• Investigation under way on fatal train accident

    MATAWAN — Local officials are investigating an accident involving a NJ Transit train that fatally injured a Laurence Harbor man walking on the tracks near the Matawan- Aberdeen Train Station on Monday, according to NJ Transit. The train, which struck Krishna Kumar, 45, departed at 4:30 a.m. Feb. 1 from New York Penn Station and…

  • Holmdel considers fees for field use

    Groups made up of residents would be exempt BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Nonresident sports teams may be paying to use athletic fields in the township come spring. The Township Committee and the Recreation Advisory Committee are considering a maintenance fee to use township park facilities for teams and organizations made up mainly…

  • SJV teachers flip burgers for Haiti

    HOLMDEL — St. John Vianney High School students flocked to the Aberdeen McDonald’s to hear their teachers ask, “Would you like fries with that?” last week. To raise money for the relief effort in Haiti, SJV teachers traded their briefcases and textbooks for fry baskets and ice cream cones as part of “McTeachers Night,” during…

  • Athletes on a mission: EveryBODY Skates NJ

    Disabled hockey players skate 54 NJ rinks in 54 hours BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Agroup of athletes made history during last week’s Hockey Weekend Across America when they visited all of New Jersey’s 54 ice rinks in 54 hours to raise awareness of hockey players with disabilities. Andrew Schwartz, of Clifton, (standing, left) and…

  • Grassroots group set to protest deer hunt

    Opponents of bow hunt press for alternate methods to cull deer herd BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Opponents of the bow-and-arrow deer hunt under way at Bayonet Farm will hold a protest at Holmdel Town Hall 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6.  The protest, which is being spearheaded by resident and activist Laurie Perla, is in…

  • Pennies build schools, promote peace

    Local students support mission of Mortenson’s ‘Three Cups of Tea’ BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The sounds of many children singing reverberated throughout Collins Arena last week as students from local schools serenaded philanthropist Greg Mortenson. Greg Mortenson, co-founder of a nonprofit that builds schools for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan, speaks at Brookdale Community…

  • Resident: Hunting is effective deer control

    The letter from a Middletown resident in the Jan. 14 Independent asked Holmdel residents if they were ready to see wounded deer in their backyards, inferring that this would be caused by the recently approved Bayonet farms management hunt. I am not a betting person, but I would bet 100 to 1 that there is…

  • Bolte extends thanks to voters of Keyport

    As I begin my second term on Keyport Borough Council, I want to sincerely thank all those who voted for me both in the November election and then again Jan. 12. I would like to express my gratitude to all of the residents of Keyport for coming out on that cold winter day in January…

  • Twp. urged to reverse decision on bow hunting

    I am a resident of Holmdel and am outraged over the deer hunt that is taking place here. I have attended each town meeting where alternative means of deer population control methods were presented to, and ignored by, the town committee. The surrounding homeowners where the hunt is taking place were not sufficiently notified of…

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