Category: Independent News

  • ‘Go Green for the Holidays’ at Monmouth Museum

    MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth Museumis once again sponsoring “Go Green for the Holidays,” the annual holiday exhibition at the museum, located at 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. This special exhibition features trees and trimmings with an environmental and ecological theme decorated by the Friends of the Museum and local garden clubs. Discover delightful ornaments and…

  • Holiday harmony

    Clockwise from top: The Satz School Band performs at the Christmas Tree and Menorah Lighting held at Holmdel Town Hall on Dec. 3. The annual event included a visit from Santa Claus, who distributed candy canes and visited with children including Dylan Placca and Ella Blackmore, of Holmdel, who was accompanied by her father John…

  • C-Town plan tabled until Feb. 2011

    MATAWAN — A redevelopment application for the former C-Town Supermarket building will continue into the new year. The borough’s Unified Planning/Zoning Board tabled an application for a proposed mixed-use development at 126 Main St. until Feb. 7 without renotice, as per the request of attorney Salvatore Alfieri, of Cleary Alfieri & Jones, Matawan. The applicant,…

  • Matawan PBA to host annual food and toy drive

    MATAWAN — The Matawan PBA Local 179 is once again helping to make the holiday season brighter for disadvantaged families. This year, because of the economy, the PBA is expecting more requests than in prior years. The Matawan PBA is continuing with its yearly holiday food and toy drive and is actively seeking supporters. From…

  • Holidays festive time in Middletown

    MIDDLETOWN — Holiday happenings in the township include a gala holiday party, a train ride with Santa, ornament making, as well as birthday and pre-New Year’s Eve parties. A Snow Ball will be held Friday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St. The event features student demonstrations, a dessert…

  • Nursing scholarships awarded

    HOLMDEL — Eight Bayshore Community Hospital employees were awarded 2010 Harry M. Poppick, M.D., Memorial Scholarships. The scholarships are named for the former Keyport physician, a founding member of the Bayshore Community Hospital medical staff. After his passing in 1990, the Poppick family established a nursing scholarship in his honor that has been awarded annually…

  • Fort developer loses lease for three buildings

    BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent Historic Fort Hancock in Sandy Hook was serene last Friday morning; the only signs of life were the Marine Academy of Science and Technology students practicing their drill on the parade grounds behind the row of officers’ houses built in the late 1800s that line the winding road that borders Sandy…

  • Twp. receives county recycling grant

    ABERDEEN — The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders distributed a 2010 municipal recycling grant to Aberdeen Township to help improve recycling there. A check in the amount of $6,500 was presented to Mayor Fred Tagliarini at the Nov. 23 freeholder meeting. “This grant money will allow us to replace many of our recycling bins…

  • Scholarship program casts net for applicants

    SANDY HOOK — The Stew Tweed Fisheries and Aquaculture Scholarship Program is seeking applications from graduating high school seniors and undergraduate or graduate students pursuing studies or a career in fisheries or aquaculture. The scholarship program, now in its fourth year, was founded in 2007 by the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) in memory…