Category: Independent News

  • BCC students speak out about tuition increase

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer BCC students speak out about tuition increase By josh davidson Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Brookdale Community College students rolled with the punches as the school’s board of trustees announced a 4.7-percent tuition hike for the 2003-2004 school year. While some students on campus knew of the planned increase, approved by the…

  • YMCA survey results challenged by some

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The controversy over a YMCA possibly coming to the township continues, even as the results of a survey show a number of residents approve of the idea. About 30 percent of residents who received the survey responded. The Community YMCA, Red Bank, sent out…

  • Tickets on sale for Bobby Byrne show, breakfast

    Tickets are now available for the Knights of Columbus St. Benedict Council No. 11349 "Valentine Pancake Breakfast," to be held Feb. 16 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Cost is $12 per family (no limit of family members), $4 per adult, $3 for children age 12 and younger and free for children age 5 and younger. The breakfast…

  • Burke released from custody

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT — There will be no jail time for a young man who admittedly possessed a gun that killed a Keansburg man. Eric Burke, 18, of Keyport, was sentenced Jan. 28 to three years’ probation by state Superior Court Judge Eugene Iadanza in Freehold, said Barry…

  • Registration deadline for dinner-dance Friday

    The Middletown Parks and Recreation Department will hold a "Sweethearts Dinner-Dance" Feb. 14 from 7-11 p.m. at the Jacques Reception Center, Route 36, Middletown. Registration deadline is Friday. The dance is open to couples age 21 and older, and dress is "party attire/special occasion." The cost is $75 per couple, which covers sit-down dinner, DJ…

  • Route 520 crash kills one

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — A one-car accident killed an Eatontown man and stopped morning rush hour traffic on Route 520 for three hours last week. Peter Kleewein, 37, of Eaton Crest Drive, Eatontown, was killed at 8:33 a.m. Jan. 28, when the 2001 Toyota Rav4 he was driving…

  • Matawan schools considered in station redevelopment

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer Matawan schools considered in station redevelopment By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — The impact of the redevelopment of the Aberdeen-Matawan train station on the Matawan Regional School District is being considered by officials. Both municipalities recently selected separate companies to redevelop a combined 104 acres of land. Matawan chose Columbia…

  • Residents could win fight to voice opinions through signs

    Crusade to stopspeeding continuesin Keyport By maura dowginStaff Writer Crusade to stop speeding continues in Keyport By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT — One resident’s five-year fight to slow down traffic on Main Street may be coming to an end. Joanne Staeger, Board of Education vice president and Main Street resident, has been trying for…

  • Belford ferry service starts up as ice thaws

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT — Commuters from Monmouth County will have more options for getting into New York City this week. SeaStreak started running ferries from Atlantic Highlands to both Pier 11 and East 34th Streets on Monday, said Joanne Conroy, spokeswoman for SeaStreak. In the morning, the SeaStreak…