• Resident thanks community for donating blood

    On Oct. 27, the Keyport High School sponsored a blood drive to benefit my daughter Casey who has been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The Central Jersey Blood Center sent a postcard to the individuals who were able to take part in the blood drive, thanking them for sharing the gift of life through donation…

  • Skill, friendly competition at play in near-perfect game

    Eleven times Alexa Guirk went on the lane in the second round of the South Jersey Singles Classic at Ocean Lanes in Lakewood and each time the Keyport High School junior rolled a strike to stand just 10 pins from a perfect game. Guirk, who said she was “pretty calm” throughout the game, admitted that…

  • GOP’s denial of anti-Semitism will not heal the Holmdel ‘family’

    In a letter to the editor (Independent, Dec 3), I called upon the Holmdel Township Committee majority — Serena DiMaso, Rocco Pascucci and Pat Impreveduto — to renounce the anti-Semitic tone of a flier published by the local Republican Committee to Elect Frank Capaci. Instead of apologizing to Holmdel’s residents — Jewish and otherwise —…

  • Anti-Semitism charged in Holmdel GOP politics

    As chairman of the Democratic Party in Holmdel, I hold Republican Mayor Serena DiMaso and Committeemen Pat Impreveduto and Rocco Pascucci all accountable for the anti-Semitic tenor of the recent Republican campaign. (“Charge of anti-Semitism is baseless” Dec. 10). The “Zucker/Fink/Blumenthal/ Sockol” pseudo-cabal concocted for a political flier about the Lucent property by the Republicans…

  • Middletown team tops USABL Central

    The NJ Bad Boys 12-year-old travel baseball team, of Middletown completed an outstanding fall season by going undefeated and winning the United States Amateur Baseball League (USABL) Central Division Championship. This is the second year in a row that the Bad Boys won the Fall USABL Central Division Championship within their age group. After completing…

  • Keyport girls have sights on bowling title repeat

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer The Keyport High School girls bowling team is off to a dominating 12-0 start in its quest for a second successive NJSIAA Group I title. Coach Sal Principe’s team, 41-4 last winter, will also be looking for its third straight CJ Group I title and its fourth consecutive Shore Conference…

  • Brookdale cagers 7-0, nationally ranked

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer The Brookdale Community College women’s basketball team skipped the appetizers and went straight to the main course. Above: Brookdale Community College’s Victoria Finelli (33) tries to rein in a rebound against Cumberland County College during a home game Dec. 10. Left: Brookdale’s Michelle Blum (10) shoots from the foul line…

  • Applications now taken for VSA arts of N.J. awards

    VSA arts of New Jersey, New Brunswick, is accepting applications for the 2010 Arts Achievement awards and fifth annual Dare to Imagine awards. Deadline for applications is Jan. 11, and recipients will be announced in March. The Arts Achievement awards include the Student Arts Excellence awards presented to students with disabilities who are classified (mainstreamed,…

  • On Campus

    Berkeley College, Woodbridge, announced the following local students with a GPA of 4.0 or higher named to the president’s list for the summer quarter: Cristina Amato of the Belford section of Middletown; Donovan Forbes of Keyport; and Zaneta Malinowska of Aberdeen. Named to the dean’s list with a GPA of 3.5 or higher were: Nicole…

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