Category: Independent News

  • Boro seeks advertisers to repaint water tower

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT — The borough is looking for advertisers to help finance the cost of repainting the water tower. Councilman Robert Bergen brought up the issue during the Jan. 10 Borough Council meeting. “We’re trying not to do it too tacky — something like Coke…

  • Panel weighs strategies for revitalizing Route 36

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer DAN NEWMAN staff While this stretch of Route 36 in Hazlet is considered underutilized, plans are being made to revitalize the entire corridor from Aberdeen to Atlantic Highlands. HAZLET — At the rate Monmouth County has been developed in recent years, it’s conceivable to think that…

  • Aberdeen reorganizes government for 2006

    Gumbs the first black woman chosen to serve as twp. BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Wilhelmina Gumbs ABERDEEN — Committeewoman Wilhelmina Gumbs has become the first African American woman to hold the post of deputy mayor in Aberdeen history. Gumbs was appointed and sworn in alongside fellow committee members Thomas Perry…

  • Valentin names first assistant prosecutor

    Warshaw promoted; Pasterchick to be chief of county detectives BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer FREEHOLD — As 2006 begins, two longtime law enforcement officials take on new leadership posts with the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Peter A. Warshaw Jr., a 19-year veteran of the Prosecutor’s Office, and Michael Pasterchick Jr., a…

  • Rift widens between former running mates

    Wall urged to resign after accusing DiMaso of anti-Semitic remarks BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Holmdel Mayor Serena DiMaso asked for former running mate Terence Wall’s resignation on Jan. 3 after Wall released accusations of anti-Semitism against her. HOLMDEL — Newly appointed Mayor Serena DiMaso has called for Committeeman Terence Wall’s…

  • Man charged on knife threat

    KEYPORT — Bar owner Joseph Merla apprehended two nine-inch knives from a patron who had earlier threatened one of his employees at the Bulkhead Bar and Grill, West Front Street, on Dec. 30, police said. Sixty-year-old Donald Toner, of Beers Street, was “highly intoxicated” at the time of the incident, said Keyport Police Detective Lt.…

  • Hazlet woman accused of New Year’s Eve murder

    Angela Pizzarelli A Hazlet woman who was charged with robbing and killing an Asbury Park man on New Year’s Eve pleaded innocent to the charges. Angela Pizzarelli, 24, was charged last week with murder, felony murder, armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery in the shooting death of 27-year-old Saahron Jones in his Seventh…

  • Songwriter takes on seriously funny tone

    Jacobsen to perform at Indigo Coffee House in Aberdeen on Jan. 27 BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer David W. Jacobsen ABERDEEN — During the scope of human existence, one way of thinking has held steadfast: No matter what you do, the world is going to get you in the end. David…

  • DiMaso unanimously chosen Holmdel mayor

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer HOLMDEL — Dozens of residents came out to welcome the newest members of the Township Committee on Jan. 2 at the annual reorganization meeting. Alan Bateman and Rocco Pascucci took the oath of office surrounded by family and friends, pledging to conduct their civic duties as…