Category: Independent News

  • New home planned for Public Works Dept.

    By maura dowginStaff Writer New home planned for Public Works Dept. By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT — The borough is planning to give the Public Works Department a permanent home. A new public works facility is being planned for the corner of Rollo Place and Chingarora Avenue. The Borough Council introduced an ordinance May…

  • Township may regulate political sign placement

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Politicians and their backers may need to be careful where they place political signs in the township in the future. Local officials are considering a new law regulating the placement of political signs in the township. There is no law regulating where signs can…

  • Swim club is looking to im­prove business

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Swim club is looking to im­prove business By elaine van develde Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY The Hazlet Swim and Tennis Club opened May 24 to teaming rain and no patronage. Township officials are trying to beef up membership in the club which has fallen over the past couple of years.…

  • Condo plan changes may include some townhouses

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT— Controversial condominiums are being replaced with proposed townhouses. "We’ve gone back to our planner and architect to see what would make sense [for Keyport]," said Eric Witmondt, a representative from Woodmont Properties, located in Parsippany. Two plans are being proposed for the corner of First…

  • 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…

  • Councils agree to last-minute budget cut

    Matawan-Aberdeen school budget to lose $477,000 By josh DavidsonStaff Writer By josh Davidson Staff Writer It came down to the wire, but the town councils of Matawan and Aberdeen jointly agreed to a $477,000 cut from the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District’s $51.1 million budget. Resolutions with that amount were passed at separate regular meetings May…

  • DOT to study Rte. 35 traffic

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer DOT to study Rte. 35 traffic By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — When it comes to traffic on Route 35, timing is everything. That’s what officials think. So they requested in April that the state Department of Transportation (DOT) conduct a study of the major corridor to ultimately…

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    JEFF GRANIT U.S. Navy Engineer Charles J. Robertson is greeted with a grand homecoming, but all eyes were on his wife, Jenny, and daughter, Quinn, 6, after Robertson’s ship, the USNS Mount Baker, sailed into port at Naval Weapons Station Earle, Middletown, on Tuesday.

  • Zoning Board throws out town center application

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — After one and a half years of listening, the Zoning Board decided it could not hear the case for a town center. The quasi-judicial board voted that the zoning change The Mountain Hill Group, LLC, wanted in its quest to develop a…