Category: Independent News

  • Mid’town adopts budget with 1.1-cent tax hike

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Mid’town adopts budget with 1.1-cent tax hike BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Middletown is, once again, the first municipality in the state to adopt its budget. Last year the township was first to adopt its municipal spending plan and this year has followed in the same tradition. The Township…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Brookdale’s Joe Leone, of Middletown, pulls down a rebound during a recent Jersey Blues’ win over Atlantic Cape Community College in region tournament play.

  • Mat-Ab Board of Education adopts $54.3 million budget

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Mat-Ab Board of Education adopts $54.3 million budget BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Board of Education unanimously approved the introduction of a $54.3 million tentative school budget that calls for tax increases of 28 cents per $100 of assessed valuation in Aberdeen and 26 cents in Matawan. The…

  • Area towns relieved about state aid hike

    Area towns relieved about state aid hike Local municipalities received state aid increases in the 2004 state budget recently released by Gov. James E. McGreevey. Keyport received $1.1 million in state aid this year, for a $24,731 increase over last year. Councilman Robert Bergen, head of the finance committee, said the borough faces a budget…

  • Music by women, but not for women only

    Concert spotlights women composers BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer There is a deep vein of unmined gems running through the history of classical music. It is the golden music of women composers stretching back at least as far as the 12th century German composer Hildegard von Bingen. Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179,…

  • Petition denied by edu­cation commissioner

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Petition denied by edu­cation commissioner BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The state’s education commissioner has denied a petition by a group of teachers against High School South Principal Daniel Lane. New Jersey Commissioner of Schools William L. Librera announced his decision to deny a petition through a letter to…

  • Interlocal agreement in question

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MATAWAN — An interlocal agreement for health services among four area municipalities may be in jeopardy. Officials from Matawan, Keyport, Holmdel and Keansburg met last month to discuss continuing the interlocal agreement that makes up the Matawan Regional Department of Health. Matawan is the lead agency…

  • Library donation boosts reconstruction funding

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The township library’s $8.6 million face lift is a little bit closer to being funded. Township residents Robert and Joan Rechnitz made a $100,000 donation Feb. 18 to the library’s foundation, which was formed to offset costs for the to-be-revamped building. The…

  • Liquor license law to change

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer HAZLET — Getting a liquor license may soon become a little tougher for some new businesses. The Township Committee introduced an ordinance Feb. 24 that would rescind a portion of an existing ordinance prohibiting a new business from obtaining a liquor license if it…