Category: Independent News

  • Rail survey indicates mixed signals on MOM

    BY CHARLES W. KIMStaff Writer BY CHARLES W. KIM Staff Writer A recent poll may not be the sweeping endorsement of the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex rail proposal that officials had hoped. "They (residents) need to be educated because the majority of them are unaware of the MOM project," the June survey by McLaughlin & Associates of Alexandria,…

  • Congressman: 2 parties, president sidestep issue

    Colorado BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer Colorado’s representative says towns, states can act on immigration BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer The U.S. congressman who is one of the leading voices for immigration reform and the protection of America’s borders said both of the nation’s major political parties and President George W. Bush are to blame for…

  • Menlo Park museum brings history alive

    Collection shows breadth of Thomas Alva Edison BY MAURA DOWGINStaff Writer BY MAURA DOWGIN Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Edison historian Jack Stanley stands with an 1881 bust of Edison and a C250 Edison Diamond Disk Machine from 1918 in the Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Menlo Park Museum on Christie Street, Edison.…

  • Aberdeen Democrats remain in power

    BY JOSH DAVIDSONStaff Writer BY JOSH DAVIDSON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The township’s all-Democratic council was able to maintain full control after this year’s elections. Winners of the four, four-year seats on council were Vincent Vinci, 18 Washington Ave., who received the most votes, with 1,746; Wilhelmina Gumbs, 68, 126 County Road, who came in…

  • Narozanick says new term will be his last

    Longtime Republican freeholder staves off challenge from Pringle BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer Republican incumbent Ted Narozanick said he will begin serving his last three-year term on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in January. Narozanick, 82, a Freehold Borough resident, won his seventh consecutive term on the board by defeating Democratic challenger…

  • Democrats sweep Keyport election

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — Just because both Democratic candidates won Borough Council seats last week doesn’t mean the election is over, Republican Mayor John J. Merla said. "In their campaign, they made a lot of promises," said Merla, who is also the municipal GOP chairman. "Come Jan. 1,…

  • Open space tax defeated by 457 votes in Hazlet

    BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer HAZLET — The third time wasn’t a charm for the township’s proposed open space tax. Officials could not get voters to sanction a 1-cent per $100 of assessed property valuation open space tax. Claiming they have to save all the green that’s left in…

  • Fink narrowly wins Holmdel committee seat

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Control of the Township Committee remains in Democratic hands, with the re-election of Mayor Larry Fink in last week’s election. Fink was re-elected to a second three-year term on the committee, turning back a strong challenge by Republican Patrick Impreveduto in a race that…

  • Keyport waterfront and business district set for redevelopment

    BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer Keyport waterfront and business district set for redevelopment BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — The borough’s waterfront area has been "terribly underutilized" for too long, a Keyport Business Alliance official said. But that is about to change. "This is a 100-year opportunity for the waterfront," said Kathaleen R.…