Category: Independent News

  • IN THE ARTS

    Glen Burtnick’s Christmas Extravaganza will be presented at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Saturday at 7:30 p.m. This will be the 17th anniversary of Burtnik’s Xmas Xtravaganza. Born at a small club in New Jersey in the late ’80s, this annual holiday concert revue of seasonal musical performances has grown larger each year,…

  • Artist’s creations will fill Beatles hotel

    Howell resident known worldwide for works of Fab Four BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer When the Beatles came to America in 1964, they rocked our world, literally. To this day Beatlemania is still running rampant across the country. ERIC SUCAR staff Surrounded by her paintings of the Beatles, local artist Shannon reflects on her current…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Evan Schade, 3, Tinton Falls, shares his Christmas wish list with Santa Claus during a visit to historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel Park Dec. 15.

  • Hazlet skate park gets boost from county $$

    $238K open space grant will fund several projects BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer An open space grant of $238,000 from the county will bring skaters in Hazlet Township a step closer to having a skate park. Hazlet, along with 10 other Monmouth County municipalities, has been awarded a grant for open space projects by the…

  • Specifics of new school funding formula unfurled

    Holmdel, Hazlet in line for 10 % hike; all districts would get at least 2% BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Gov. Jon Corzine recently released a new formula for school aid that will have varying affects on schools in the Bayshore area. The state aid figures from Corzine’s proposed new school funding plan would give…

  • Many pitch in to make ball for athletes special

    Fourth annual Special Olympics Winter Ball a hit BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Four years ago a group of parents of Special Olympics athletes wanted to give the youths a yearly event to bring them together and just have fun. Clockwise from top: Hazlet Rockets Special Olympics athletes Melissa Connolly and Michael McGrath take a…

  • Exxon Mobil to seek LNG facility off Jersey coast

    Offshore natural gas terminal is second sought off N.J. BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT – After Exxon Mobil Corp. announced plans to seek regulatory approval for a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal off the coast of New Jersey Dec. 11, state officials and local activists are speaking out against the plan.…

  • The colors of Christmas

    CHRIS KELLY staff Gabriella Cardoso, 6, Morganville, colors during an old-fashioned Victorian Christmas event at historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel Park Dec. 15.

  • Kay retires from authority

    John Kay, a Monmouth County Improvement Authority (MCIA) commissioner since 1993, has retired from that position. Kay served as the MCIA chairman for 10 years, relinquishing that role to current Chairman Al Rosenthal last year, according to a press release from the authority. “Jack has done a lot for this authority and a lot for…