Category: Independent News

  • Family plans restoration of historic cemetery in Holmdel

    Prosecutor investigating desecration of burial ground BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Above: Approximately 60 historic gravestones were destroyed on the grounds of the Hendricks and Hendrickson Family Burial Ground within the Beau Ridge Townhouse Development in September 2010. Below: Members of the Holmdel community and relatives take part in a rededication service at the burial…

  • Holmdel’s 11 layoffs may include police

    PBA declines furloughs but open to negotiations BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The township’s “worstcase scenario” layoff plan came to fruition March 7, when notices were sent to 11 employees, including three police officers. In an effort to save approximately $500,000 in the 2011 fiscal year budget, Mayor Patrick Impreveduto said the township…

  • Boro reaching out for MVPs to help in grant writing

    Matawan Volunteer Program will apply for foundation funds BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN— Inside Borough Hall, the letters “MVP” have taken on an entirely new meaning. This year, the governing body is launching the Matawan Volunteer Program (MVP), a grant-writing initiative at no cost to the borough, spearheaded by Councilwoman Donna Gould. “I am…

  • WELCOME TO… Treasures of the Jersey Shore

    Atlantic Highlands & Highlands offer all of the charms of seaside towns BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Visitors don’t have to wait until summer to enjoy the many charms of Atlantic Highlands’ First Avenue. Nestled along the Sandy Hook Bay, Atlantic Highlands and Highlands are two small Jersey shore towns that have much to offer.…

  • Habitat offers to rehab fort buildings

    Proposal offers no-cost labor; nonprofits would provide funding BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent Building 5, Officers Row at Fort Hancock LIZ SHEEHAN Habitat for Humanity of Northeast Monmouth County has submitted a proposal to the National Park Service (NPS) to restore one or more buildings at historic Fort Hancock. Thomas Matulewicz, Rumson, a board member of…

  • March 2011: The rational optimist

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “So much is written of the gardener’s role in the creation and enjoyment of flowering beauty and so little said of the relish of honest labor that gardening requires.” Author unknown M arch — a roller-coaster month full of promises, but unreliable to the last day. Spring officially starts this month,…

  • C-Town plan being revised

    Fourth floor eliminated, square footage cut down BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The vacant C-Town supermarket on Main Street in Matawan MATAWAN — In response to concerns from the public, a redevelopment plan for the vacant C-Town supermarket building at 126 Main St. is being significantly scaled down and reworked. Attorney Salvatore Alfieri, of Cleary…

  • Frank Talk presents black history programs

    REDBANK— Local actress Lorraine Stone will bring a great heroine of black women’s history to life in “AWoman Named Mary Bowser” at Frank Talk Art Bistro and Books on March 19 and 20. MaryBowserwas born a slave in 1839 on a plantation in Virginia. Her contribution to the outcome of the CivilWar was one that…

  • ‘Give Peace a Chance’

    Left: John and Yoko, Tommy Smothers and Judi Marcioni Steinberg, Dr. Timothy Leary and wife Rosemary sing “Give Peace a Chance.” Above: John and Yoko perform a spontaneous and unrecorded duet. JOAN ATHEY/Peaceworks Now Productions Celebrate John Lennon’s life and legacy through images and stories featured in the exhibition “Give Peace a Chance: John Lennon…