Category: Independent News

  • Boro officials clash over bill reimbursement

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT — Councilman Robert Bergen refused to reimburse Borough Administrator David Palamara for his cell phone bill and a chain saw repair for the fire department, citing improper protocol and accusing the administrator of breaking state budget laws. The two officials argued at the…

  • Wives of 9/11 victims get a lesson in painting

    Lowe BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Kathy Kovac, a painting expert at Lowe’s Home Improvement, demonstrates a painting technique during the first installment of a home maintenance series put together by Tuesday’s Children, a nonprofit organization that helps the surviving family members of 9/11 victims Feb. 8. HOLMDEL — Lowe’s Home…

  • Nut Swamp students continue relief efforts

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Many schools in the area have held bake sales in an effort to raise funds for the tsunami relief effort, and Nancy Rathjen’s fifth-graders at Nut Swamp Elementary School are no different. After just two weeks of bake sales that netted over $300 and…

  • No rest for the weary at homework time

    Lori C linch Are We There Yet? Some say the arrival of their children after school can be overwhelming. The euphoria, the excitement, the sheer volume, why, it’s enough to make some mothers jump right out of their ankle socks. It’s like standing in a tub of water and having someone drop in an electrical…

  • Family sues drug co. for child’s death

    Claims ibuprofen caused fatal side effects for 3-year-old BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer FILE PHOTO Darlene Kiss (l) stands with Michael’s Feat founder Dana Puharic at the annual Michael’s Feat Country Jamboree last summer. Kiss is holding a picture of her daughter, Heather Rose, who passed away at the age of…

  • Honduran orphan embraced by Circle of friendship

    Group of Arc members support Honduran girl with Down syndrome BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Members of The Arc of Monmouth County’s Circle of Friends Club visit Ana, a Down syndrome child, in Honduras. They include (l-r) Diane, holding Ana; Patty, third from left in back and Joan, second from right.…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff A little girl tries to pet a tortoise during an animal show by Frenchtown’s Travis Gale at Poricy Park in Middletown on Sunday.

  • Committee sets local meetings

    MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee will hold a set of four regional neighborhood meetings in March to provide residents and local officials with an opportunity to chat informally about township happenings and neighborhood issues, announced Mayor Thomas G. Hall. Four informal meetings are scheduled to cover each of the township’s quadrants. The 2005 Regional Neighborhood…

  • On Campus

    Cadet Conor J. Browne, Middletown, was recently named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., where he is concentrating his studies in theoretical economics and anticipates being commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army following graduation. A 2002 graduate of Middletown High School North, he…