Category: Independent News

  • Proposed law seeks to stop stalkers in their tracks

    Marlboro resident recounts how one man has tormented her BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer The hair-raising feeling that someone is watching you is a terrifying reality for one woman who lives in Marlboro. Her experiences, combined with the help of Marlboro police Detective Sgt. Paul Reed, Marlboro police Detective Ross Yenisey, Manalapan Police Chief Stuart…

  • Photo

    ANDREW MILLER staff Fishing off the jetty was a popular option on Saturday on Ideal Beach in North Middletown.

  • From the Vault

    Eric Fitzgerald, 5, and Allison Clements, 4, greeted commuters at the Middletown Train Station with protest signs May 2, 1989. The youths were representing a group called Residents Against Giant Electric (RAGE), which opposed a Jersey Central Power & Light plan to build large power line towers in the area.

  • No smoke detectors in fatal trailer park fire

    Neighbors stunned by fire that kills three at Bayshore Manor BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer Three Hazlet residents, including a 9- year-old boy, were killed in a fire that rolled quickly through a trailer home in the early morning hours on Sunday. Matthew Paduano, 24, his wife, Katherine Arndt, 37, and her son, Zachary, 9,…

  • Perfect beach day

    Perfect beach day PHOTOS BY ANDREW MILLER staff Saturday was a perfect end-of-summer day at Ideal Beach in North Middletown.

  • Historic house becomes home to tranquil day spa

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer KAREN BOWES The waiting room at Orange Skye shows off the beautifully restored interior of “Lily,” the name owner Maggie Paterno gave to the building. MIDDLETOWN – Thinking about going organic? Perhaps a trip to the spa might be in order. Orange Skye, Route 35 and Pine Street, is…

  • Union Beach bridge reopens

    UNION BEACH – The Union Avenue bridge spanning Flat Creek was reopened last Thursday, after being shut down since February for reconstruction. The reopening marks the completion of two bridge replacements performed by Marbro Inc. of Montclair under a single contract. The Union Avenue bridge and the Stone Road bridge, which connect Keyport to Union…

  • Famed illustrators’ works coming to new arts center

    BY LAUREN PIRO Correspondent MIDDLETOWN – Art imitates life. Or such is the way some artists choose to create, connecting their viewers to bold and beautiful expressions of their own daily feelings and activities. Perhaps the same could be said for the genre of illustration, which includes media from book covers to movie posters, and…

  • Bros. bring patriotism to the world of vodka

    Local man launches new brand in a bottle that ‘stands proud’ BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Frank D’Acunto, of Old Bridge, shows an advertisement for the Americana vodka brand being launched by him and his brother, Sal, in September. OLD BRIDGE – America has long been known as a melting pot. Two area men have…