Category: Independent News

  • Amanda’s Easel awarded $35K grant

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — Unlike those who lived through Pearl Harbor, the Vietnam War or, more recently, the Persian Gulf War, there are some who are not even old enough to have experienced anything of this nature. So when the terrorist attacks of 9/11 occurred, the young people…

  • Quilting classes, events scheduled at Poricy Park

    Poricy Park, Oak Hill Road, Middletown, will offer “Learn to Quilt for Beginners” for children age 10-12 June 27-July 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the annex. Participants will learn to sew by hand and machine, make templates, cut out fabric, and sew it on the machine. Individuals owning a sewing machine may…

  • Cambridge Square boosts armed forces fund-raiser

    MARLBORO — Auction It NJ, an eBay drop-off store at the Cambridge Square shopping center, Union Hill Road and Route 9, will be holding a fund-raiser during July for Project S.O.S. (Support Our Soldiers), a nonprofit organization formed by Marlboro resident Andrea Mesh. Project S.O.S. is a non-political, not-for-profit organization that provides support to American…

  • Middletown enrolling for summer camps

    MIDDLETOWN — Middletown’s summer arts camps will return in July, offered in one-week sessions at Bayshore Middle School and High School South for children entering grades one through eight. Arts-and-crafts camps, in which participants will create theme-related crafts by drawing, painting or sculpting, are offered for children entering grades one through three. The camps include…

  • Flynn and Dasaro ready for campaign

    Democrats secured nomination in last week BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer With the state Assembly Democratic primary out of the way, victors William Flynn and Michael Dasaro are focusing on their campaign. “The issues are hard and fast,” Dasaro said. He and Flynn cited property tax relief as one of the…

  • Hanging around

    SCOTT PILLING staff Mackenzie Redmond (front) and her twin sister, Kelcie, take a spin on a swing ride at the Keyport Firemen’s Fair on Friday.

  • Political Web site comes down following primary

    Webmaster says handlin-thompson.org brought bad publicity BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Don’t bother to double-click. The Web site that at one time posed as the home page for Republican District 13 Assembly candidates Amy Handlin and Sam Thompson has been shut down by its creator, Middlesex and Union County…

  • Town chooses GOP mayoral candidate

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer ABERDEEN — Township voters have chosen Peter Morrison to run in November’s election as the Republican candidate for mayor. Morrison, 47, beat out Thomas Aljian Jr., 37, by 303 votes in the June 7 primary. Morrison garnered a total of 364 votes, while Aljian received a…

  • Democrats choose slate for November election

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer MATAWAN — Democratic voters showed their support for the three candidates who ran on the party line during the June 7 primary. Thomas Smith beat out James Shea for the opportunity to run as the Democratic candidate for the mayor’s seat in November, while his running…