• ‘Coming home’ stories at BCC this evening

    Brookdale Community College (BCC) professor Marc Bonagura, writer and military historian, will chair a multi-generational panel group of veterans from World War II through Afghanistan and Iraq 7:30- 9:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at the college’s Warner student life center, Lincroft section of Middletown. Panelists sharing “coming home” experiences include Matthew Craw, veteran, Operation Iraqi Freedom,…

  • Funding for COAH flies in face of common sense

    The recent revelation that Gov. Corzine was using faulty data when speaking of New Jersey’s job losses also underscores yet another flaw in the government subsidized lowincome housing program known as COAH. It turns out that New Jersey’s job losses were much greater than the governor had originally indicated. This miscalculation is compounded by the…

  • Mat. wins indoor track crown

    Matawan had all the bases covered. Whether it was sprinting, running distance, throwing or soaring vertically, the Huskies scored points in all areas to capture the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II State Sectional Indoor Track and Field Championship. The Huskies beat another Shore Conference team, Monmouth Regional, for the title, 59-43. Kyle Robinson, Derek Garland…

  • Brightbill needs to fight to reduce budgetary requests

    Mrs. Pamela Brightbill, the mayor of Middletown, has recently written a letter to the Independent stating that she is enthusiastically fighting against New Jersey’s mandate for affordable housing. She states that her motive is to save the taxpayers money. I hope that her nobility in this endeavor will be equally applied to this year’s budget…

  • Raritan preps for state tourney

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer Thanks to some solid senior leadership, the youthful Raritan High School boys basketball team has battled its way to a respectable 10-11 mark and berths in both the Shore Conference and NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II tournaments. The Rockets are coming off a tough 69- 56 loss to Manasquan, the…

  • Member should slate vacations around meetings

    Here they go again, attacking the majority and casting blame, but leaving out key components of the truth. In her Feb. 19 letter, Ms. Janet Berk accuses the governing body of not allowing her to participate by phone, what she forgot to say was that by consensus last year, the governing body stated there would…

  • Raritan reaches potential in District 22 championship

    Seidenberg becomes Shore’s all-time top grappler BY DOUG McKENZIE Correspondent When the high school wrestling season began, Raritan High School head coach Rob Nucci was confident that his team was going to do something special this year. This past weekend, the Rockets proved their coach prophetic, ending Ocean Township’s five-year reign as the District 22…

  • Bayshore awards nursing scholarships

    Bayshore Community Hospital Director of Education and Research Donna Angelucci (standing far left) is joined by Poppick Nursing Scholarship recipients: (standing, Jackie DiBernardo, Candy Malaspina, and Stephen Poppick, son of the late Dr. Poppick; Joanne Turro; seated, l-r) Patricia Hazeltine, Christina Garrison and Antoinette Leemann. Not pictured: Katherine VanBuskirk. HOLMDEL — Bayshore Community Hospital announced…

  • District signs lease for preschool space

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Middletown School District took another step toward an expanded preschool program by entering into a sublease agreement for classroom space at the Hazlet branch of the Community YMCA on Poole Avenue. Though the school district is waiting for word on whether the state will provide funding for…

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