Category: Independent News

  • The music may be over for district band teacher

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT — Parents and students are backing the district’s band teacher, who will not be rehired next year. Tiffani Slattery, district band teacher for the past three years, was notified by the Board of Education by mail on May 14 — the same day the annual…

  • Borough man beaten with bottle, robbed

    By josh davidsonStaff WriterMATAWAN By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — Borough police arrested one adult and two juveniles who are suspected of beating and robbing another borough male on June 3. During a five-minute scuffle, the suspects allegedly used a glass bottle to beat the victim and steal his wallet, which contained cash. Ralph…

  • Boro to negotiate with train station land developer

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — The borough is set to negotiate redevelopment details with its selected developer for the property surrounding the Aberdeen-Matawan train station. The Borough Council designated Lawrence Bathgate of Bathgate, Wegener & Wolf, P.C., Lakewood, as its special counsel for the discussion at the June 4…

  • Citizens’ fleet proposed for emergency planning

    Dr. Michael Weinstein, president of The New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium (NJMSC) has proposed the development of a Citizens’ Fleet comprised of volunteers whose private vessels would transport people, equipment, and supplies to and from Manhattan in case of an extreme emergency. Under the auspices of the NJMSC and its New Jersey Sea Grant College…

  • Shuttle service may be on the horizon for fall

    Funding, partneredservices not yet secured By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Funding, partnered services not yet secured By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Officials may be ready to "dock and roll" with a new bus shuttle service, but they have opted to iron out financial and responsibility issues before riding with it. A county-sponsored,…

  • Firefighter arrested for sending false radio alerts

    KEYPORT — A borough firefighter was arrested on Friday for interfering with emergency fire communications. Township Police Lt. Thomas Mitchell arrested Edward Champion, 33, 55-B Fulton St., and charged him with seven counts of interception and interference with emergency communications and seven counts of possession of a radio to intercept emergency communications, according to Capt.…

  • Erosion forces boro to fence off bulkhead

    By maura dowginStaff Writer Erosion forces boro to fence off bulkhead By maura dowgin Staff Writer MARY DEMPSEY The deteriorating bulkhead at the end of Cedar Street shows signs of wear. KEYPORT— A section of Benjamin Terry Park has been fenced off because the bulkhead is deteriorating. "There is potential for someone to get hurt,"…

  • Redevelopment of town center area rejected

    Middletown officialslook toward implementingmaster plan By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Middletown officials look toward implementing master plan By elaine van develde Staff Writer While the Middletown town center controversy remains raw, the area is not ripe for redevelopment. The redevelopment idea was recently mulled over by township officials. It was done in an effort to…

  • Ducks found beheaded on beach

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer Ducks found beheaded on beach By josh davidson Staff Writer ABERDEEN — A religious cult may be behind the recent beheading of four ducks in the township. The ducks were found on Cliffwood Beach at Lakeshore Drive on June 1 at 1:30 p.m. after police received an anonymous phone call, said…