Category: Independent News

  • Township finds a home for AT&T cell tower

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Township finds a home for AT&T cell tower By elaine van develde Staff Writer HAZLET — There may be a ban on hand-held cell phones in the township, but a new cell tower is still going up. The Township Committee, at its May 6 meeting, passed a resolution allowing AT&T…

  • Ephraim Hughes named Citizen of the Year

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Following years of focusing on giving township residents a voice, Ephraim Hughes was named the borough’s 2003 Citizen of the Year. Hughes was presented with a plaque commemorating the honor at the May 6 Township Council meeting. "I was surprised and certainly humbled by…

  • Drunken driving hits Holmdel High School

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT James Riley, playing the role of a drunken driver during the Project Crash demonstration at Holmdel High School, tries to walk a straight line for Holmdel Police Officer Jon Holmes May 9. HOLMDEL — Township high school students may now think twice before drinking…

  • Affordable housing closer to reality in Aberdeen

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer Affordable housing closer to reality in Aberdeen By josh davidson Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Council and Planning Board are setting plans in motion for the construction of new age-restricted and low- and moderate-income housing. The council approved board recommendations to add age-restricted and low- and moderate-income housing to the…

  • Town center application lingers; public will speak

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Town center application lingers; public will speak By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Two town center applications are not better than one, and time is on no one’s side. There was a time when the developer of the proposed $150 million, 137-acre mixed-use development thought two applications would…

  • Council cuts $50,000 from school budget

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT — The Borough Council cut $50,000 from the defeated 2003-2004 school budget. The cut will have little effect on the $7.1 million budget, said Wes Kain, borough attorney. The council left it up to the Board of Education to decide where the budget was to…

  • Library moves

    to A&P By elaine van develdeStaff Writer to A&P By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Residents will soon be able to read where they used to shop. As the main branch of the township library on New Monmouth Road closes temporarily for renovations, its books and services will be moved to the former…

  • Police search for thieves preying on the elderly

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — Borough police are looking for a group of gypsies who allegedly stole $500 from a borough residence. Two adults and a child are suspected by police of knocking on an elderly resident’s door, entering the home and robbing the homeowner. Sometime between 1 and…

  • Fire guts Chili’s business

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — A kitchen fire forced the local Chili’s Grill and Bar to temporarily shut its doors. The chain restaurant, located in the Holmdel Towne Center on Route 35, will be closed until the end of the week following a May 8 fire that began at…