Category: Independent News

  • Cold weather blamed for burst water mains

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer KEYPORT — The winter’s frigid temperatures have been known to hit the borough water mains hard, causing them to break, and this year has been no different. Councilman Robert Hyer, head of the public works committee, said two water mains have broken so far this year,…

  • Recreational use possible for first aid building

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer JOSH DAVIDSON The Aberdeen Township Council is considering the possibility of purchasing the township’s First Aid and Rescue Squad building for public use. ABERDEEN — The township is in the market to buy the first aid building in the Cliffwood section. As a cost-saving measure, the…

  • Local man, 26, faces criminal sexual charges

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Authorities say they have a suspect they believe may be responsible for stalking and sexually violating women in several towns over the past few weeks. Police arrested and charged Brian M. Kutz, 26, of Red Bank with criminal sexual contact, lewdness and…

  • Trailers at ShopRite reported burglarized

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — About $18,000 in tools were reported stolen from five construction trailers at ShopRite on Lloyd Road. The incidents were reported to police between 7 and 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 5. The 32,000-square-foot ShopRite is in the process of being demolished and upgraded into a…

  • Residents recall ’63 March on Washington

    CHRIS KELLY staff Members of the Pilgrim Baptist Church Choir, Red Bank, perform at the Salem Baptist Church, Long Branch, during the beginning of Martin Luther Jr. week celebrations. "We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.…

  • Planning Board finally adopts master plan

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — After four years, the Planning Board finally adopted the township’s master plan with a unanimous vote. The adopted document will be the official master plan of the township, and Board Chairman Ralph Blumenthal said it is the board’s vision of where the township should…

  • More counseling time considered at Thompson

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Board of Education is considering employing full-time student assistance counselors at Thompson Middle School. Board member Joan Minnuies recently said she wants the board to consider funding an additional two days for its student assistance counselor at Thompson so all the middle schools…

  • Board gives Mirror Lake preliminary approval

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Planning Board held off granting final approval of a subdivision application that would bring 234 age-restricted senior housing units to the township. The project, proposed by Greenwood Holdings, LLC, Holmdel, and known as Mirror Lake, is expected to consist of 94 townhouses and…

  • Chicken bowling tests visitors’ wings

    Group fails to break chicken dance record BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Bryan Fleming, 5, of Hazlet, gives his best shot at tossing a frozen chicken in the second annual Chicken Bowling event in Keyport on Jan. 17. BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer Visitors to West Front Street in Keyport last weekend were treated to…