Category: Independent News

  • ‘Gimme Shelter’ Building Event slated for June 21

    The Monmouth County SPCA (MCSPCA) will hold its second annual “Gimme Shelter” Dog House Building event in memory of “Leo” 9 a.m. June 21. The event will be at CMX, Manalapan, where volunteers will build doghouses for animals left outside without adequate shelter. MCSPCA cruelty investigators have come across many cases where animals are denied…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Members of the Mater Dei High School softball team with their championship trophy after defeating Montclair Kimberley Academy by a score of 11-2 to win the NJSIAA Non-Public B title in Toms River on June 7. See page 49.

  • High Tech H.S. offers enrichment courses

    BY NICOLE M. ANLLO Staff Writer High Technology High School on the campus of Brookdale Community College in the Lincroft section of Middletown will host a series of summer courses for middle school students. The Summer Enrichment Program for academically motivated students is available to children who will be entering the sixth, seventh or eighth…

  • Middletown resolution credits bipartisan effort

    Public meeting on flood maps set for June 13 in Keansburg BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer The Middletown Township Committee succeeded in its second attempt to pass a resolution asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a moratorium on the revised flood zone maps. On the first attempt to pass the resolution, the vote…

  • Holmdel police respond to one-car accident

    HOLMDEL – A Morganville man was transported by helicopter to an area hospital after his vehicle collided with a utility pole Saturday, June 7. Richard Stavola Jr., 20,was operating his black 2004 Ford Mustang southbound on Crawford’s Corner Road, approaching RoundHillRoad,when he failed to negotiate the curve in the roadway, said responding Holmdel Police Officer…

  • Menna fires back at Matawan Dems

    Council majority say ex-boro attny didn’t perform up to par BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer FormerMatawan BoroughAttorney Pasquale Menna responded to a statement issued by borough Democrats last week who claimed Menna was not rehired as borough attorney because they were unhappy with his performance. “Frankly, it is a political decision and I respect…

  • Hero cited for work with animals

    SPCA’s Amato in line for Animal Planet honor BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL- Concern for the welfare of animals is a basic tenet for Victor “Buddy” Amato and one that carries over into his professional life, whether in his work at a local animal shelter or a marshal arts dojo. In recognition of…

  • Conversion of blue house to offices still on table

    Hearing on application carried to July 7 BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Neighbors of this Victorian house on Main Street and preservationists are opposed to a development proposal that would convert the residence to office space. MATAWAN – It looks like debate over the fate of the historic Victorian house on Main Street, a…

  • Strawberry Festival a 25-year tradition at First Baptist Church

    Farmer’s Almanac, a local ensemble of mountain music country performers, will headline at the 25th annual Strawberry Festival of First Baptist Church of Matawan. The church, located at 232 Main St., will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Great All-American Gourmet Strawberry Festival on Saturday, June 14, 5-9 pm, rain or shine. “This is the…