Category: Independent News

  • IN THE ARTS

    Compiled by Gloria Stravelli Designed by Eileen Russell Gerber The Monmouth Museum will host its second Girls’ Night Out, For Women Only & Men Who Dare! celebrating sisterhood, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 20. This entertaining and educational evening features a program by the group Seven Quilts for Seven Sisters and a quilt show,…

  • Beach Party

    Clockwise from left: Cathy Guardino reacts as she gets a trivia question right at the Leonardo Beach Fest in Middletown on July 31. Contestants wait for the audio trivia contest to begin at the beach fest, which featured family-friendly games and activities. Haley Boulos tries to come up with an answer during the trivia contest.…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Joe Durkin tries to drive to the hoop as Eric Doropan blocks during a three-on-three basketball tourney sponsored by the Matawan Recreation Department at Joseph Penniplede Park in Matawan on Aug. 2.

  • Making the cut

    CHRIS KELLY staff Daquin Smith drives to the baseline past Tony Grosso during a three-on-three basketball tourney at Joseph Penniplede Park in Matawan on Aug. 2.

  • Mid’town looks at sites for affordable housing

    Housing plan must be filed with COAH by Dec. 31 BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Township planners are currently looking at potential sites for affordable housing in Middletown now that transferring that obligation to other towns is no longer an option. Conifer Village at Middletown The Township Committee and the Planning Board held a joint…

  • NOTES AROUND TOWN

    Members of the Brevent Park Fire Company in Leonardo took time out from a pig roast and barbecue on June 28 to welcome the company’s new graduates from the fire academy. The company also honored Matthew J. Windram, one of their members leaving for a tour of duty in Iraq. These latest graduates join the…

  • Keyport Yacht Club raises funds for a cause

    Regatta donates $35K to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Setting sail for a worthy cause was all the members of the Keyport Yacht Club could think about this past June. PHOTOS BY ED MUSTRA Sailboats colored the Raritan Bay with their tall sails and crews at the Leukemia Cup Regatta…

  • More than a handful of beautiful babies

    Matawan native blessed with birth of quadruplets BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Andrew and Tracy Gorelczenko recently moved to Manalapan and had an instant full house following the birth of quadruplets (l-r) Mary Bess, Brady, Toby and Zara. MANALAPAN – Tracy Gorelczenko, 34, and her husband, Andrew, 38, have always had a…

  • Report calls for planner for Lucent property

    Advisory committee looked at options for reuse of site BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff An advisory committee recommends hiring a professional planner to assess redevelopment options for the former Bell Labs site. HOLMDEL — A recent report from the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Lucent property recommended that the town enlist…