Category: Independent News

  • Murder suspect pleads innocent to charge

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The 27-year-old Middletown man accused of killing the maintenance supervisor at the apartment complex where he lived, and was about to be evicted from, has pleaded innocent. Stephen J. Condit appeared Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. before state Superior Court Judge Michael…

  • Boro council takes first step to bring back ferry

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer KEYPORT — The Borough Council is one step closer to bringing commuter ferry service back to Keyport. The council held a public hearing Feb. 17 to allow residents to voice their comments on its application to the state for permanent diversion that would pave the way…

  • Residents fear traffic from 382 apartments

    BY LARRY RAMERStaff Writer BY LARRY RAMER Staff Writer Several members of the public believe that a proposed apartment complex on Lloyd Road just south of the Aberdeen border would make travel in this area of Marlboro very difficult. Meanwhile, a resident disclosed that developer Michael Weitz, who is proposing to build the Northpointe apartments,…

  • 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…

  • Teens charged in deadly car accident

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Police made two arrests in connection with an alcohol- and speed-related car accident that killed a 20-year-old Middletown man last month. Police arrested and charged Kathryn A. Brown, 19, 89 Radcliffe Drive, on Feb. 21 and charged her with "one count of providing an alcoholic beverage…