Category: Independent News

  • ‘Lemonade Stand’ raises over $1,700 for charity

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Matawan Officers Christopher Stark and Brian Murphy present Rita’s owner Mike Fogarty and two employees with a $500 donation from the PBA to Alex’s Lemonade Stand. MATAWAN – For one whole month, Mike Fogarty ran a lemonade stand. Throughout the month of July, the owner and…

  • Music, activism are at heart of Clearwater

    Annual festival set for Aug. 19 & 20 at Sunset Park in Asbury BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent Folk music and social activism have enjoyed a long and harmonious relationship, and the Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater definitely sings along. The group’s 31st annual Clearwater Festival will take place rain or shine in…

  • M’Zum: ‘Come together joyfully’

    Drum and dance troupe’s inclusive call to all ages, cultures, colors BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent M’Zum Carnaval founder Marco Fuchs (center rear) poses with some of the troupe’s dancers and musicians at last year’s Fort Monmouth Community Day in Eatontown. Right, Fuchs, marching while drumming, was introduced to Caribbean music at a…

  • To see or not to see

    In wake of London terror plot, public split on new 9/11 film BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer What began as an exercise in remembrance ended as a dose of reality. On Thursday, just hours after the release of the second 9/11-based film, a terror plot of an equivalent scope was halted…

  • Dishing it out

    SCOTT PILLING staff Maria Ogando (l-r), and Ruby Bonilla serve customers traditional Puerto Rican dishes in Keyport on Saturday, during an outdoor festival celebrating Hispanic-American culture.

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    CHRIS KELLY Staff Dressed in traditional 19th century garb, Kati Beddow Brower, of Matawan, portrays Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew at the Havens Farm/Cultural Arts Center in Brick on Aug. 12.

  • On Campus

    Kara L. Holler, Hazlet, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Montclair State University, Upper Montclair. Christopher Johnson, Middletown, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Syracuse (N.Y.) University, where he is majoring in TV and film production. A graduate of Middletown High School North, he is…

  • County to expand shuttle bus services

    Rides to be available from train, ferry to sites on Rts. 35 and 36 BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer The Belford ferry terminal in Middletown will be linked to the Middletown train station through a “Dock and Roll” bus shuttle, beginning this fall, according to the Monmouth County Planning…

  • Multifamily housing question going on ballot

    Keyport historian went door to door collecting signatures on petition BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer FILE PHOTO Jack Jeandron walks the streets of Keyport in December collecting some of the 1,300 signatures on his petition. KEYPORT – Democracy will prevail in Keyport, at least for one day. Come November,…