Category: Independent News

  • Here comes the sun

    Works in BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer “The Tea Party,” can be seen throughout the month of September at the Middletown Library, New Monmouth Road. MIDDLETOWN — The quality of light in Middletown will improve next month. An art exhibit by Christopher Evan Taylor, on display at the main…

  • Center announces blood drives for September

    Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, has announced the following local blood drives: • Sept. 1 from 6-8:30 p.m., and Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bayshore Community Hospital, 727 N. Beers St., Holmdel • Sept. 7 from 6-9 p.m. at Lincroft Fire Company, Newman Springs Road (T-shirts for all donors) • Sept.…

  • A couple of cold ones

    CHRIS KELLY staff Contestants compete in the Rita’s Italian Ice eating contest in Middletown Aug. 27.

  • Woman arrested for Middletown man’s death

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer A 26-year-old woman has been charged last week with vehicular homicide in the death of a Port Monmouth man. Kristina Gogger, of South Amboy, was intoxicated when her Buick Century collided with 76-year-old Joseph Walsh, a Keansburg Fire Company No. 1 volunteer who was…

  • M’town club, township offices closed Sept. 5

    Middletown Parks & Recreation has announced the last day for the Middletown Swim and Tennis Club will be Sept. 5, and the club will reopen in May. The club is at Harmony and Old Country Roads. For more information, call Recreation at (732) 615-2260 for more information. Middletown Township’s municipal offices will be closed Sept.…

  • Federal commission votes to close Fort Monmouth

    BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — Fort Monmouth’s more than 5,000 civilian employees and over 2,500 military contractors are evaluating their futures in the wake of a federal panel’s official vote last week to close the more than 88-year-old U.S. Army base. By a 7-1 vote, with one…

  • Group sponsoring trips to Pa., D.C., West Point

    The St. Mary’s Travel Group, New Monmouth section of Middletown, is sponsoring a trip to “Our Lady of Czestochowa Polish Festival” in Doylestown, Pa., Sept. 10 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $35 for bus transportation and a tour of the shrine. Reservations must be prepaid by Sept. 6. A pilgrimage to…

  • Inaugural Eagles hall of fame ceremony Oct. 21

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — For the past few years, football has been king at Middletown South, as state titles and numerous players going to top flight colleges have helped the program gain visibility. But not to be forgotten are the many other student-athletes who have walked the halls…

  • Strikers locked out of nursing home

    Victoria House workers seeking wage increases BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Divino Estella and Jorge Samaniego sit on strike in front of the Victoria House Nursing Home. Members of the SEIU 1199 New Jersey union are asking for what they refer to as a living wage and affordable…