Category: Independent News

  • Township to fund library project

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Council approved funding for the Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library. The council voted 6-0 to pass an ordinance allocating a $4,500 down payment from the municipal capital reserve and issuing $85,500 in bonds and short-term notes for the library project at its Dec. 2…

  • Holmdel seeks alliance coordinator

    BY VINCE ECHAVARIAStaff Writer BY VINCE ECHAVARIA Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The township is looking for a new municipal alliance coordinator. The new part-time position was previously performed on a volunteer basis. Now it requires approximately 20 hours per week, with a salary range between $18,000 and $25,000. The job opening was announced by the…

  • District gets $4,000 to aid special programs

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer District gets $4,000 to aid special programs BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer HAZLET — Every little bit counts. That was what schools’ Superintendent Renae LaPrete had to say about a $4,000 grant the district received after an online application was submitted on a whim. "This grant is called an…

  • Artist’s work teaches more than science

    Originally done as textillustrations, work has message of inclusion BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Originally done as text illustrations, work has message of inclusion BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Larry Jay Patterson hopes his artwork will make principles of science accessible to a broad spectrum of children and adults. The mere mention of terms…

  • Residents speak out against Mirror Lake

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Residents at a recent Planning Board meeting said a planned age-restricted housing development will cause traffic problems in the area. Greenwood Holdings LLC, Holmdel, appeared before the board Dec. 4 to give testimony regarding traffic details of the company’s planned Mirror Lake at Aberdeen…

  • Master plan awaits planners’ final OK

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOLMDEL – While the township grew rapidly over the past few decades, that will not be the case in the future, the Planning Board chairman said. "Holmdel is significantly more developed that it was 10 or 20 years ago," said chairman Ralph B. Blumenthal.…

  • Writer forever linked to ‘Unchained Melody’

    Feelings for youngwoman inspiredwords to famous song BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Feelings for young woman inspired words to famous song BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer Ask anyone over the age of, say, 30, if they remember the song "Unchained Melody" and they will likely begin to sing you the lyrics — "Oh, my love, my…

  • New deputy clerk is thrust into clerk’s seat

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — She may not have bargained for hitting the ground running in her new position as township deputy clerk, but Heidi Abs has no intention of falling off the high-speed treadmill that is now her job. After only a couple of months as…

  • Keyport man unearths buried treasure

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Keyport resident Stuart Harris thumbs through a book of pictures taken by his late cousin, Frank Worth. Harris had the book published after Worth died in 2000. BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — When Stuart Harris arrived in California to pack up his late cousin Frank Worth’s belongings, he…