Category: Independent News

  • Suspicious person report prompts school lockdown

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer HOLMDEL – All township schools were on lockdown Thursday after four Indian Hill School students reported a suspicious man carrying what may have been a weapon near the school. Around 9 a.m., four fifth-grade walkers noticed a man standing at the bridge near Ackerman Park. The…

  • 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,…

  • Woman sues county for removal from meeting

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer FREEHOLD – An animal rights activist has asked to have a dispute with the Monmouth County Freeholders aired on TV’s “The People’s Court.” After the freeholders declined to appear on the television show, Freehold resident Doris Lin brought her civil rights case to small…

  • Council seeks firm to study police dept. needs

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer “I think we have to take action. This council has ignored this for way too long.” – William Malley Councilman and chairman of the Public Safety Committee MATAWAN – In a 4-3 vote that followed party lines, the Borough Council approved a pair of resolutions on…

  • Monmouth Arts Council announces 2007 awards

    HOLMDEL – The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) announced its Local Arts Program Grant Awards for Fiscal Year 2007 at a special networking event for members on Sept. 13 at the Holmdel Theatre Company, Holmdel. The grants will go to local nonprofit arts organizations for a wide range of art exhibitions, concerts, dance, theater, film…

  • Middletown Day

    From top: Zachary Fleming, 4, makes his way through an inflatable maze at Middletown Day on Saturday. Matthew Napolitano, 3, makes a new friend. Jake Brown, 4, gets a look inside a fire truck. PHOTOSBYSCOTT PILLING staff