Category: Independent News

  • Hurricane Katrina briefs

    Brookdale Community College will present a reading by authors from Cave Canem — the national black poets network — and a book auction, to raise funds for Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Sept. 20. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for the auction, and the program begins at 6:30 p.m. The program will be at the college’s…

  • Developer charged with gun threat

    Jailed without bail for violating release terms on corruption charges BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer Things are looking down for controversial Monmouth County developer Anthony Spalliero as a list of legal woes is piling up. Spalliero, 63, of Hazlet, was taken into custody by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Sept. 7 and charged with violating…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff The new Monmouth County 9/11 Memorial, created by artist Franco Minervini, was unveiled at a ceremony Sunday at Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook, Atlantic Highlands. For story, see page 3.

  • Companies note climb in ridership

    Say commuter fares will not rise due to soaring gas prices BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer With gas prices soaring over $3 per gallon since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, many are feeling lighter in their pockets. But it’s not only ordinary motorists driving to school, work and elsewhere who…

  • Four years later, ‘threat is that we will forget’

    Monmouth County 9/11 Memorial unveiled on bluff overlooking NYC PHOTOSBY CHRIS KELLY staff Jim Register, Middletown, strikes a bell seven times, representing the seven tragic events of the day at the 9/11 Memorial at Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook, Atlantic Highlands. It’s the day we swore we’d never forget. And yet, four years later, some already…

  • Protection proposed for whistle-blowers

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — As part of his bid for election to the Township Committee in November, Republican candidate Ric Medrow has announced that his first act as a member would be to introduce a whistle-blowers resolution. The resolution would offer township employees and residents an assurance that…

  • Smoking ban at youth events in the works

    Committeewoman calls for adoption of ordinance in the weeks ahead BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — For a while she just put up with it, but over Labor Day weekend Bridget Antonucci had reached her breaking point. “I was at my son’s football game on Sunday [Sept. 4], and there…

  • Boro releases minutes from job interview

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT — The minutes of new Borough Administrator Thomas Antonucci’s job interview have been made public. Antonucci, one of approximately 30 individuals who applied for the job, was interviewed by the mayor and Borough Council in closed session on July 25. According to the…

  • End of the line

    SCOTT PILLING staff Amanda Moreno, Jackson, comes in first place at the Jersey Shore Running Club’s 12th annual 5K race at Holmdel Park Sept. 3.