Category: Independent News

  • Local celebrities, senator team up for FAAN Walk for Food Allergy

    Over 1,000 walkers expected to stroll Long Branch boardwalk LONG BRANCH — Although all parents worry about their children’s safety, parents of children with food allergies have an additional challenge. Educating the public and raising funds for research are two ways parents, friends and families of children with food allergies are helping to widen the…

  • ‘Jersey Shore’ reads like the cat’s meow

    The 1920s roar to life in local author’s new book BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Flappers, diving horses and, yes, ladies and gentlemen, even Al Capone can be found in the 100-plus-page coffee-table book spanning the Roaring ’20s as chronicled by local author and historian Karen L. Schnitzspahn. “The Roaring ’20s at the Jersey…

  • Mid’twn pre-K lottery to be held July 15

    Drawing for 17 openings and 40 spots for waiting list BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Available spots for the Middletown School District’s half-day preschool program will be filled through an open lottery at the July 15 Board of Education meeting. Applications for the 17 spots are due by July 13 at board offices at 59…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Sam Skinner, senior naturalist with the Monmouth County Park System, and Casey O’Brien, Middletown, pull a seine from the waters of the Raritan Bay at Bayshore Waterfront Park on July 1. Story, page 3.

  • Vietnam center creates new post

    Deputy director brings military, management experience VeteransBY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation has named an Eatontown veteran to oversee day-today operations and programs that educate the public about the Vietnam veteran’s experience for the Vietnam Era Educational Center. The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial is located adjacent to…

  • Observing bay life one catch at a time

    Families try seine fishing at Bayshore Waterfront Park BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Sam Skinner and Kristin Taddei hauled their catch onto the sand, where the crowd of children and parents quickly descended on it. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Youngsters help pull a seine from the Raritan Bay during a Monmouth County Park System…

  • Annual house tour in Ocean Grove on July 17

    The Historical Society of Ocean Grove will hold its 41st annual House Tour on Friday, July 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. One of Ocean Grove’s famous tent homes. The tour is a self-guided walking tour within this seaside Victorian community. It will include nine charming homes, both historic and new, two of Ocean…

  • Mid’town to repeal residency restrictions for sex offenders

    Municipal limits struck down by N.J .Supreme Court BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Nearly four years after the Township Committee limited where sex offenders can live in Middletown, the committee is moving to strike the ordinance from its law books. The committee is expected to repeal Middletown’s Sex Offender Residency Limitation at its…

  • Sun, surf and smiles as Life Rolls On

    Day of surfing for people with spinal cord injuries BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Beachgoers flocked to the Jersey Shore this weekend, but none enjoyed themselves as much as a group who gathered on the beachfront to catch a wave, some for the first time. Volunteers are watchful as Keaghlan Strauss, Toms River, rides a…