Category: Independent News

  • Keyport Halloween Parade

    Alyssa Rebelo and Vincent Panzarelli, both of Keyport, participate in the Halloween costume parade on Front Street in Keyport on Oct. 30. The procession started at Fireman’s Lot and proceeded to Keyport Central School where costumes were judged. PHOTOS BY FRANK GALIPO

  • Monmouth Symphony Orchestra presents Halloween treats

    RED BANK — The Monmouth Symphony Orchestra will present a classical music concert on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 3 p.m. at the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank. Trombonist Tom Avakian will interview composer Eric Ewazen and flutist Jenny Cline in the theater prior to the concert at 2:15 p.m. This concert, conducted…

  • M.U. gender studies program hosts film

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University will host the screening of “Miss Representation” 10 – 11:15 a.m. Nov. 8, in Wilson Hall Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. A discussion with the film director, Jennifer Seibel Newsom, will follow the screening at 1-2:15 p.m. This award-winning documentary reveals how media perpetuates…

  • Photo

    Volunteers collect debris and trash along Ideal Beach in Middletown during Clean Ocean Action’s 26th annual Fall Beach Sweeps on Oct. 22. More photos at gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Keyport moves to cut off business alliance

    KBA: New group would take power away from biz owners BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer A fter a long history of conflict, the Keyport Borough Council introduced an ordinance at its Oct. 18 meeting that would break ties with the Keyport Business Alliance (KBA). The proposed ordinance would decertify the KBA as the borough’s district management…

  • Election 2011

    Taxes, shared services are issues cited by Matawan candidates PAUL BUCCELLATO (R), seeking a second term as mayor: I have been a resident of Matawan for 27 years. I am a partner in an architectural firm that specializes in water-related issues. I am a member of the Matawan Unified Planning/ Zoning Board, the Matawan Aberdeen…

  • Aberdeen police take back unwanted prescription drugs

    ABERDEEN — The Aberdeen Township Police Department and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will offer residents an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents can bring medications for disposal to…

  • Theater group slates Halloween event, A.C. trip

    Rehearsals have begun for the Garden State Players’ first play, “Ever After,” which will be performed in January. Currently the group is hosting a “spooktacular” Halloween event for the family and a trip to Atlantic City for adults. The Halloween fundraiser will take place 4-9 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Cullen Center, 1776 Union Ave.,…

  • Matawan approves joint court with Keyport, Hazlet

    Cost-saving joint municipal court will be based in Hazlet BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council unanimously approved an ordinance establishing the Joint Municipal Court of Hazlet, Keyport and Matawan and abolishing the borough’s municipal court at the Oct. 18 meeting. The governing bodies of Hazlet Township and the borough of Keyport…