Category: Independent News

  • Holmdel schools partner with Monmouth University

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The Holmdel Township Public School District has established a collaborative partnership with Monmouth University of West Long Branch, a relationship that aims to improve student achievement. In June, the district agreed to become a university-school partnership site with Monmouth to provide field experiences for students and ongoing professional…

  • Holiday Express gets a business makeover

    Overhaul will help nonprofit better serve those in need BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Grinch joins members of Holiday Express at last year’s Red Bank holiday concert. SHREWSBURY — Holiday Express, the all-volunteer troupe that brings the holiday spirit to those most in need, has been selected as the recipient of a free “extreme…

  • Marines share real-life account of Iraq war

    Program complements history curriculum BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Marine Maj. Michael Ogden spoke to sophomores at Holmdel High School about his experience serving in Iraq, at an assembly on Sept. 20. He shared a slideshow presentation with photographs and video clips taken by other Marines stationed in the Middle East. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA HOLMDEL —…

  • Twp. looks to lower bids for drainage improvements

    Second round of bids exceeds estimates for Port Monmouth project BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The township rejected a second round of bids for the first phase of improvements to mitigate flooding in the Port Monmouth section of the township. Though lower than the first round, this most recent round of bids was…

  • Two more named to fort authority

    Gov. to appoint final three members of FMERA BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — Two additional members of the Fort Monmouth Economic RevitalizationAuthority (FMERA) were in place for the authority’s inaugural meeting on Sept. 28. Alfred Koeppe, chairman of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) board, is a voting member of FMERA…

  • Pallone bill would funnel $$ to fishing industry

    Anglers support Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2010 BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. KEYPORT — Citing inaccurate quotas and needed infrastructure upgrades, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) is hoping the Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2010 will save a struggling fishing industry. Pallone announced the bill at a press conference…

  • Harvest Home Festival

    Family members saw a log the old-fashioned way at the Monmouth County Park System’s Harvest Home Festival held at historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel on Sept. 25. FRANK GALIPO

  • Harvest Home Festival

    Ryan Mullins, of Lincroft, gave a demonstration in use of the broadsaw at the Monmouth County Park System’s Harvest Home Festival held at historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel on Sept. 25. FRANK GALIPO

  • Boro OKs lieutenant to run police dept. temporarily

    Chief suspended pending results of administrative review BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The Matawan Borough Council appointed a senior commanding officer to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Matawan Police Department while an administrative review of the borough’s chief of police continues. The council unanimously approved a resolution on Sept. 21 appointing Lt. Jason D.…