Category: Independent News

  • 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…

  • Middletown parents have county New Year’s baby

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Proud parents Scott and Laureen Millevoi of Middletown welcomed son Dylan Scott into the world on Jan. 1 at 12:14 a.m., making him the first baby born in the county this year. MIDDLETOWN — The first birth of the New Year is tangled up…

  • Grandmother honored for post-hurricane aid

    Middletown resident volunteered for three weeks in Mississippi BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A local grandmother of five has been honored for her role in aiding Gulf Coast residents effected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Stationed in a Columbus, Miss., shelter just two days after Katrina hit,…

  • Barham selected to lead freeholder board in ’06

    FREEHOLD — Freeholder William C. Barham has been chosen director of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders for 2006. Freeholder Robert D. Clifton is the deputy director. During the 2006 annual organization meeting last week, the freeholders also welcomed their newest member, Colts Neck resident Lillian G. Burry, who was elected along with Barham in…

  • Authors set out to explain mysterious faces of Mars

    BY JOYCE BLAY Staff Writer BY JOYCE BLAYStaff Writer George Haas of Jackson has a fascination with what are described as the faces of Mars and co-authored “The Cydonia Codex: Reflections from Mars.” The man in the moon may actually have lived on Mars, according to a book by author and artist George J. Haas.…

  • Greater Media Inc. to observe 50th year

    Greater Media Inc., Boston, will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in broadcasting throughout 2006. Owned by the Bordes family, the company was originally founded in 1956 by Yale classmates Peter A. Bordes and Joseph Rosenmiller. Greater Media Inc., whose corporate headquarters is in Braintree, Mass., is one of the largest and few remaining privately held…

  • Democrats take control in Matawan

    Meghan Mullaney, 23, chosen to serve as council president BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer Meghan Mullaney is sworn in as Matawan councilwoman and was later appointed as the council President at the annual reorganization meeting Sunday afternoon. The Matawan Borough Council appointed 23-year-old Meghan Mullaney as council president on Sunday during…