Category: Independent News

  • Phillips set to retire as Holmdel’s top cop

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, Holmdel Police Capt. Raymond Wilson (l), the likely replacement for Chief R. Bruce Phillips (r), who will retire in January. A portrait of Chief Phillip’s father, James W. Phillips, Holmdel’s first police chief. BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The color portrait of Joseph W. Phillips,…

  • Council OKs subdivision

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer JOSH DAVIDSON The existing 1,412-square-foot house will remain and a new 1,382-square-foot home will be added as the Aberdeen Township Planning Board voted to allow a subdivision of the lot at 459 Atlantic Ave. ABERDEEN — Residents spoke out against an application before the Planning Board…

  • Arrested immigrants sue Wal-Mart, others

    Immigrants claimrights were violated BY SANDI CARPELLO & JENNIFER DOMEStaff Writers Immigrants claim rights were violated BY SANDI CARPELLO & JENNIFER DOME Staff Writers Eunice Gomez does not want to go home. Despite her inability to find work, the constant struggle to make her $2,000-a-month rent, being forced to eat noodles for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and…

  • Council delays vote on library funding

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Council voted to delay action on its funding of the Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library. The council voted 5-0 to hold off on a decision on an ordinance allocating a $4,500 down payment from the municipal capital reserve and issuing $85,500 in bonds and…

  • Middletown charity set for the holidays

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Some of the food that was donated to the VFW for the Thanksgiving baskets. MIDDLETOWN — People who give the gift of giving can be sure that the money and goods donated to Middletown Helps Its Own will not be gobbled…

  • Water and sewer rates to rise substantially

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — Borough officials are still crunching the numbers to determine just how high water and sewer rates will rise next year. Preliminary figures indicate the rates will rise 34.5 percent, less than the 40 percent hike originally predicted. If the Borough Council adopts the new…

  • Holmdel hires new assistant sup’t

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The Board of Education has hired a former school administrator from Ocean County to serve as the district’s assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction. Karlheinz Haas will be paid $123,140 a year for the position. He is slated to start work on Jan. 20,…

  • Mid’town wants new parkway exit study

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff Traffic congestion on Swimming River Road, Middletown, has prompted officials to ask the county to study prospects for creating a new parkway exit in neighboring Tinton Falls to ease traffic. MIDDLETOWN — In an attempt to quell public unrest over traffic…

  • Matawan officials find money to fix roads

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Matawan officials find money to fix roads BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council reorganized its budget so it can finish its 2002 road program after the contractor hired for the project went out of business. The council appropriated $35,000 to be used to improve MacArthur Drive and…