Category: Independent News

  • Girl Scouts reach out to soldiers in Iraq

    BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer MATAWAN — With more than 130,000 U.S. military troops serving in Iraq, the U.S. Postal Service has been receiving its fair share of care packages to be sent over to soldiers by their loved ones. While it may be common for nonfamily members to send packages…

  • Parking a problem for ShopRite shoppers

    BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer DAN NEWMAN This was the scene last week at the new ShopRite location on Lloyd Road as it is becoming readily apparent that there are not enough spaces for all of the shoppers. ABERDEEN — While the new ShopRite on Lloyd Road may be drawing rave…

  • School board accepts bid for turf football field

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Athletes at High School South can expect changes to the athletic facilities, including a new turf surface at its football field. The Board of Education unanimously accepted at its May 25 meeting a $967,000 bid from IC Improvements Inc., which has offices in Ontario,…

  • Program offers photo identification for seniors

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Keyport Borough Councilman Robert Hyer talks to a group of senior citizens in the Keyport Legion Apartments, about the new Ident-Adult photo identification program May 24. KEYPORT — Senior citizens in the borough without photo identification no longer need to worry about not…

  • Three days, three stages full of jazz and blues

    Koko Taylor headlining Koko Taylor headlining ‘Women Who Cook’ at Basie on June 5 The Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation is counting down to the 2004 Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival, an event it has presented for close to two decades. The Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival will take place at Marine…

  • Pretrial hearing set for land development case

    BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer ABERDEEN — A pretrial hearing is set in state Superior Court, Freehold, for June 9 in the never-ending battle over the construction of the Aberdeen Forge and Mirror Lake housing developments. While the Township Planning Board voted unanimously in favor of moving forward with Aberdeen Forge,…

  • Chris’s marina to be purchased by township

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Chris’s marina to be purchased by township BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The township plans to buy Chris’s River Plaza Marina at a cost of $4.2 million. An ordinance authorizing the purchase of about 12.3 acres of land at Chris’s River Plaza Marina was adopted by a 5-0 vote…

  • Board accepts retirement of Marilyn Cohen

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Board accepts retirement of Marilyn Cohen BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Board of Education expressed its appreciation of two decades of service from Assistant Superintendent Marilyn Cohen, who will retire before the next school year begins. The board accepted Cohen’s Sept. 1 retirement as assistant superintendent for pupil…

  • Town master plan suggestions presented

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — At an unofficial Township Committee meeting May 24, an update on the progress of the adopted master plan was presented. The committee was unable to hold its regular meeting because of an error in the public notice, said Township Administrator Christopher Schultz. The date…