Category: Independent News

  • Holmdel clerk fills in for Hazlet clerk

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Holmdel clerk fills in for Hazlet clerk BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer HAZLET — If you’re conducting township business in Holmdel or Hazlet, you may think you’re seeing double. That’s because Holmdel Township Clerk Maureen Shepherd is temporarily doing double duty between the two towns. While serving as Holmdel’s…

  • Boro granted motion to take part in case

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Boro granted motion to take part in case BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council was granted a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by area residents attempting to stop two developers’ plans to build over 700 housing units in Aberdeen. The motion was filed in late…

  • Township Committee to meet with PTOs

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer HAZLET — They’re forging an official relationship of a different kind. With the advent of the new year and the political changeover from a Democratic to a Republican mayor, Paul Coughlin is in the process of creating a unique relationship between the governing body…

  • Former teacher indicted on murder charge

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer The recent indictment of a Christian Brothers Academy Latin teacher for the brutal August murder of an Ocean Grove woman has brought to the forefront the question of whether he will face the death penalty if convicted. Matthew Dailey, 30, of Millbrook Road, Brick…

  • Official undecided on proposed town center

    New committeeman says he will look at all sides before making a decision BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Tom Hall, who was recently appointed to Middletown Township Committee, takes a phone call at his Liberty Mutual office in Holmdel on Jan. 12. MIDDLETOWN — Tom Hall…

  • Planning Board names its new leaders

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The township Planning Board began the year with a new chairman and vice chairman. The board made new appointments at its reorganization meeting on Jan. 7. William Shenton was named to replace Wilhelmina Gumbs as planning board chairman. Gumbs was elected to her first…

  • Holmdel BOE gets referendum update

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer Holmdel BOE gets referendum update BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HOLMDEL— An update on the status of the school referendum projects was recently addressed by the Board of Education. Brian J. Meade, vice president of Vincentsen Thompson Meade Inc., the consulting firm overseeing the construction, gave a presentation to the board…

  • Smith tapped for third term as mayor

    Parkinsonfills deputy mayor post again BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Smith tapped for third term as mayor Parkinson fills deputy mayor post again BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer Joan Smith Times have changed in Middletown, but the faces of its leadership have not. For the third time, Deputy Mayor Joan Smith has been tapped…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI staff Middletown resident Mary Finnerty whoops it up at an afternoon pre-New Year’s Eve celebration Dec. 30. The party was sponsored by the township parks and recreation department for senior citizens at Jacques Catering and Reception Center, Middletown.