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January 11, 2005
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GARY BILBAOHazlet residents take a moment of silence at the vigil in Veterans Park for tsunami victims. See page 8 for story. More...
Keyport merchants want tax abolished
Group forms to oppose mandatory BID assessment
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer

By now, nearly everyone has chosen sides. “It’s a shame we have to go through all this,” Ed Burlew said from his office last week. “It does divide the town up.” More...


Martial artists kick off March of Dimes benefit
Fund-raiser show scheduled Jan. 23 at Brookdale arena
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer

Take a deep breath and be grateful you have lungs.Bryan Klein, father of two young children born premature, knows firsthand the importance of prenatal lung development. More...


$11K reward available for info on school fire
BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer

ABERDEEN — Reporting any information on the Labor Day blaze that twice delayed the opening of the Matawan Avenue Middle School might make someone’s wallet up to $11,000 thicker. More...


Vigil honors fallen from tsunami disaster
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer

HAZLET — With over 150,000 people perishing from the tsunami disaster in South Asia, it’s difficult for people in this country to comprehend just how bad things are in that area of the world. For a group of Hazlet residents, Friday night was their time to reflect on what has happened and pray for th More...


 Bulletin Board
•Kids’ series continues at Hazlet Library
Hazlet Public Library, 251 Middle Road, will offer its preschool story time series for children age 3-5 Jan. 18 with a “Let It Snow” craft project, and Jan. 25 with “Perky Penguins.” More...
•Area students holding drive for tsunami victims
•Art, jewelry programs offered by park system
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 Letters
•‘Twisted writing’ by teen offends reader
For many years I’ve looked forward to my weekly Independent to get an update on our local events. In your Dec. 29 issue, I was deeply distressed to read your article on page 12 expounding on a “raunchy humor magazine” written by a Middletown teen. More...
•Center’s hospitality appreciated
•Holmdel F.D. volunteers made party memorable
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 Editorials
•Time to BID farewell?
Keyport’s latest business improvement district (BID) tax was recently passed without much fanfare, but that may not be the case if it survives another year. More...
•Cartoon
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 Obituaries
•Obituaries
Marie M. Fritz Ontl Mrs. Ontl, 86, of North Bergen, died Jan. 8 at McCarrick Care Center, Somerset. Born in Jersey City, she resided in North Bergen most of her life. Mrs. Ontl was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her first husband, Peter Fritz, in 1969; and a son-in-law, Russell Gutter, in 19 More...
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 Sports
•Colts, Caseys remain county’s top teams
Colts win 15th straight championship
TOMS RIVER — File this one under the “what else is new?” category. More...
•Vegas tourney helped the Jersey Blues jell
•Huskies take second at Group II relays
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 Business
•MAS-NJ mission: Keeping order in the mosh pit
In the dimly lit, fast-paced world of special event security, one local group stands out.With crew members from Monmouth, Middlesex and Ocean counties and almost every walk of life, the event security staff for the New Jersey division of Metropolitan Area Security (MAS) has made a name for itself i More...
•Greater Women of Central N.J. winners to be honored Feb. 15
•Business Briefs
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