Category: Independent News
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West Front Street bridge open to traffic
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer West Front Street bridge open to traffic BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The West Front Street bridge is open for traffic about one month ahead of schedule. The bridge, located at the border of the township and Red Bank, opened April 17 at 2:30 p.m., said Charles Jackson, principal…
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Measure intended to guard against pesticides
BY BRYAN SABELLAStaff Writer BY BRYAN SABELLA Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Gov. James McGreevey high-fives student Kandie Hartwell-Lawrence during his Earth Day appearance at the Campbell School, Metuchen. On a sunny Earth Day afternoon, Gov. James E. McGreevey appeared Thursday at the Campbell School in Metuchen to announce that an initiative to protect schoolchildren…
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School budget defeated for second year in a row
BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Voters have defeated the school budget for the second straight year. The $42.1 million budget, with a $39.1 million tax levy, called for a tax increase of 19.5 cents per $100 of assessed property valuation and was defeated by 97 votes during the April…
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School budget passes for second consecutive year
BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer School budget passes for second consecutive year BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HAZLET — A school budget with a double-digit tax hike won voter approval for the second year in a row. The $41.4 million budget, with a $27.3 million tax levy, calls for a 12.4-cent tax increase and passed by…
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Plan for Northpointe apartments goes south
Planning Boardunanimously rejectsproject on Lloyd Road BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer Plan for Northpointe apartments goes south Planning Board unanimously rejects project on Lloyd Road BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer MARLBORO — The Planning Board has voted unanimously to reject a developer’s application to build a 382-unit apartment complex off Lloyd Road near Marlboro’s border with…
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Police sue township for back wages
PBA lawsuit claims Middletown owes $120,000 BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer The Middletown Township police union has accused the township of withholding over $120,000 in back wages from some of its members. A complaint filed March 23 in township municipal court on behalf of the Middletown Police Benevolent Association Local 124…
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Reid Farm preservation may be on horizon
BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee and Monmouth Conservation Foundation are working together to prevent building on a large piece of township farmland. The Monmouth Conservation Foundation is fine-tuning an agreement with the property owners of the 72-acre Reid Farm to preserve about 49 acres of the…
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SEAN BRADY Elivira Krylowski (l), of Eatontown, chats with Kathy Krylowski during the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s MS walk held at Sandy Hook on Sunday. For story, see page 32.
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Matawan native killed in Iraq
BY MARC CAVELLAStaff Writer BY MARC CAVELLA Staff Writer A 2002 graduate of Matawan Regional High School was killed in combat in Iraq. U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Phillip E. Frank, 20, died April 8 from hostile fire near the towns of Fallujah and Ramadi in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, according to the national Department of…
