Category: Independent News

  • Director still ‘Crazy’ for classic Broadway tunes

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer MATAWAN – Gershwin is taking a curtain call in Matawan this week. The Spotlight Players, a Matawan-based community theater company, is putting on “Crazy for You,” a love story set to the music of George and Ira Gershwin at the First Presbyterian Church. The players called…

  • Police give accident victim a new bike

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer ABERDEEN – In a display of kindness and an attempt to raise awareness, the Aberdeen PBA 163, in conjunction with the Police Department, donated a new bike and helmet to a boy struck by a car four weeks ago. On Oct. 3, 10-year-old Dylan Filingeri was…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff James Smith and his Matawan Regional High School teammates captured a state sectional crown on Saturday during the CJ Group III championships in Jamesburg. For the story, see sports.

  • Dems to abstain from vote on union contract

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer MATAWAN – At the urging of the borough attorney, the four Democrats on the Borough Council will abstain from voting on contract negotiations with Local Union 400. The contract in question is for the public works union which affects such public services as road repair and…

  • H.S. South mourns loss of classmate

    Patrick Tully Basilicato 17-year-old crashed his SUV into a tree in Thompson Park area BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer A 17-year-old Middletown High School South student died Thursday morning following a car accident two nights earlier. Patrick Tully Basilicato, Leonardo section of Middletown, was pronounced dead at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, at 3:30 a.m.…

  • NJT: Safety upgrades finished at 12 stations

    BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer A fence at Aberdeen-Matawan Train Station directs pedestrians in front of a safety gate. Similar fencing is either installed or will be at 33 stations by 2007. BELMAR – NJ Transit has made progress on a project meant to protect riders from a danger they might…

  • Route 520 fatal crash still under investigation

    Driver, 22, and passenger, 18, killed in Middletown BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Corrine Quintana Middletown police are seeking witnesses to an accident last week that took the lives of two young Long Branch High School graduates. Corinne Quintana, 22, of Eatontown, and Roberto Pereira, 18, of Long Branch, were killed…

  • Pretty … good sport

    SCOTT PILLING staff Saul Guillen makes his way down the runway during the Keyport Mock Fashion Show, a charity event held Saturday at the Calvary United Methodist Church, Keyport.

  • Group seeks 365 reasons to celebrate New Jersey

    EAST BRUNSWICK – You may prefer the miles of white sandy beaches along the Jersey Shore or the mountainous region in the northwestern part of the state. Maybe you like the quaint eateries in the central part of the state. There may be another reason you enjoy calling New Jersey home. That reason could make…