Category: Independent News

  • 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…

  • Holmdel elects two to run as GOP candidates

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer HOLMDEL — Holmdel Republicans elected Rocco Pascucci and Alan Bateman to run for the two open seats on the Township Committee this November. Pascucci and Bateman, who ran with the backing of the Holmdel Republican Committee, beat out Valerie Neiss in the June 7 primary. Pascucci…

  • Dancing the night away

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Young dancers practice a piece called “Karpathiki Sousta” on the opening night of the Greek Festival at the Kimisis Church on June 9.

  • Sign language gives new meaning to baby talk

    Holmdel workshop to explain techniques of communication BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Jack Glynn, 20 months, of Colts Neck, learns to use sign language to communicate things that he doesn’t know how to say yet. HOLMDEL — Most parents think their babies are geniuses, but imagine if a 7-month-old could communicate…

  • Council cuts KBA budget by $20K

    Keyport business owners have mixed reactions to solution BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Dissenters called it an “insult.” The Borough Council opted to cut less than 10 percent of the Keyport Business Alliance’s (KBA) proposed $245,000 annual budget June 6, despite a recent vote of KBA members that showed…

  • Bear caught in Leonardo

    MIDDLETOWN — A black bear was captured in Leonardo on Saturday night, three days after it was spotted on the loose in the Belford section of the township. State Fish and Wildlife officials were called to Earle Naval Weapons Station on Saturday afternoon at approximately 2 p.m., according to police. The bear, seen the night…