Category: Independent News

  • Hazlet cuts $650K from school budget

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET – Following the defeat of the school budget by more than a 2-to-1 margin, the Township Committee and Board of Education have agreed to slice $650,000 from it. Among the items that enabled the district to save money were cuts to field trips for students…

  • Home sweet Holmdel

    Saturday event to celebrate the history of Holmdel High School BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer HOLMDEL – Little do most know, but Holmdel High School has an alma mater. The song written for and about the high school by its first graduating class will be resurrected on Saturday as part of…

  • Emergency drill Thurs. in Keyport, Middletown

    FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Health Department, in conjunction with the Monmouth County Office of Emergency Management, will be participating in two exercises this spring to test the county’s reaction to a state of emergency following a bio-terrorism attack. The objective of these exercises is to test the ability to move medical supplies using alternate…

  • Grassroots effort mounts for reusing dredge spoils

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT – Citizens, not politicians, are banding together to pass legislation to protect the Bayshore way of life. Led by environmentalist Joe Reynolds, co-chairman of the Bayshore Regional Watershed Council, a grassroots group of local residents wishes to improve the way Bayshore municipalities dredge.…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Violinist Regina Carter plays a duet with pianist Kenny Barron during the All-Star Jazz Concert at the Matawan Regional High School on Thursday.

  • Historical society to host Victorian tea May 21

    The Matawan Historical Society will host a Victorian tea May 21 at 1 p.m. at the Matawan Municipal Center, 201 Broad St. Barbara Meyer Darlin will present her one-woman show “Unlacing the Victorian Woman,” followed by high tea with refreshments and a door-prize raffle. Tickets are $15 per person (limited seating), and may be purchased…

  • County Republicans search for new leader

    BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Monmouth County’s Republican Party is aggressively searching for a new official leader. Since Fredrick P. Niemann, the chairman of the Monmouth County Repub-lican Party since June 2004, recently announced that he will not seek another term in that office, and Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley…

  • Appetite for instruction

    Rock ‘n Music Academy, Middletown, a summer camp with power chords BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Above, Rock ‘n Music Academy students take to the streets to perform in front of the Middletown location. The summer camps provided by the academy promote performance and songwriting skills, as well as music theory…

  • Membership increases at Hazlet swim club

    No decision made on if it will open for season; open house Saturday BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET – The township is continuing in its efforts to drum up enough support – and money – to open the Hazlet Swim and Tennis Club in a few weeks. After the township…