Category: Independent News

  • 2006 in photos

    JEFF GRANIT staff Michael Howell is congratulated by Raritan High School Principal Colleen Rafter upon receiving his diploma June 19.SCOTT PILLING staff Holmdel High School’s Anthony Ferraioli and David Lako of Voorhees High School go up for a header on Nov. 1.SCOTT PILLING staff Watoto, a children’s choir from Uganda, Africa, performed at St. John’s…

  • Handeling the job

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The MIddletown HIgh School South Chamber Choir sings “The Messiah” by G.F. Handel during the Winter Concert last Thursday.

  • From the Vault

    Ray Egloff, of Wall, a worker with Cifelli Construction Co., carries steel across the girders of a professional building being constructed on Route 34 in Matawan in the summer of 1987. The two-story building went on to house the N.J. Division of Motor Vehicles’ Matawan office since 1988. However, the agency (now the Motor Vehicle…

  • Young artists showcased in ‘Holiday Joy’

    MIGUELJUAREZ staff Evelyn Leavens tells Aiden Arden, 14, not to be shy with color on his watercolor painting during art class recently. At left, his brother, Louis, 12, works on a drawing. Colleagues at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury approached Evelyn Leavens to put together a show for the holiday season anticipating a…

  • Hazlet officer wants to face Oxley for sheriff

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — By his own admission, Glen Mason is a competitor and he doesn’t like to lose. “Did you ever go into a game or a competition of some sort and expect to lose? Probably not, and I’m the same way,” Mason said. “When I go…

  • Hazlet officer wants to face Oxley for sheriff

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — By his own admission, Glen Mason is a competitor and he doesn’t like to lose. “Did you ever go into a game or a competition of some sort and expect to lose? Probably not, and I’m the same way,” Mason said. “When I go…

  • Board awards Narozanick ‘Freeholder Emeritus’ title

    Ted Narozanick FREEHOLD — In honor of Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick’s 48 years of service to the citizens of Monmouth County, the county Board of Freeholders on Dec. 21 awarded him “Freeholder Emeritus” status upon his retirement at the end of this month. According to a press release from the county, the term “emeritus” is…

  • Traffic laws we don’t know or simply ignore

    “The courts in this state have been good as far as protecting the rights of the motorist.” Stephen Carrellas — N.J. chapter coordinator, National Motorists Association Passing on the right or hanging tassels from a rearview mirror can get you tickets in the Garden State BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer You see the flashing red…

  • Misconceptions abound about police, traffic laws

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer BY KATHY CHANGStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Anything hanging from your rear-view mirror can cost you a $54 fine. Most people have their own perception and misconceptions about police officers, but some misconceptions can be answered simply by asking a member of a police department. For instance, do cops operate…