• Summer events at Mid’twn Senior Center

    The Middletown Senior Center plans a variety of special events, trips and weekly activities every month. Summer events include:  Ice cream social, 1 p.m. June 30 — Sing along with Mary Finnerty and enjoy an ice cream sundae. Cost is $3.  Annual summer picnic, 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. July 15,— Tickets are…

  • Once public trust is lost, it is very hard to regain it

    GUEST COLUMN LILLIAN G. BURRY Whether it has been leading the fight to clean up a “superfund” site, preserve an historic building, protect open space, conserve farmland, expand parks, roads or libraries, I have always had one unifying goal, and that is to protect and enhance the quality of life for the people I am…

  • Before work begins, NPS owes the public some answers

    I t was reported in the Independent on June 16 that the National Park Service’s Peter McCarthy, Sandy Hook Unit manager, stated to those attending the NPSsponsored tour of Fort Hancock buildings that the first building to next be rehabilitated would be the Officers’ Club, which may be the worst deteriorated of the fort buildings!…

  • If I didn’t say it before, Pop, thanks for the cheeseburgers

    CODA GREG BEAN On Father’s Day, my boys took me out for a wonderful brunch, and we passed a few fine hours laughing, and planning for upcoming, happy events. I consider myself blessed to have such fine sons. But I also spent a lot of the day thinking about my own father, who died in…

  • Mission Matawan to repair homes

    Work by volunteers will help residents stay in their homes MATAWAN — The First Presbyterian Church of Matawan will hold its ninth annual Mission Matawan program Saturday, June 25, through Saturday, July 2. Mission Matawan provides a helping hand to the elderly, handicapped and others who lack the resources to repair and maintain their homes.…

  • 2nd Infantry Division vets sought

    The 2nd (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone who ever served in the 2nd Infantry Division at any time. For information about the association and its annual reunion in St. Louis on Aug. 25-29, visit the association’s website at www.2ida.org or contact the association’s secretary-treasurer, Bob Haynes, at [email protected] or 224-225-1202.

  • Police consolidation issue on table in Keyport

    Council could alter department structure at June 21 meeting BY JAMES McEVOY Correspondent KEYPORT — As the Keyport Borough Council prepares to vote on changing the Police Department structure, shared service talks continue. During the June 14 council meeting, Mayor Robert E. McLeod offered a brief update on talks with several neighboring municipalities, which were…

  • Matawan to restrict use of boro vehicles

    Council set to end take-home privileges BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer With fuel prices at just under $4 a gallon, the Matawan Borough Council is mulling a proposal to restrict takehome use of municipal vehicles by borough employees. The measure would bar employees from taking home municipal vehicles. An exception would be made for three…

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