Category: Independent News

  • 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

  • Walk-in medical clinic set to open on Route 36

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff After it opens on Friday, IMA’s new Middletown clinic will be open to treat patients seven days a week. MIDDLETOWN – Having already established itself in much of the Bayshore area, Integrated Medical Alliance (IMA) is about to expand once again, this time…

  • The political education of James E. McGreevey

    Former governor and mayor discusses raw side of politics in book BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Former Gov. and Woodbridge Mayor James E. McGreevey receives a warm welcome as he makes his way through the crowd gathered at the Woodbridge Community Center Sept. 19 to get…

  • Whatever floats their boats

    New School students launch vessels made of recycled materials BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Ian Vallone, 12, from the New School, sails his boat with the help of his teacher at the Boat Day Launch in Middletown on Friday. Students at the New School once again stretched their…

  • Holmdel’s Roggy Field is now in game shape

    After delays, Holmdel Pop Warner teams the first to play on new turf BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Holmdel’s Roggy Field played host to its first set of downs on Sunday, marking the end of a tumultuous project rife with delays and unanswered questions. Holmdel Pop Warner players were the first…

  • 12th Congressional District

    The towns of the 12th Congressional District The towns of the