• Easter Egg Hunt set for March 23

    The Matawan Recreation Commission will host their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 23, at 11 a.m. at the Matawan Municipal Community Center. Children ages 1 through 9 will have the opportunity to collect candy-filled eggs and take pictures with the Easter Bunny. A contest for the best decorated Easter bonnet or hat will…

  • North Jersey Media Group goes live with solar power

    North Jersey Media Group last week switched on its solar power facility, enabling the company to generate more than 60 percent of the electricity required for its Rockaway printing plant with the sun’s energy. In a partnership with KDC Solar, of Bedminster, the solar facility has an output of 5 megawatts of power, which is…

  • NOTES

    Learn how candles were made in the Colonial era at the “Colonial Candle Workshop” on April 17, from 3-4 p.m. at the Murray Farmhouse, Poricy Park Conservancy, 345 Oak Hill Road, Middletown. Visitors will discover how tallow, bayberries, beeswax and even whales were used as candle ingredients. There will be hands-on activities, and guests will…

  • Quick Chek proposal for Main Street site denied

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer MATAWAN — A proposal for a Quick Chek convenience store and gas station facility at the intersection of Main and High streets fell short by one vote. Members of the Unified Planning/Zoning Board voted 4-2, short of a majority, at their March 4 meeting to grant a variance that would…

  • Baseball and softball camp in Hazlet

    Hazlet Recreation has announced a new Rocket Preseason Baseball and Softball Camp for boys and girls in grades K-8, from March 25-28, beginning at 9 a.m. until noon, at Raritan High School, 419 Middle Road, Hazlet. The instructors will include Raritan High School coaches T.J. O’Donnell and Aado Kommendant, along with other staff members. The…

  • Evolution evolved from theory to fact

    This letter is in response to Greg Bean’s article “What Will You Be Doing on Darwin’s Special Day?” (Independent, Feb. 7) and subsequent letters written to the Independent concerning evolution. In 1836, the HMS Beagle returned to England after completing a cartographic mission of five years around South America. A dinner guest on board named…

  • Photo

    A salamander takes part in the annual migration in East Brunswick, Middlesex County, on March 12. Each year as spring approaches, the amphibians cross Beekman Road to reach vernal pools for breeding. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE FRIENDS OF THE EAST BRUNSWICK ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION

  • CODA .

    Readers weigh in on failure of U.S. Do Not Call Registry GREG BEAN No column I’ve written in months has generated as much reader response as the Feb. 27 piece concerning the apparently useless National Do Not Call Registry, and the fact that so many of us are being bombarded at all hours of the…

  • Keyport GOP submits three names for interim mayor

    McLeod resigns abruptly, citing political infighting KEYPORT — Following the resignation of Mayor Robert McLeod on March 15, the Keyport Republican Club has submitted a list of three potential replacements to the Borough Council for consideration. Former Councilman Joseph Wedick, former Fire Chief and club Vice Chairman Harry Aumack Sr. and Jacqueline Kovacs-Olsen, a borough…

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