Category: Independent News
-

From the White House to the schoolhouse
Former pol runs popular current events class at Seabrook Village BY LARRY RAPPOPORT Correspondent BY LARRY RAPPOPORTCorrespondent MIGUELJUAREZ staff Gary Engelstad, resident life director at Seabrook, hosts a popular current events class that draws a crowd of up to 200 residents. When Gary Engelstad gives a class on current events, people take notice. No wonder.…
-

Chiropractor offers back exams for Katrina aid
Accepting $25 Lowe’s gift cards at Keyport office BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Stephen Loihle (r) of Keyport, along with a fellow volunteer, applies spackle in Gautier, Miss., in the home of a woman whose original house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, in mid-August. KEYPORT – This just in,…
-

Middletown Library awarded We the People grant
Middletown Township Public Library has been awarded a competitive We the People grant by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The grant will allow the library to present a discussion of John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address in its historic context and in light of today’s realities. The library will hold an “Ask Not” panel…
-

State Web site will offer Rx cost comparisons
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer BY CHRIS GAETANOStaff Writer New Jersey residents will be able to shop for medicine smarter using a new state Web site. Appearing in East Brunswick on Aug. 21, Gov. Jon Corzine signed a bill into law that created the Web site, to be run by the Department of Consumer Affairs,…
-

Streets will be named after deceased veterans
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – For many years, naming streets after deceased residents who were war veterans was merely a common practice, something that was never officially on the books. But after the Aug. 21 Township Committee meeting, people such as Bertha Thompson’s brother, Frank, may get their due…
-

In the Service
Army Pvt. Ryan J. Cunningham has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, he studied the army mission and received instruction in drill and ceremonies, rifle marksmanship, weapons, map reading, tactics, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, Army history, core…
-

He’s a beauty
SEAN DWYER staff John Regina, Keansburg, gets a final touch-up from his wife, Doreen Regina, before appearing in the “$1.98 Beauty Contest,” on Saturday night. The charity event was sponsored by the St. Joseph’s Knights of Columbus in Keyport.
-

Inzerillo drops out of race for freeholder seat
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – Nobody forced him to drop out of the freeholder race. “This is my choice,” Democrat Leonard Inzerillo said on Monday. “There wasn’t any forcing. This is totally my choice.” Inzerillo, of Middletown, dropped out of the race last week, following criticism from…
-

Twp. slates 9/11 service
Middletown Memorial Gardens, Church Street, will host the 9/11 memorial at 7 p.m. MIDDLETOWN – Residents are invited to attend a memorial service on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Middletown Memorial Gardens in honor of the 37 residents lost in the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The evening, which commemorates…
