Category: Independent News

  • 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.

  • Officials offer guidance on sharing services

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer “It’s a great opportunity for all nine towns in the 13th District, and will be a model for all other legislative districts.” – Serena DiMaso Mayor HOLMDEL – Officials from across the Bayshore area met for the second time in two months to take proactive steps…

  • Peters, Bova-Scarano vie for county surrogate job

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Beverly Bova-Scarano Do you know what the county surrogate does? With a paid salary of $88,000, the full-time county job is vacant. On Nov. 7, voters will do the hiring. The county surrogate has the authority to qualify executors and trustees named in wills,…

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    SEAN BRADY Costume-clad parade marchers take to the streets in Keyport at the annual Halloween parade on Sunday.

  • WRAT Rock Art Show debuts at mall Nov. 3-5

    Scott Weiner Van Halen photographed backstage before performing at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, July 20, 1981. Legions of fans know Jerry Garcia as an iconic rock musician, but how many know he was also a gifted artist? “People that are artistic in music, singing and song writing are artistic in a lot of different ways,”…