Category: Independent News

  • O’Grady is sentenced to 43-month term

    Attorney never admits client’s guilt, promises to appeal BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Now infamous for telling undercover FBI agents he “could smell a cop a mile away,” former Middletown Committeeman Raymond O’Grady was sentenced to 43 months in federal prison on Oct. 11. Convicted in June for accepting…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Middletown’s Sydney Gazette, 8, dumps a bunch of hay on Brayden Gazette, 5, at the annual Thompson Park Day in Lincroft on Sunday.

  • Two seek one seat in Middletown

    Candidate questions opponent’s public contract with twp. BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Patrick Short Tax relief and shared services are just two of the big issues leading up to this year’s general election on Nov. 7. Republican Timothy Sodon and Democrat Patrick Short are each running for one vacant seat on…

  • Local band ‘kissed’ by fame, 30 years later

    Mortimer Snerd officially recognized as first tribute to Kiss BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Clockwise from top: Mortimer Snerd perform, circa 1975. The story of the band and the first of countless Kiss tribute shows by bands all over the world is featured on the official Kiss Web site at www.kissonline.com.…

  • Two charged in burglary at gas station

    ABERDEEN – Two men were arrested on Thursday in connection with the burglary of a gas station on the corner of Route 34 and Lloyd Road, according to Aberdeen police. Brian C. McGurk, 18, of Hazlet, and Kyle T. Hanvey, 19, of Aberdeen, were found loitering in the parking lot of the Stop and Shop…

  • Paved walking trail installed at Hazlet park

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer DAN NEWMAN staff For the past month and a half, Hazlet residents have been able to use the newly constructed quarter-mile walking track at Leocadia Park. HAZLET – A new walking track has been constructed along the outer perimeter of the baseball field at Leocadia Park.…

  • Boy on bike struck by car; seriously injured

    ABERDEEN – A young boy was struck by a car on South Lakeshore Drive in the Cliffwood Beach section of Aberdeen on Oct. 3, according to Chief Tom Powers of the Aberdeen Police Department. Around 6:15 p.m., the victim, a 10-year-old Old Bridge boy, had been riding his bike with another boy on Lakeshore Drive…

  • JCP&L plans power outage

    MIDDLETOWN – Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has announced a scheduled power outage so that the company can upgrade circuits that provide service to Middletown and Keansburg. To ensure the safety of employees while the work is being done, a scheduled power outage will be necessary, according to a JCP&L press release. The outage…

  • Monmouth, Ocean councils of Girl Scouts will merge

    Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts and Girl Scouts of Ocean County have announced that they will be joining forces to form one Girl Scout council serving approximately 18,000 girls throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties. Founded in 1912, Girl Scouting serves girls in every corner of the United States, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,…