Category: Independent News

  • Hazlet seeks to ID special-needs children

    Hazlet residents who have a child, 3- 21 years of age who may be experiencing physical, sensory, communication, cognitive or social difficulties, are asked to call the Hazlet Township School District at 732-264-8402, ext. 1024, to arrange for an appointment and/or referral to the child study team. The Hazlet Township Public School District is responsible…

  • Information kits available for Holmdel BOE candidates

    HOLMDEL — The Holmdel Township School District has announced it has information available for residents interested in running for a vacant seat on the Board of Education. The Board of Education will have three vacancies in the upcoming school board election, Michael R. Petrizzo, district business administrator/board secretary announced. Afull term on the school board…

  • NOTES

    The Binn family of Middletown took advantage of the recent snowstorms to build a multi-story igloo in their front yard. St. Joseph Council 3402, Knights of Columbus, 54 Route 35 north, Keyport, will hold its second Sunday of the month breakfast 8 a.m.-noon Feb. 13. The cost is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, and…

  • The Puzzle Installation, Collaborative Project

    The Middletown Arts Center (MAC) will exhibit The Puzzle Installation and Collaborative Project, an art installation of thousands of puzzle pieces made in diverse media by artists and nonartists of all ages from across the county. Coordinated by artist Tim Kelly through a series of “Art Is Good” puzzle-making workshops and individual submissions of puzzle…

  • Photo

    Students with the Jersey Shore Chinese School of Holmdel perform a Dragon Dance to celebrate the advent of the Year of the Rabbit on Feb. 3 at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year.See the story, on page 3. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Veterans’ stories recorded for national archive

    Iraq War veteran from Holmdel adds his experiences to Veterans History Project BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Behind each war story in the media are the men and women who lived it before it was news; for them, it was reality. Iraq War veteran Justin Sasso, of Holmdel, hopes that adding his oral history to…

  • From Taiwan to Brookdale, Year of the Rabbit welcomed

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Bright costumes, colorful red fans and joyous music filled Brookdale Community College’s Student Life Center as revelers said goodbye to the tumultuous Year of the Tiger and a hearty “gung hay fat choy” to the Year of the Rabbit last Thursday. Students from the Jersey Shore Chinese School of Holmdel…

  • Christie: Reforms painful for some, but necessary

    Tells town hall meeting current public employee benefits no longer affordable BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie discusses his reform agenda in light of the state’s fiscal crisis during a town hall meeting held at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2179 in Port Monmouth in Middletown on Jan. 26. Video and more photos…

  • Owner is one treasure at bicycle museum

    Collection in Freehold is visited by guests from around the world BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer David Metz has welcomed visitors from around the world to his bicycle museum in Freehold Borough. His prized possession is an 1896 Zimmy built by bicycle racing champion Arthur Zimmerman. The Freehold Borough Council recently honored Metz on…