Category: Independent News

  • Board reconsiders

    HSS field proposals BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Board of Education is reconsidering proposals to renovate High School South, and its surrounding area, for a third time. The board passed a motion made by board member N. Britt Raynor to table a resolution that would reject two bids…

  • Board OKs extension of Witmer’s contract

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Board OKs extension of Witmer’s contract BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Superintendent of Schools David Witmer will be on the job for an additional two years. The board approved a two-year extension to Witmer’s contract, which is now slated to end June 30, 2008, by a 6-1 vote at…

  • Town hall closed after ceiling collapse

    Administrator: Hazlet municipal offices are relocated & functioning BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer Administrator: Hazlet municipal offices are JEFF GRANIT staff The ceiling of the personnel office at Hazlet Town Hall collapsed March 31 after heavy rain. relocated & functioning BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer A ceiling collapse prompted township officials to shut down the Hazlet municipal building…

  • Unlocked cars targeted in recent series of thefts

    BY MARC CAVELLAStaff Writer Unlocked cars targeted in recent series of thefts BY MARC CAVELLA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — About $1,000 worth of property and loose change were taken from several cars last week during a 12-hour rash of thefts from unlocked parked cars in the township. The thefts took place between about 9 p.m.…

  • Town OKs $110,000 to preserve historic house

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff The Holmdel Township Committee bonded for the purchase of a historic preservation easement for this 300-year-old Dutch farmhouse, 78 Crawfords Corner Road, that has been linked to Penelope Stout. HOLMDEL — A historic Dutch farmhouse that has been linked to a legendary woman…

  • Area couple charged with shoplifting

    BY MARC CAVELLAStaff Writer BY MARC CAVELLA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Township police arrested a husband and wife in connection with a shoplifting incident at the Route 34 Stop and Shop. Police were called to the store at 8:07 p.m. March 18 after the store’s security personnel allegedly saw the couple acting suspiciously. Brian Scott Menasse, 34,…

  • Tourette Association seeks Educator of the Year nominees

    The board of directors of Tourette Syndrome Association of New Jersey (TSANJ) is accepting applications for its 2003/2004 Educator of the Year Award. The award is presented annually to a New Jersey public or private school educator who has made a significant contribution to the education and well-being of a student with Tourette syndrome (TS).…

  • Board and MTEA join forces to save lives

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The township’s Board of Education and teachers union agreed to a joint project to fund a device that may save lives in the school district. The board agreed to match a sum of $20,000 proposed by the Middletown Township Education Association to bring automatic…

  • Program promoted as a way to aid employment

    Proposal made as many newcomers seekjobs every day BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Program promoted as a way to aid employment Proposal made as many newcomers seek jobs every day BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Advocacy groups for Monmouth County’s day laborers have come up with a proposal that they hope will help workers…