Category: Independent News

  • State funding may help with F&F purchase

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer State funding may help with F&F purchase BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Borough officials are hoping to receive a piece of the pot from Monmouth County’s open space preservation tax fund, to put towards the purchase of the F&F Nursery property, Mayor Larry Fink said. "It’s a competitive program,…

  • Council plans more parking restrictions

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Council is still looking for solutions to the municipal commuter parking problem. The council is expected to discuss parking problems on Idolstone and Olden lanes at its Nov. 18 meeting, Township Manager Mark Coren said. The council may limit parking on the…

  • Roofer seriously injured after fall

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — A roof worker is in serious condition after sustaining a head injury following a fall from a ladder at Cliffwood Elementary School. Township Patrolman Frank Maisano was the first person at the scene where Pawel Truszkowski, 29, fell at 3:39 p.m. on Nov. 10.…

  • Two sentenced in hate crime spree

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer FREEHOLD — After pleading guilty, two of five teens charged in a North Middletown hate crimes spree are now serving jail time. Of the three girls and two boys charged in the July bias crime vandalism at and around St. Catherine’s Roman Catholic Church,…

  • Road realignment debated

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — Many of the residents who showed up at a public hearing on the proposed realignment of American Legion Drive agreed that the roadway needs to be moved. But some weren’t happy with the proposed relocation, which would move the street off the waterfront and…

  • Committee OKs ban on hand-held cell phones

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer Committee OKs ban on hand-held cell phones BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The township is now the third municipality in Monmouth County to put the kibosh on having your ear to the phone while driving. The Township Committee decided to beat the state to the punch by…

  • Drivers lining up for Turkey Derby XXX

    Although all the driving champions agree that winning the driving titles in their respective divisions marked high-points of their careers, each of Wall Township Speedway’s top stars say that a crown in Turkey Derby XXX would be the perfect topping to a great season. With the famous third-mile paved oval recently announcing that "outside invaders"…

  • Township police set to enforce seat belt law

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer Township police set to enforce seat belt law BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Township police will take part in a statewide crackdown on drivers without seat belts. The Aberdeen Police Department joined over 13,000 law enforcement agencies nationally in the Click It or Ticket program on Monday. The program…

  • Clean Cars Act may see vote before year is out

    Bill would bring tighter vehicle emissionsstandards by 2006 BY ALISON GRANITOStaff Writer Bill would bring tighter vehicle emissions standards by 2006 BY ALISON GRANITO Staff Writer New Jersey has more cars per square mile than any other state in the country. According to some environmental and public advocacy groups, the state’s vast number of vehicles…