Category: Independent News

  • Baykeeper to offer pumpout boat service

    KEYPORT — The NY/NJ Baykeeper announced the launch of Raritan Bayshore’s first pumpout boat. According to a press release from the Baykeeper, the program is modeled after Baykeeper’s successful Jamaica Bay pumpout boat. The new service was announced jointly on June 16 at the Keyport Yacht Club by NY/NJ Baykeeper, the Keyport Yacht Club, Middletown…

  • Furloughs, tax increase on the table in Holmdel

    Employees to take 10 furlough days BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — After a final executive session discussion, the Holmdel Township Committee determined on June 17 that no further reductions could be made to its $19,480,824 spending plan. The committee unanimously passed its amended 2010 municipal budget after voting it down by a 3-to-2…

  • Special kids get their best beach day ever

    Sea Bright-based chapter sponsors camp program BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer A youngster is supported by volunteers as he rides the surf during ‘Best Day at the Beach’ held June 5 and 6 at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch. The event, which is sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the Best Day…

  • Support needed to keep Kaboom Fireworks lighting up the sky

    RED BANK — Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink delights more than 150,000 people from throughout the region every July 3. This 50-year-old tradition is carried on through sponsors and private donations large and small. Organizers acknowledge that the annual appeal for donations to support the fireworks display comes amid economic challenges including tight municipal budgets.…

  • NOTES

    The Lt. Dennis W. Zilinski II Memorial Fund will host its second annual Toast to Dennis 6:30-9:30 p.m. June 26 at the riverside home of Randy and Maureen Mac- Donald of Rumson. U.S. Army 1st Lt. Dennis W. Zilinski II was killed in action in Iraq in 2005. Retired Army Col. James Costigan, Freehold, is…

  • Borough police chief suspended with pay

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council passed a resolution authorizing disciplinary charges against Chief of Police James M. Alston at a meeting on June 15. The resolution authorized Borough AdministratorWilliam Garofalo, on behalf of the borough’s Police Commission, to begin disciplinary charges against Alston and to suspend him with pay until…

  • Performers step up to help facility for cancer patients

    BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Mothers are women who have busy lives with little or no down time. They are not supposed to get sick, there is no time for that. When a lifethreatening disease like cancer strikes a mother, she is forced to take a step back and focus on getting better, but the…

  • Police honored

    Seven members of the Matawan Police Department were honored last month for their quick response to an accident on Route 34 in the borough. According to police, a 47- year-old man lost control of his vehicle and hit a curb, causing the car to flip over and catch fire. The motorist suffered severe burns, but…

  • Scharfenberger, Settembrino win Mid’twn GOP primary

    MIDDLETOWN – Republicans chose two general election Township Committee candidates, current Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger and Kevin Settembrino, architect, in the June 8 primary. Small business owner and political challengerAnthonyAvallone’s 1,235 votes were not enough to top Scharfenberger’s 1,961 or Settembrino’s 2,068. Scharfenberger and Settembrino will compete against Democrats Sean Byrnes, an incumbent committee member, and…