Category: Independent News

  • St. Clement hosts solemn tribute to 9/11 heroes

    Pastor cites community’s strength in aftermath of World Trade Center attacks BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer A Boy Scout holds a Flag of Honor imprinted with the names of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks at a memorial Mass and ceremony held at St. Clement Church in Matawan Sept. 10. NICOLE ANTONUCCI MATAWAN…

  • Apple festival kicks off centennial celebration

    Delicious Orchards reaches milestone BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Owner William McDonald stocks tomatoes at Delicious Orchards, which will begin celebrating its 100th anniversary with an apple festival on Sept. 17-18. ERIC SUCAR staff COLTS NECK — The orchards that have supplied the crisp, sweet apples that are found in the famous pies and cider at…

  • Art offers ‘New Impressions’ for cancer patients

    Riverview art therapy program taps art’s power to heal BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Art therapist Mary Gambarony works with cancer patients at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. RED BANK— If there were a recipe for healing, what would it be? Mary Gambarony, art therapist at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, encourages patients to…

  • Aberdeen Twp. awarded $340K roadwork grant

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN –The township has received a $340,000 grant from the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund’s Local Aid Infrastructure Fund (LAIF) program that will be used to fund roadwork on South Atlantic Avenue. The grant, announced on Aug. 24, is expected to cover the cost of roadway resurfacing and drainage work…

  • Aberdeen pickup of storm debris under way

    ABERDEEN TOWNSHIP — The Aberdeen Township Public Works Department on Sept. 6 began picking up branches downed by Hurricane Irene. According to a press release from the township, tree parts should be placed at the curb, and the Public Works Department will work its way through town until everything has been collected.

  • Middletown police investigate fatal crash

    BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – A car crash on Chapel Hill Road left a Leonardo man dead in the early hours of Sept. 2. According to a press release from the Middletown Township Police Department Traffic Bureau, Daniel Piano, 18, suffered severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene where his car struck…

  • New theater group looks for a home

    HAZLET— Lauren Raad has been supportive of her 9-year-old daughter, Gabriella, in her passion to perform. Her daughter has been in four community plays since she was 5 years old, and Raad has shuttled her back and forth from home to auditions, rehearsals and performances. When the theater company Gabriella was performing with moved more…

  • Annual walk to raise awareness of food allergy

    More than 1,500 walkers expected Sept. 18 A s any parent knows, life with children is a balancing act between worrying for their safety and setting them free to grow and meet new challenges. For parents of children with food allergies, that balancing act is even more pronounced. To help educate and create awareness of…

  • ‘Wild Nature’: Nature photography by Eric Sambol

    Monmouth University is hosting a solo exhibit of wildlife photography by Eric Sambol. “Wild Nature” will run through Sept. 30 at the Pollak Gallery on the West Long Branch campus. The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Urban Coast Institute. Sambol, of Brick, uses the medium of photography to reawaken his childhood passion for nature. The…