Category: Independent News

  • Democrats sweep two council seats in Keyport

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Joe Sheridan KEYPORT — Democrats Joe Sheridan and Bill Ortman swept the Borough Council election Nov. 8, ousting longtime Councilwoman June Atkins. Sheridan was the leading vote-getter with 1,266, while Ortman placed second with 1,148. Atkins, the Republican incumbent, tallied 773 votes, while running…

  • Democrats take both Hazlet committee seats

    Lavan, DiNardo break Republicans BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer James Dinardo and Kevin Lavan HAZLET — For Kevin Lavan, the old phrase, third time’s a charm proved true in his most recent bid to join the Hazlet Township Committee. Lavan, after two unsuccessful previous attempts, finally made it on to the…

  • Pallone: County to get $2M-$3M for beaches

    Officials tour beaches damaged by storms in Sea Bright, Long Branch BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer SEA BRIGHT — About $2 million to $3 million in federal funds could be coming to Monmouth County from Washington, D.C., to help restore sand to storm-ravaged beachfronts including possibly those in Monmouth Beach and…

  • ‘Postureman’ shows students he’s no slouch

    Hazlet class gets lesson in safe use of bookbags, healthy seating positions BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Dr. Dan Bistrimovich demonstrates how not to carry a backpack during a special assembly at the Holy Family School on Nov. 11. HAZLET — For once, kids listened when an adult…

  • Aeromarine lawsuit to be argued next month

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT — One of two pending lawsuits against the borough concerning Aeromarine will be argued Dec. 23 in state Superior Court. Century Land Group, the developer that hopes to build 569 townhouses at the former Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co., is fighting the borough…

  • So much for Mother of the Month honors

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch I think I’ve decided that sibling rivalry is one of life’s greatest little mysteries. After all, what on earth would possess a seemingly normal child to walk past another seemingly normal child and clock him on the head for no apparent reason? Naturally I’ve made inquiries, but what the…

  • House cleaning

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Members of the New Jersey Lighthouse Society and Keansburg Historical Society spruce up the area of the historic Conover Beacon, Middletown, on Saturday.

  • Music of Invention: crossing stylistic boundaries

    New music series at SICA on third Thursday of month BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent PHOTO BY ANDREW WILKINSON Carlton Wilkinson knows that serious contemporary music isn’t the easiest art form to sell, but he’s committed to bringing it to New Jersey audiences. A founding member of the Trenton Avant Garde, a nonprofit…

  • Matawan Democrats derail GOP control

    With station project a main issue, sweep mayor, council seats BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer In a political upset, Matawan Democrats decisively swept all available Borough Council seats, as well as the remainder of former Mayor Robert D. Clifton’s four-year term. Democratic challenger Mary Aufseeser, 54, defeated Beatrice Duffy, 68, to…