Category: Independent News

  • Aberdeen taps neighbor for new twp. manager

    Former Old Bridge official begins new post Sept. 8 BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer ABERDEEN — After a six-month search for a township manager, the Township Council named Joseph Criscuolo as the new township manager on Aug. 13. Criscuolo Criscuolo, who served as assistant business manager for Old Bridge Township since March 2004, will…

  • Drunken-driving checks under way in Mid’town

    MIDDLETOWN — Law enforcement officers from the township will be cracking down on drunken drivers as part of the Over the Limit Under Arrest 2008 statewide crackdown. The program began Aug. 15 and will run through Sept. 1, with local and state law enforcement officers conducting sobriety checkpoints, looking for motorists who may be driving…

  • Girls grateful for Hazlet Day Camp experience

    My daughters have been going to the Hazlet Day Camp since they were 5 years old. This year when signups came, the girls told me and their dad they no longer wanted to do it. We agreed with them and did not sign them up. About a week after sign-ups, I asked the girls what…

  • Sheriff’s officers arrest Red Bank man

    Milo Rainey MIDDLETOWN — Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno announced the arrest of Milo Rainey, 29, of Red Bank. Sheriff ‘s Officers John Esposito and Randy Morgan arrested Rainey at an apartment in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown on Aug.13, according to a press release from the Sheriff ‘s Office. Rainey was wanted for…

  • Aid trims Matawan tax rate

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council adopted the 2008 municipal budget after making some amendments at the Aug. 6 meeting. The budget was adopted by a unanimous vote with amendments incorporating $200,000 in state aid. The $200,000 in extraordinary aid received from the state in July will cut the tax…

  • Pair of fundraisers planned

    Two ways to enjoy the outdoors and further a good cause are coming up during the third week of September when 180 Turning Lives Around holds back-to-back fundraisers to benefit the Monmouth County nonprofit, which is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual abuse. Starting at noon on Sept. 21, 180 Turning Lives Around is…

  • Hazlet to dissolve sewerage authority

    Creation of sewer utility to be discussed at Sept. 2 meeting BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer HAZLET — The township took the first steps to dissolve the Hazlet Sewerage Authority and to create a sewer utility, a move that could save taxpayers up to $200,000, according to Hazlet officials. John Cantalupo, the township’s bond counsel,…

  • Food allergy walk Sept. 7 to raise awareness

    FAAN event scheduled at the Great Lawn in Long Branch BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer A fundraising walk is planned next month along the city’s oceanfront to increase public awareness of food allergies, which affect more than 12 million Americans. The FAAN Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward a Cure is scheduled to be held…

  • Preschoolers re-stencil handicap spaces

    With help from their teachers, preschoolers at Holmdel Preschool Center re-stencil a symbol on a parking spot for handicapped drivers on Aug. 14. The activity was designed to promote awareness of people with disabilities among the preschoolers. HOLMDEL – Children enrolled at the Holmdel Preschool Center on North Beers Street turned out Aug. 13 to…