Category: Independent News

  • 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…

  • Teachers promote reading with help from Dr. Seuss

    MIDDLETOWN BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Teachers promote reading with help from Dr. Seuss BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The 100th birthday of Dr. Seuss was honored recently by the Middletown Township Education Association Members of the teachers’ union held an early celebration of the famous children’s book author’s March 2 birthday, also known…

  • Council kills redevelopment zoning change

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Council kills redevelopment zoning change BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — In response to a lawsuit filed by residents opposing two proposed projects to build more than 700 residential units in Aberdeen, the Township Council removed 45 properties from its redevelopment plan. The council introduced an ordinance removing optional redevelopment…

  • ‘Orchidstrating’ a symphony of color

    Passion for flower has filledgreenhouse with nearly 1,000 plants BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Passion for flower has filled greenhouse with nearly 1,000 plants BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI Dennis S. Dayan shows off a mini purple orchid that he has grown in the greenhouse at his Deal home. He has won…

  • Committee considers bids for professionals

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — After asking the Township Committee to seek public bids in the awarding of professional contracts, Committeeman Terence Wall was schedlued to address a proposed ordinance Feb. 23 that requires competition for all professional service contracts. Wall, who is expected to run for re-election in…

  • Fire destroys Hazlet factory

    Thirty-yearfamily business up in smoke BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Thirty-year family business up in smoke CHRIS KELLY staff Members of Hazlet’s North Centerville Fire Company check out the debris that Phyllis Street factory Air Molded Products was reduced to after a fire Monday morning, which closed off Garden State Parkway Exit 117. BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer…

  • DOT to present plans for

    Route 35 improvement BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN —The state Department of Transportation will present its plan to improve portions of Route 35 to the public next month. The state’s Department of Transportation is expected to present its planned improvements to Prospect Avenue and Route 35 going north toward Old…