Category: Independent News

  • BCC seminars to focus on dangers of cults

    BY MEGHAN ROBERTS Staff Writer BY MEGHAN ROBERTSStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Could you or someone you know be lured into joining a cult? Come to Brookdale Community College (BCC) and find out. The Student Health Center is holding the second installment of a three-part series of seminars about the dangers of cults on Thursday. The…

  • Listening in

    Greg Santopadre and son Kyle, 9, listen to the Sonny Kenn Band during a benefit concert for the Dickerson family, who recently lost their home due to a fire. The concert was held at Veterans Park in Hazlet.

  • Humanists alive and well, meeting in R.B.

    Group espouses ethical philosophy based on naturalism BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer The Red Bank Humanists consider themselves a voice of reason in an age of sectarianism, partisanism, or just plain schism. According to Ron Steelman, president of the Red Bank Humanists, humanists are free thinkers who like to test things.…

  • Local creates reality TV program about animals

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Alekea, who has been in several homes and a shelter, will be groomed, trained and medically sound when he goes to his new home. UPPER FREEHOLD — Inspiration can be found through “queer” circumstances. While watching her favorite TV show, “Queer Eye for…

  • Police arrest juveniles in late-night robberies

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — Following what police say was a 12-day crime spree, one adult and two juveniles are under arrest, charged with various crimes. Jamie Hannwacker, 18, and the two juveniles, ages 17 and 16, were each charged with four counts of burglary, two counts of arson,…

  • Glued to their work

    CHRIS KELLY staff Gabrielle Casino, 6, of Highlands, gets help with an art project from Mary Kidd, 15, of Keansburg, at Croydon Hall in Middletown on Thursday.

  • Red Cross declares need for blood donors urgent

    BY MEGHAN ROBERTS Staff Writer BY MEGHAN ROBERTSStaff Writer If you are healthy, over the age of 17, and weigh at least 110 pounds, the Red Cross needs you. The American Red Cross has issued an urgent national appeal for blood donations. Some areas of the country have fallen below a one-day supply and many…

  • Official’s residency is questioned

    HAZLET — Amid allegations that she is no longer a resident of Hazlet Township, Theresa Moore has resigned from her post on the Hazlet Township Sewerage Authority. The issue was brought up at the authority’s public meeting last week by Republican Township Committeeman Scott Broschart. Moore was not present at the meeting. “If she is,…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Sailboats line up for the Festival of Sails in Keyport harbor on Sunday.