Category: Independent News
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Raritan H.S. graduate returns home from Iraq
BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer Raritan H.S. graduate returns home from Iraq Jeff Turkel prepares for a two-month job as a Department of Defense civilian in Baghdad, Iraq, earlier this year. BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HAZLET — Former township resident Jeff Turkel took the job of a lifetime when he offered to work as a…
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Lane steps down as High School South principal
Board will payLane full salary and benefits until June BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Board will pay Lane full salary and benefits until June Daniel Lane BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer Controversial Middletown High School South Principal Daniel Lane has resigned from his position. The Board of Education and Lane reached an agreement last week to allow the…
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Voters choose school board representatives
BY MARC CAVELLAStaff Writer BY MARC CAVELLA Staff Writer Gregory Zakutansky KEYPORT — Four challengers for three seats means someone has to lose — even if it’s by a single vote. Gregory Zaku-tansky lost out on a seat on the board by the slimmest of margins — one vote. "I was a little shocked," Zakutansky…
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Commissioners OK limited hunting in Monmouth parks
The Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners on April 19 authorized the opening of county parklands for limited hunting next season. According to a press release, the commissioners accepted the Monmouth County Park System’s "Deer Management Report" and authorized the report’s "Deer Management Program," as amended, to permit the opening of portions of nine county…
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Keyport voters say no to school budget
BY MARC CAVELLAStaff Writer BY MARC CAVELLA Staff Writer KEYPORT — Voters in Keyport rejected the school budget proposal, saving themselves a 13.9-cent tax increase. Voters voted against the tax increase by a vote of 364 to 223 on April 20. Only 7 percent of the town’s registered voters cast their ballot. "It seems like…
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Police continue search for mother of dead baby
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Police are still investigating leads in the case of a baby found dead on Ideal Beach. The baby was found by a local resident walking on Ideal Beach in North Middletown between Ocean and Bray avenues at 9:13 a.m. March 18. Police have made…
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4 to run in council race
KEYPORT— Two Republican incumbents will compete against a two Democrats for two open seats on the Borough Council this year. Incumbents Robert Hyer and Brian Stalter, who were both elected to their first terms in 2001, will try to keep their seats against Democratic candidates George Walling and Richard Hassmiller Jr. Hyer, 62, of 88…
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Employees wait for Caroll house reopening
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Municipal workers from two departments remain relocated as work continues on a township office closed due to air quality problems. The Caroll house, 3 Penelope Lane, was closed by township officials April 1. The township’s Public Works Department is working to improve the air…
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Garibaldi restaurant denied liquor license
BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer KEYPORT— One East Front Street restaurant will not be getting a liquor license anytime soon. The Borough Council voted 4-0 at its April 19 meeting to deny a class C liquor license transfer for Garibaldi Restaurant, 34 East Front St. The license would have allowed the…
