Category: Independent News

  • Candidates vie for two open committee seats

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HAZLET — Four candidates, including one incumbent, will compete for two open seats on the Township Committee this year. Democrats James DiNardo and Kevin Lavan will run in an uncontested primary June 8, for the chance to challenge Republicans Michael Sachs and Bridget Antonucci, who are…

  • Former mayor celebrates 99th birthday

    BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer MATAWAN — According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the average life expectancy for American males is approximately 74.4 years, but 99-year-old borough resident Ralph Dennis is well above average. Dennis, a former borough mayor, is beating the odds as he celebrated his 99th…

  • SEA charges Hook changes driven by development plan

    Superintendent says pipe plan predates Sandy Hook Partners proposal BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Plans to step up sand replenishment along the coastline at Sandy Hook and reconfigure beach parking would benefit a planned development at Fort Hancock at the expense of recreational users of the national park, a local surfers’…

  • 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…