouth County Courthouse last month. The uncommon sounds of laughter and youthful screams filled the Monmouth County Courthouse’s jury assembly room on the afternoon of…

  • Holiday cheer

    Children greet the arrival of Santa Claus during the Christmas Tree and Menorah Lighting held at Holmdel Town Hall on Dec. 2. The annual event included a performance by the Satz School Band. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • New Lucent plan adds sports complex

    Zucker: Somerset still interested in developing Alcatel-Lucent site BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Aerial view of the Alcatel-Lucent site, the former headquarters of Bell Labs, in Holmdel Holmdel Township unveiled a redevelopment plan for the Alcatel-Lucent tract last week that calls for athletic facilities on-site and draws heavily on elements from a proposal by a previous…

  • Aberdeen and Matawan in talks to create joint CERT team

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer A berdeen and Matawan are exploring the creation of a joint Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), according to Police Chief John T. Powers, coordinator of the Office of Emergency Management in Aberdeen. “We are still in the early stages of exploring the joint team and trying to figure out if…

  • NPS: Sandy Hook beach fees based on area beach fees

    BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — The National Park Service’s proposal to double most parking fees at Sandy Hook is based on a market survey of the rates at beaches in the area near Sandy Hook, Raina Williams, public affairs officer at Gateway National Recreation Area, said in a recent interview. Williams was responding to…

  • Photo

    Youngsters race to the finish line during the Matawan Turkey Trot kids’ race on Nov. 26. More photos, page 36 and www.gmnews.com. CLAIRE SHEPROW

  • Soul Kitchen: Living on a prayer

    Dorothea and Jon Bon Jovi launch community restaurant BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Jon Bon Jovi mingles with guests at the opening of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation Soul Kitchen — a community-based endeavor meant to empower and inspire — on Monmouth Street in Red Bank on Oct. 19. ERIC SUCAR staff I t…

  • Matawan reassures residents on water supply

    DPW director: Drinking water is safe; corrective steps being taken BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Matawan is notifying borough residents that levels of a contaminant in their drinking water exceed the standard or maximum contaminant level. According to John Applegate, director of public works, the department is taking steps to reduce levels of trihalomethanes (TTHM),…

  • Neighbor thwarts burglary

    MIDDLETOWN — An alert neighbor foiled a suspected burglar as he was leaving a house on Cypress Neck Road on Nov. 8, according to Middletown police. “The suspect forced entry to the home by breaking a window located at the rear of the house but was confronted by an alert neighbor who observed the suspect…