Category: Independent News

  • County declares Burlew is legally a Keyport resident

    Complaints claim candidate doesn’t live at boro address BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer The Monmouth County Superintendent of Elections has found that Keyport Republican challenger Ed Burlew legally lives in the borough, but one of his political opponents is suing over Burlew’s eligibility. Ed Burlew Hedra Siskel, superintendent of elections, said on Jan. 4 that…

  • In the heart of winter, a new park blooms

    12 acres saved as open space BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer South of Route 35, beyond a wooden splitrail fence, a path to a quiet 12-acre forest peeks out from Middle Road. Holmdel resident William Cahill and Committeeman Larry Fink, along with a member of the media, walk a trail Dec. 31 in the new…

  • Friends group advocates for Oceanic Bridge

    Group wants historic character of span preserved BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Friends of the Oceanic Bridge Association is urging residents to reach out to county, state and federal officials regarding the future of the 70-year-old historic bridge connecting Rumson and the Locust section of Middletown. Oceanic Bridge At a meeting on Dec.15 at…

  • Man sentenced for stabbing outside Hazlet eatery

    One of two men found guilty in connection with a stabbing outside a Hazlet Township restaurant was sentenced to a state prison term on Dec. 18, according to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Jamil Kifayeh, 26, of Parlin, was sentenced to a five-year state prison term for the second-degree crime of…

  • Arts groups hard hit by withholding of state $$

    Many will cut programs; some won’t survive BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Arts organizations say the freezing of $14 million in state grants due to the state budget crisis has created a financial emergency for the arts that will trickle down to local economies. MCAC Executive Director Mary Eileen Fouratt Numa Sasselin, chief executive officer…

  • NOTESAround Town

    Middletown Township and its volunteer Human Rights Commission will hold a pet food drive during January to support the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A collection box will be located at Middletown Town Hall, 1 Kings Highway, for residents to donate unopened containers of pet food. For more information, call…

  • Sledding in the snow

    Taylor Sauter of Manalapan (above), Emmett Feldman (above right) and children of all ages enjoy a ride down the sledding hill at Holmdel Park on Dec. 24.

  • Trump National provides gifts for ‘little soldiers’

    COLTS NECK — On Dec. 9, state Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and state Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande were on hand at the Trump National Golf Club to collect the more than 100 toys the organization collected to donate to Project Little Soldiers. Project Little Soldiers is a program run through American Recreational Military Services (ARMS), Red Bank.…

  • Nominees sought for Red Cross honor

    Do you know an “ordinary” person from your local community who has accomplished something “extraordinary” that has made the world a safer, healthier and better place to live? The Red Cross Jersey Coast Chapter will be hosting its inaugural Hometown Heroes event in March 2010 and is in need of assistance. Nominate a teacher, police…