Category: Independent News

  • Local bands to rock for tsunami survivors

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Hazlet HAZLET — It’s been nearly four months since Southeast Asia was ravaged by tsunamis, causing death and destruction. With the weather turning around now, thoughts of that day have dissipated. But for some in our area, the events of Dec. 26 have not been forgotten.…

  • Butch, Buddy move to temporary home

    Longstreet Farm horses will stay in Millstone until they are adopted BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer HOLMDEL — A horse is a horse, but to the local community, Butch and Buddy are so much more. The two Belgian draft horses, along with two draft mules, were placed last week at their…

  • Committee reluctantly rezones tract for bank

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer HOLMDEL — The Township Committee reluctantly approved an ordinance rezoning a section of Laurel Avenue to permit the use of banks at the April 11 meeting. The ordinance is the result of a court settlement between the township and Commerce Bank. The committee voted 4-0, in…

  • Two announce runs for Hazlet committee

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — One Republican and one Democrat have announced their candidacies for Township Committee seats in November. Republican Ric Medrow, a history professor at Raritan Valley Community College in North Branch, has previous experience in politics, having run against Frank Pallone for a seat in Congress…

  • Matawan Dems will square off in primary

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer MATAWAN — A total of seven people have filed to run for the mayor’s seat and for two open Borough Council seats during this year’s election. Three of the seven people have filed to run for the position of mayor. Democrats Thomas W. “Will” Smith and…

  • Committee hopefuls file to run in Holmdel

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer HOLMDEL — Time is up for all those seeking to campaign for one of the two open seats on the Township Committee. The deadline to file has passed, and the Holmdel Republican Committee has announced that it will be backing Alan Bateman and Dr. Rocco Pascucci.…

  • Poised for its place in the community

    Two River Theater Company [TRT] Executive Producer Robert Rechnitz has a theater-centric view of the world. “We want to develop a society in which everybody is as interested in what’s going on in the theater world as they are in the sports world,” he said in a recent interview. The company’s new home on Red…

  • Club affirms vision that ‘every life has a purpose’

    Activist, health clinic, late-blooming grad among honorees BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Maxine L. Harris Daniels doesn’t just talk about leading a loving, purposeful life, she actually leads one. Her deeds speak for themselves. As a result, the Central Jersey Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s…

  • Matawan introduces $4.7 million budget

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council recently introduced a $4.7 million budget, which would carry a tax rate increase of 9.8 cents. The bulk of the $4,785,056 budget comes from a borough capital improvement program, interim Borough Administrator Brian Valentino said. Valentino said that residents will see…