Category: Independent News

  • Show your love for the shore Aug. 20

    American Littoral Society launches ‘Share the Shore’ at 26 locations BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The American Littoral Society (ALS) is asking coastal enthusiasts to help celebrate its 50th anniversary during the inaugural “Share the Shore,” an event that celebrates the coastline. “Share the Shore” will take place on Aug. 20 simultaneously at 26 locations…

  • 180 seeks volunteers for SART training

    180 Turning Lives Around (180) is accepting applications for new Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) advocates. Successful applicants will be invited to participate in the 50-hour mandatory training course being held 6-9:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from Sept. 19 through Oct. 19 held in the courtroom at Hazlet Township Police Headquarters, 255 Middle…

  • Survey of Raritan Bay aims to restore oysters

    Baykeeper, Rutgers scientist map conditions in bay BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Dr. Beth Ravit (second from right), instructor of environmental science at Rutgers University, and Mike Acuafredda (r) collect data along the Raritan Bay near the Leonardo Public Marina on July 29. A team of citizen-scientist volunteers, led by NY/NJ Baykeeper and Ravit, completed…

  • Holmdel to rehire some bus aides with state aid

    Portion of $500K will also be applied to future budgets BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer HOLMDEL— Township Board of Education members have begun to consider the uses for the additional $508,000 in state aid the district received in July. The additional funding brings the Holmdel School District’s 2011-12 state aid to $1.4 million, an increase of…

  • Physician honored with Visions of Hope award

    Holmdel resident Dr. Tricia Gilbert checks on a patient in Uganda. Gilbert received the 2011 Visions of Hope award from the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.HOLMDEL — Dr. Tricia Gilbert, of Holmdel, is the recipient of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Monmouth and Ocean Counties’ 2011 Visions of Hope award. Gilbert has…

  • MAC seeks art for Sept. 11 exhibit

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Middletown Arts Center (MAC) will be accepting submissionsAug. 17 andAug. 18 for an exhibit commemorating the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11. Titled “A Community Connected … to Each Other, to Healing, to Hope,” the juried exhibit will be displayed from Aug. 25 to Sept. 25. “We have…

  • At the fair

    Jayne Hornich, 4, enjoys a ride at the Monmouth County Fair on July 30. The fair was held at the East Freehold Showgrounds in Freehold Township, July 27-31. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • N.Y. man arrested in connection with three-county crime spree

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI and CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI Staff Writers ABERDEEN — Police arrested a Staten Island man accused of about 40 burglaries in 11 municipalities across Monmouth, Middlesex, Ocean and Morris counties. William H. Rusch, 41, of Staten Island, N.Y., was arrested July 21 and faces charges of burglary, theft and criminal mischief. The charges stem…

  • Blink-182 comes to Holmdel with new release on the way

    BY NATHAN ROSMAN Correspondent Tom DeLonge Blink-182 are making their return to the music industry this fall with their sixth studio album, “Neighborhoods,” which is scheduled for release on Sept. 27. Following a hiatus that began in 2005, Blink-182, a pop punk band, reunited at the 2009 Grammy awards and announced that a new album…