Category: Independent News

  • McGuire Air Force Base to host annual open house

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer They’ll be flying high, those magnificent men and women in their flying machines, as the McGuire Air Force Base 2007 Air Expo and Open House gets set to roll off the runway. McGuire Air Force Base is on Wrightstown-Cookstown Road (Route 616), in Wrightstown, Burlington County.…

  • From the Vault

    Jim McLaughlin stands by his customized 1953 Ford Victoria, “The Jersey Torch,” on Cruise Night in Matawan. The date of the photo could not be determined.

  • Vault update

    Details are often scarce when we’re selecting a photo for our weekly “From the Vault” feature. Our archive photos are arranged in an old filing cabinet alphabetically by person/subject, but they usually come with little more context than a name, and if we’re lucky, a date and short blurb about it. The May 2 photo…

  • Holmdel reluctant to override vote

    Committee members skeptical of some school budget numbers BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer “The voters bought the standard model. Now you have to convince them why they need the air conditioning.” – Serena DiMaso Mayor It’s the $1.9 million question: Will the Holmdel Township Committee override the results of…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff Elvis Presley fan Debbie Johnson gets a visit from the King (impersonator Michael Marchitto) at the Victoria House, an assisted living facility in Matawan, Thursday. Johnson’s longtime friend and neighbor, Sonya Wuelfing, arranged for Elvis to visit her friend, who is battling lymphoma.

  • Hazlet’s new town hall gets ready for business

    Township employees expected to start moving in next week BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer From top to bottom: Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the municipal building on April 30. In the days to come, Hazlet municipal employees will be preparing to begin working out of their new offices. The Township…

  • After mix-up, boro seeks new home for bird nest

    Police called after Scouts place structure on private property BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer “I mean, we’re Keyport. We’re on the water. It’s all over the place. We should be able to find someplace to put an 18-foot structure for a tree house.” – Joseph Sheridan Councilman KEYPORT –…

  • New Jersey Horse Park booked solid with shows

    Biggest event of the season slated May 31 to June 3 BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD – Riders will travel to the Horse Park of New Jersey from all over the world for the fourth annual Jersey Fresh Three-Day Event and Advanced Horse Trials. The Horse Park is a…

  • The view through the lens in Monmouth

    Exhibit showcases photos by Monmouth Museum member groups “Mallorca Arches” by Warner White, Guild of Creative Art Fine art photography, like other visual art forms, is thriving in Monmouth County. So much so, that the Monmouth Museum and Cultural Center has devoted an exhibit to photographs from member arts organizations. “Monmouth County Photography” will run…