Category: Independent News

  • stork club

    Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, announced the birth of a girl to Kiera Colletti and Kyle Sollivano of Middletown on April 13. Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announced the following births: March 12, to Brittany Vino and James Prevost of Middletown, a girl; March 13, to Linda and Anthony Carpiniello of Lincroft, a girl;…

  • Planning Board mulls new retail complex

    Former Stewart’s Drive-In would be demolished BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer A new retail site plan application before the borough’s Unified Planning and Zoning Board calls for the demolition of the Stewart’s Drive-In building and improvements to the Colonial Shops strip mall. JACQUELINE HLAVENKA MATAWAN — The Unified Planning and Zoning Board tabled a vote…

  • Vietnam Remembrance Day ceremony slated for May 7

    The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will hold its annual New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day ceremony on May 7 at 11 a.m. May 7 was created by legislation in 1991 as a unique day in New Jersey to honor all those who served in the military during the Vietnam Era from 1959 to…

  • Floodgates provide some relief to Port Monmouth

    Army Corps of Engineers to replenish beach; critical long-term fixes lack funding BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer I n any other year, the April 22 nor’easter would have left Port Monmouth roads underwater, flooded until Bray Avenue in Middletown resembled the Bray River. But by the time the tide had ebbed, the streets were already dry.…

  • McDermott recalls his battles with addictions

    Ex-Rocket basketball star has written his first book BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent John McDermott doesn’t mince words when talking about basketball and avoiding bad decisions on substance abuse in life. So it would be no surprise that his two principal topics would be woven into his first book, “Legend in His Own Mind.” McDermott reflects…

  • Spend a weekend steeped in history

    Weekend in Old Monmouth tour of 40 historic sites May 5-6 The Weekend in Old Monmouth tour returns for the fourth year with 40 historic sites throughout Monmouth County open to visitors interested in local history. Hours for most sites are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, and from noon to…

  • Earth Day

    CHRIS KELLY Larry Luttrell, of Holmdel, helps daughter Isabella make a pinecone birdfeeder during the 12th annual Earth Day Festival held at Bayonet Farm on April 25.

  • Hazlet submits draft plan for Natco Lake restoration to DEP

    Township will remove gravel from service road, install access to sewer line BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer HAZLET — Township officials plan to completely remove the low-grade fill used for a service road built into Natco Lake Park as part of a corrective action plan submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). In…