Category: Independent News

  • Teen suspects arrested in burglary of deli

    MIDDLETOWN – Township police responded to a report of a burglary at the Bray Avenue Deli at approximately 6:55 a.m. April 6. According to a press release from the Police Department, the storeowner reported a burglary had occurred overnight. Officer Lisa Vreeland reported the owner had discovered items missing from the store and things had…

  • Hazlet school budget passes by slim margin

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer HAZLET- When the voteswere finally tallied in the school budget elections late on April 15, 74 percent, of Monmouth County school budgets had been approved by voters. In theHazlet School District, where officials had made a special effort to drum up support for the $47.7million spending plan, the budget passed…

  • Driver charged in motorcycle crash

    HOLMDEL – A Jackson man was charged with traffic violations after crashing his motorcycle Saturday night. George E. Hill, 58, was riding southbound on Holmdel Road on his 2006 Harley-Davidson at approximately 7:39 p.m. when witnesses reported that he failed to negotiate the curve in the road and was ejected from the motorcycle and crashed…

  • Earth Day cleanup

    The Poricy Park Conservancy hosted the second annual Earth Day Cleanup and Celebration on Saturday, April 19. Organized by N.J. Community Water Watch, the cleanup at Poricy Park, Middletown, involved volunteers with the Brookdale Community College and Monmouth University chapters of N.J. Community Water Watch along with members of the Red Bank and Middletown Environmental…

  • Park system wins two awards

    On March 4 the Monmouth County Park Systemreceived two awards at the New Jersey Recreation and ParksAssociation (NJRPA) annualmeeting in Atlantic City. The Advanced Riders and Independent Equestrians (ARIES) of Special People United to Ride program- named in honor of the beloved therapy horse Aries – won NJRPA’s 2008 Excellence in Therapeutic andWellness Programming Award.…

  • Democrats’ views differ on affordable housing

    Caliendo calls for town meetings, referendum on issue BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – The old guard and new of the Democratic Party inMiddletown may have differing views on the issue of affordable housing but agree that through discussion, consensus can be reached. According to Middletown Democratic Chairman Joseph Caliendo, the township’s mainstream Democratic…

  • Brightbill, Fiore on Middletown GOP slate

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – The balance of political power on the Township Committee will be in the hands of the voters now that both parties have announced their candidates for the November election. The Middletown Democratic and Republican committees submitted the names of candidates April 7 by the 4 p.m. deadline mandated…

  • BOE budget OK’d for 4th year

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL – The votes are in, and residents of Holmdel approved the school budget and elected three Board of Education members, two of them newcomers. The budget approved for this school year is $50,051,557, an increase of $2.1 million over last year’s budget. Voters approved the tax levy of…

  • Temple Shalom to display AIDS Memorial Quilt

    Temple will host social action weekend May 1-4 ABERDEEN – As part of a special weekend devoted to social action, sections of the internationally celebrated AIDS Memorial Quilt – the 54-ton, handmade tapestry that stands as a memorial to more than 90,000 individuals lost to AIDS – will be on view from May 1 to…