Category: Independent News

  • Author recounts years on the run from Nazis

    Holocaust survivor meets with classes at Matawan Regional High BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Fred Spiegel recounts his boyhood spent in Nazi concentration camps to Matawan High School Honors and Advanced Placement History classes on April 4. Spiegel’s book, “Once the Acacias Bloomed: Memories of a Childhood Lost,”…

  • Charles (Merla) in charge at liquor license hearing

    Mayor’s brother requests OK to serve alcohol on Uptown Bar & Grille deck BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Above is the deck at the Uptown Bar & Grille, as viewed from the back door of the Broad Street establishment. The deck was built by Joseph Merla, manager of the…

  • With a nod to Freneau, boro revives newsletter

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer MATAWAN – MaryRose Malley is getting into the news business. The borough resident and wife of new Councilman William Malley is looking to resurrect the long-defunct borough newsletter. Malley plans on providing a free, quarterly newsletter for residents portraying positives in the town and keeping people…

  • Pair of Republicans announce candidacies

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET – With primary season only two months away, two Hazlet Republicans have thrown their hats into the ring in the battle for the Township Committee. Following a narrow loss in November, Will Kolibas, 35, of Laurel Avenue, is trying to gain a seat for the…

  • Tunnel vision

    CHRIS KELLY staff Brian Kelly, Middletown, crawls through a tunnel section of an obstacle course, during The Community YMCA Healthy Kids Day in Red Bank on Saturday.

  • County announces availability of vaccines

    FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Health Department, in keeping with the annual observance of National Infant Immunization Week, April 22-29, reminds parents to make immunizations a part of their child’s routine health care. Vaccines are available to protect against measles, mumps, rubella, influenza, hepatitis B, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, haemophilus, influenza type B, (previously a…

  • Easter Bunny, eggs hatched from pagan tradition

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Despite the rain, Easter egg hunts were held throughout the Bayshore last weekend, continuing a springtime tradition that has roots dating back at least 4,000 years, long before the onset of Christianity. Celebrated each year on the first Sunday after the first full moon…

  • Writing poetry as a process of discovery

    Poet will read from ‘The Dancing Bear’ April 18 at Brookdale BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent Laura McCullough looks through a copy of her recently published book, “The Dancing Bear.” Some poets write to capture an emotion, others to celebrate an event. Laura McCullough’s poetry helps her explore obsessions. McCullough’s first book of…

  • Workin’ up a sweat

    Above, Kevin Daley works out at the Raritan High School weight room preparing himself for the Special Olympics Summer Games. Below, Lauren Bace, Brittany Papun and Brittany Erb work out in the weight room. PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff