Category: Independent News

  • 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…

  • Middletown joins COAH challenge

    More than 200 towns support NJLM appeal BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Middletown Township has added its name to the growing list of municipalities that have pledged their support for the New Jersey League of Municipalities’ (NJLM) impending legal challenge of the latest round of state affordable housing regulations. Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger said at the…

  • Developer plans to adapt Bell Labs bldg.

    Somerset Development plans for mixed uses on Holmdel site BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer The Lakewood developer in line to purchase the former Bell Labs site in Holmdel Township has plans for a mix of uses including retail, housing and a hotel, and will preserve the iconic building on the site. The atrium of…

  • Aberdeen police to conduct drunken-driving crackdown

    ABERDEEN — The township police department announced that a drunken-driving crackdown will take place from mid-August into September. From Aug. 15 through Sept. 1 the police department will be stepping up impaired driving enforcement as part of New Jersey’s Over the Limit Under Arrest 2008 statewide campaign. According to a press release from Police Chief…

  • Culture, community and chimichangas

    Spanish American Festival promotes ethnic diversity BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent Blue skies and bay breezes were the perfect complement to the upbeat mood of the 10th annual Spanish American Festival held on Saturday, Aug. 9, along First and Broad streets. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Joshua Bonilla tries to talk his “poppie,” grandfather Juan Bonilla…