Category: Independent News
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Keyport looks for commuter ferry service
By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT — The borough continues to try to return commuter ferry service to its residents. More than eight months after New York Fast Ferry inexplicably stopped its commuter ferry service from the borough to Manhattan, the governing body is looking for another ferry service provider to…
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Ice cream social a success
Correspondent By erin romanski KEYPORT — The Historical Society held its fourth annual ice cream social in honor of "The Good Ol’ Summertime" at the Steamboat Dock Museum June 21. This year’s celebration represented the first time the borough combined the ice cream social with the "Return of the Trolley" for one big event held…
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Condo given to agency
By maura dowginStaff Writer Condo given to agency By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT— A local realty group donated a condominium to 180, Turning Lives Around, formerly known as the Women’s Center of Monmouth County. Lawrence Vecchio, owner of BetterHomesNJ.com V.R.I. Realtors, on West Front Street, Keyport, is not only donating the house, but the…
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Legionnaires’ disease may play role in death
By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEANSBURG — Tragedy struck a middle school in Keansburg last week when a teacher died after contracting Legionnaires’ disease. Brian Delaney, 54, of Rumson died June 17 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a fifth-grade teacher at the Joseph R. Bolger Middle School in…
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Improvements to Lake Lefferts area continue
By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — The borough is getting set to begin the second phase of a project to improve the land surrounding Lake Lefferts. State Green Acres funding will help cover the cost of building a small amphitheater and modifying the existing building at the site to comply…
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Kids to spread message about drugs, alcohol
By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Retired Middletown Detective Mike Slover chats with fifth-graders about the dangers of substance abuse during a recent graduation ceremony for a mentoring program sponsored by Slover and local schools. MIDDLETOWN — It doesn’t end here. That’s the effect retired township police…
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Woman arrested after robbery at travel agency
By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Police have arrested a Hazlet woman in connection with a robbery at a travel agency. Regina L. Diamond, 25, of Hazlet was charged with robbery, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon. Diamond was apprehended June 12…
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Land use ordinance sets master plan in motion
By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Recommendations are becoming realities. The Planning Board’s master plan, adopted in January, is a land-use model recommendation that the Township Committee is turning into a reality through ordinances. One ordinance, the first designed to use several of those planning ideals, was unanimously…
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Sandy Hook beach ramp dedicated to 9/11 victim
A new handicapped-accessible beach ramp at area "E," Sandy Hook, Gateway National Recreation Area, was dedicated June 13 to fallen Port Authority Police Officer Kenneth F. Tietjen. Tietjen, 31, a former resident of Middletown, was among the first Port Authority officers on the scene following the terrorist attack on the World Trace Center Towers on…
