Category: Independent News

  • Sewer project and road improvements continue

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer Sewer project and road improvements continue By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — The borough is in the process of replacing sewers at Miriam Drive and Miriam Place. Work began at the beginning of the month to replace all the sewers and water lines there, which were installed when the development…

  • Deal teen-ager dies in crash on parkway

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — An 18-year-old Deal woman was killed in a two-car accident on the Garden State Parkway on July 12. Heather Landau, Deal, died at 6:27 a.m. near milepost 114 when the 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in which she was a passenger, driven by Howell resident…

  • Sewerage authority dissolution stalled

    Public hearing Aug. 5; controversy ensues By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Sewerage authority dissolution stalled Public hearing Aug. 5; controversy ensues By elaine van develde Staff Writer HAZLET — Just when officials were trying to flush the township sewerage authority down the drain, they came up against a clog. Whether the township can disband the…

  • Fitzgerald withdraws

    from Nov. council race By erin romanskiCorrespondent from Nov. council race By erin romanski Correspondent ABERDEEN — Republican candidate Edward G. Fitzgerald has withdrawn from this year’s Township Council race. Fitzgerald, 43, of 13 Bank St., formerly served as vice chairman of the township’s Planning Board. He ran for mayor in 2001 but lost to…

  • District to repair cracked courts

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The high school tennis courts will be repaired in the next few months. The Board of Education accepted a plan from T&M Associates, Middletown, to repair the courts at a cost of $60,000, said Dominic Carrea, assistant superintendent for business and the board secretary.…

  • Steep water and sewer rate hikes expected

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT — Voters will decide in November the fate of a referendum to sell the borough’s water and sewer service, which may include water and sewer rate increases of more than 50 percent. Although the borough received two bids for the sale of its water and…

  • Town seeks Transit Village designation

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — The borough hopes applying to the state Department of Transportation to be considered a Transit Village will help it get funding for its part of the project to redevelop 104 acres surrounding the Aberdeen-Matawan train. An application was sent for this purpose through a…

  • Zone change hampers former resident’s sale

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — A former borough resident has had trouble selling his property due to a zoning change. Patrick Gorman, Greensboro, N.C., appeared at the July 15 council meeting to tell the governing body of problems he has had selling his house at 268 Main St. Gorman…

  • Red Cross offers hurricane season precautions

    The Jersey Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross, Tinton Falls, wishes to inform the public that hurricane season is approaching, and it is vital to keep our families safe by preparing for hurricane season before it even starts. Families should establish a personal evacuation plan and identify ahead of time where to go if…