Category: Independent News

  • Holy Cross to host Gaelic Mass, Irish parade

    RUMSON — Holy Cross Catholic Church will celebrate its third annual Gaelic Mass and Irish Parade/Festival in honor of St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday, March 12. The event will begin with a gathering before 8 a.m. on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright, near the base of the Sea Bright Bridge, followed by a parade of…

  • Middletown prepping plan for layoffs

    Parks and rec, police jobs on the line due to $4.4M budget gap BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Middletown Township has filed a “worst-case scenario” layoff plan with the state Civil Service Commission that proposes eliminating 26 municipal positions. The proposed cuts, primarily from the parks and recreation and police departments, may be necessary to…

  • RCDS to host Hoops for Horizons tourney

    The Rumson Country Day School will host the Hoops for Horizons 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament on March 11 and 12. The event is open to the community with teams for middle school, young adults and adult men and women coming from across Monmouth County The fun begins at 5 p.m. Friday night with the young adults…

  • DEP: No violation of BRSA wind turbine permit

    Permits still needed to permit turbine project to go forward BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) reversed itself Monday, deciding not to issue a notice of violation to the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority (BRSA), which is constructing a 1.5- megawatt wind turbine at its Union Beach site. In response…

  • Woman’s Club to host tea, fashion show

    MATAWAN — The Woman’s Club of Matawanwill hold anAfternoonTea and Fashion Show at the clubhouse, 199 Jackson St., 2-5 p.m. March 24. Fashions will be provided by Dress Barn, The Marketplace in Matawan Tickets are $10 with all proceeds going to clubhouse renovations. The 135-year-old building was originally the lecture hall of the First Presbyterian…

  • Classmate, friend remembered at candlelight vigil

    MRHS students organize memorial for student athlete Chris Dhume BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Hundreds of candles illuminated the gymnasium at Matawan Regional High School (MRHS) Feb. 8 in honor of 17-year-old senior Chris Dhume, whose sudden death sent a wave of sadness throughout the Bayshore community. Students, faculty, parents and administrators gathered at MRHS…

  • Gold Star plates now available to families

    Legislation sponsored by state Sen. Sean T. Kean (R-Monmouth) authorizing the creation of special Gold Star license plates was signed into law on Jan. 31 by Gov. Chris Christie. The signing took place in a ceremony at the New Jersey War Memorial in Trenton where the governor, Kean and other co-sponsors were joined by Gold…

  • Mid’twn weighs tougher snow-clearing rules

    Twp. may increase fines for failure to shovel sidewalks BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The township may increase penalties and enforcement of its snow-clearing ordinance in response to this winter’s lackluster participation, which left many snowy sidewalks impassible. “During the recent snowstorms, we have experienced various degrees of compliance with our ordinances regarding…

  • J-Woww rewrites the rules

    Fans say show evokes memories of Shore summers BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer “Jersey Shore” cast member Jenni “J-Woww” Farley poses with a copy of her book during a book-signing event at the Eatontown Barnes & Noble on Feb. 10. PHOTOS BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA The Barnes & Noble bookstore in Eatontown became a temporary escape…