Category: Independent News

  • Baykeeper to resume oyster restoration project

    DEP approves placing oyster cages at Earle in Leonardo BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Rebar reefs with bags of seed oysters attached are placed in Raritan Bay by project staff for the Keyport Harbor Reef Project spearheaded by the NY/NJ Baykeeper in 2009. The Keyport-based NY/NJ Baykeeper will restart its oyster restoration project in the…

  • Fort Monmouth officially closes, ending an era

    Final flag lowered; fort gates locked after 94 years BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Above: Onlookers watch as Maj. Gen. Randolph Strong (center) and fort police lower the American flag for the final time during the final retreat ceremony held at Fort Monmouth’s Cowan Park on Sept. 15. Right: Maj. Gen. Strong holds the flag…

  • Oceanic Bridge rehab would detour local traffic for months

    County to hold public meeting in Middletown on Sept. 26 BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Oceanic Bridge MIDDLETOWN — Rehabilitation of the Oceanic Bridge will begin after Columbus Day and will close the bridge to all traffic for months, according to Bill Heine, director of public information for Monmouth County. “It’s a long time coming,”…

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    Ryan Finn (l-r), Brendan Winz, Brian James and Billy Golubinski, of Cub Scout Pack 122, New Monmouth Elementary School, along with their den leaders helped prepare for the dedication of the Empty Sky Memorial at Liberty State Park in Jersey City for the ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on…

  • Holmdel committeeman drops out of race

    BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Two-term Republican Committeeman Rocco Pascucci has withdrawn his candidacy for the Township Committee in the November municipal election, citing obligations to his medical practice. According to Marcy McMullen, chairwoman of the Holmdel Republican Party, Pascucci will be replaced on the ballot by Greg Buontempo, currently serving as vice chairman…

  • Saturday in the park

    Jacqueline Jones, of Ocean Township, runs the course during the 18th annual Saturday in the Park run at Holmdel Park on Sept. 3. Krissy Suckow (l-r), of Wall, Karen Strickland, of Holmdel, Marylou Suckow, of East Brunswick, and Karen Lessing, of Holmdel, take part in the women’s 5K, “Women Taking Steps to Help Women,” which…

  • NPS to hold public meeting on Hook fees

    BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — The public will have a chance to speak out on the National Park Service’s proposal to double most of the fees charged at Sandy Hook, at an open house to be held at Fort Hancock on Monday, Sept. 26. The session will begin with a presentation at 3:30 p.m.…

  • BRSA awaits permits for turbine transport

    Union Beach, county must approve shipment of components BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Seven truckloads of supplies and materials required to construct a 380-foottall industrial wind turbine in Union Beach are awaiting transportation permits to be delivered to the borough. In order to deliver the supplies to its Union Beach headquarters, the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority…

  • Visiting nurses take on Irene

    Preparation key to caring for patients during emergencies BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Patients know they can depend on the visiting nurses of the VNA of Central Jersey to care for them even in cases of severe weather. RED BANK — During Hurricane Irene, a paraplegic man living along the ocean in Asbury Park was…