Category: Independent News

  • Veterans Day ceremony at Vietnam Vets’ Memorial

    HOLMDEL — The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will host a Veterans Day Ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. The N.J. Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial is located on the grounds of the PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel. Adm. Paul Gaffney II, president of Monmouth University, will be the speaker. Gaffney served two tours…

  • Mat-Ab schools curb violence, vandalism

    Educators say proactive steps have created a ‘culture of learning’ BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Measures taken by administrators in the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District have been successful in drastically reducing incidents of violence and vandalism at district schools. According to Superintendent of Schools Richard O’Malley, violence and vandalism have dropped by 55 percent during…

  • COAH to corruption, 13th District candidates weigh in

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA & TOM SHORTELL Staff Writers Republican Assembly members Samuel Thompson and Amy Handlin are seeking their seventh and third terms, respectively, in the Nov. 3 elections. They are being challenged for their 13th District seats by Democrats Robert Brown and James Grenafege, and Sean Dunne, an independent. Robert Brown Q: Do you…

  • Three seeking seats for freeholder

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer T hree Monmouth County residents are seeking a threeyear term on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in the Nov. 3 election. Sean Byrnes Republican John P. Curley is a resident of Middletown. He is the vice president of Jim Curley Pontiac, Buick, GMC in Lakewood. Democrat Sean F.…

  • Residents unsure when to seek aid for regular flooding

    Committee introduces bond to shift funds to flood project BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Even as the Township Committee prepares to fund renovations to Port Monmouth’s drainage system, residents are uncertain about when they should contact emergency services for aid with water-filled streets. Resident Kevin Halek said he called police Sunday, Oct. 18,…

  • Halloween Costume Parade,

    Good witch Bridget Purcell joins marchers in the Keyport Emergency Services’ eighth annual Halloween Costume Parade, which made its way along West Front Street to Keyport Central School on Oct. 25.

  • Study for Harrison Ave. redevelopment under way

    Twp. also seeks funding for remediation of site BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Council unanimously voted on Oct. 20 to support a redevelopment study of a former industrial site near the train station in Aberdeen. The property at 100 Harrison Ave., formerly occupied by the Ernst Zobel Co., is under the…

  • Colin McTernan dressed as the Mad Hatter

    FRANK GALIPO Colin McTernan dressed as the Mad Hatter for the Keyport Emergency Services’ eighth annual Halloween costume parade.

  • Middletown resident receives presidential award

    John P. Gilbride, special agent in charge of the New York Field Division for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and his wife, Danielle, with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. John P. Gilbride, special agent in charge of the New York Field Division for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and a Middletown resident, received the Presidential…