Category: Independent News

  • Pink Day

    Anita Clark (l-r) and students Diane Micheals and Sal Rinaudo are part of a pink chain formed by students and faculty of Thorne Middle and Harmony schools in Middletown to link the neighboring schools on Pink Day, Oct. 28, held to raise awareness of breast cancer. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Aberdeen resident to lead Jewish War vets

    Allen E. Falk ofAberdeen was recently elected national commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States at the JWV’s 116th annual national convention in Jacksonville, Fla. Falk, a member and past commander of JWV’s Lt. Seth Dvorin Post 972, previously served as JWV national judge advocate. Falk served as a captain with the…

  • IN THE ARTS

    Hot pots/new wheels Gloria Singer Top-notch potters have pitched in, donating wares to raise money for new potter’s wheels at Brookdale Community College. An all-day preview of donated works will take place on Monday, Nov. 14, at the CVA Gallery from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The opening reception is 4:30-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov.…

  • Mudslingers Art Show & Sale Nov. 13

    Pit-fired vessel by Lauren Bellero The 14th annual Mudslingers Art Show and Sale will take place 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at 39 Leroy Place in Red Bank. The show is hosted by local potter Lauren Bellero and will feature paintings by Tracey C. Witter, of Little Silver. Bellero is an award-winning clay artist whose…

  • Good move

    Skriti Nakkrum competes in the 2011 New Jersey K-12 Chess Championship tournament at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft on Nov. 6. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Autumn Art Festival at UUCMC

    “Untitled” by Linda DeNicola For the second year, the Meetinghouse of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County in Lincroft will be transformed into a celebration of fine art. Filling the Earth Room and the Community Room will be original artwork by more than 20 local artists and artisans in a broad spectrum of disciplines…

  • Aberdeen Dems win all four council seats

    Nicole Antonucci ABERDEEN — Democrats finished slightly ahead of their Republican challengers in the Nov. 8 election, taking all four seats up for election on the Township Council, which will remain all-Democratic, according to unofficial results from Monmouth County. Lone Democrat incumbent Gregory Cannon won re-election for a second term, garnering 1,544 of the votes.…

  • Photo

    TheGoGreen campaign, “Green Is the Word,” kicked off at St. Mary Elementary School in Middletown on Oct. 13 with a tree-planting ceremony. Members of St. Mary Parish, students from St. Mary School and Mater Dei Prep School, Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (13th District) and Middletown Deputy Mayor Pamela Brightbill participated in the ceremony. The environmental program…

  • Holmdel Republicans keep committee control

    Impreveduto & Buontempo carry 61 percent of votes Mike Davis HOLMDEL — Republicans will maintain a majority on the Township Committee when it reorganizes in January after Mayor Patrick Impreveduto and newcomer Greg Buontempo were elected into office on Nov. 8. According to unofficial results from the Monmouth County Board of Elections, Impreveduto received 31.39…