Category: Independent News

  • No horsing around: animals are safe

    County assures that Butch and Buddy won BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer In response to the recent rumors of a dreadful fate for Butch and Buddy, the Monmouth County Park System is telling Holmdel residents to hold their horses. Rumors began circulating a couple of weeks ago that the two Belgian…

  • VFW pulls permission for immigration meeting

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A group that wants the government to enforce the nation’s immigration laws was unable to hold a meeting in the township. Several days before a meeting sponsored by the United Patriots of America (UPA) was scheduled to be held at the…

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    Butch (l) and Buddy, the two Belgian draft horses that have worked at Longstreet Farm for over nine years are set to retire. The public has recently expressed concern over their fate, as rumors of slaughter have rapidly spread. However, the county park system assures the rumors are false.

  • Benefit concert scheduled at Manalapan High

    MANALAPAN — An internationally acclaimed Jewish singer who drew a record-breaking crowd in a recent concert in Jerusalem and has entertained full houses on some of the greatest stages in the world, will perform at Manalapan High School, Church Lane, on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in a concert sponsored by the Ari Kraut Friendship…

  • Senior Citizen Health Fair at center March 31

    The Middletown Senior Center, Leonardville Road, Leonardo section of Middletown, will hold a Senior Citizen Health Fair March 31 from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Featured will be chiropractic screenings, blood pressure checks, cosmetic demonstrations, door prizes and light refreshments. A pharmacist and representatives from the Crossroads, the township’s substance abuse services program, and the Monmouth County…

  • Reach out and touch someone

    SCOTT PILLING staff Robert Schecter holds his 14-month-old daughter, Chloe, up to touch a dinosaur at the Monmouth Museum at Brookdale Community College Saturday afternoon.

  • Town center gains new momentum

    Judge orders case to Planning Board under old zoning BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Despite its “complex and tortured” history, plans for the 138-acre town center in Middletown are still alive after a judge threw out the order that blocked the project from continuing. The March 22 decision shocked…

  • Four scholarships available to area students

    Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown, has announced the availability of four scholarships for area students. The $1,000 New Jersey Shore Builders Association Scholarship is available to students enrolled in programs of study related to real estate development and construction, including architecture, civil engineering, interior design and CAD drafting. The application deadline is April…

  • Lincroft homeowners trash Marpal proposal

    Residents urge freeholders not to support expansion BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Twelve years ago, Walter Horan moved to North Point Road in Lincroft looking for a good quality of life, and he thought the area would afford him that opportunity. “I thought this was a fine area to be, and…