Category: Independent News
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CHRIS KELLY Middletown North’s Meaghan Keating clears the bar at 4 feet 8 inches during the girls’ high jump event at the Monmouth County Relays at Red Bank Regional High School in Little Silver on Saturday.
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Township Committee may be coming to the small screen
By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The members of the Township Committee all agree that putting their meetings on cable television for the public to view is a good idea. The township’s cable television committee has been working with local cable television provider Comcast Cable to do just that. The…
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Train station developer under state scrutiny
By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council is taking a wait-and-see approach involving a state review of one of the developers it recently appointed to develop the Aberdeen-Matawan train station. Mayor Robert Clifton said he will wait for the results of a state Office of the Attorney General’s…
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Keyport Planning/Zoning Board may split into two
By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT— After being sworn in as mayor on Jan. 1, one of John Merla’s first orders of business was to introduce a new ordinance to separate the unified board Planning/Zoning Board into two entities. The new Zoning Board is expected to have five members with two…
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Sewer issue creates a stink
By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The governing body is being sued by Westor Partnership because of sewers. Westor Partnership is the owner of a piece of land on Route 520 between South Holmdel Road and Route 34 in the southwestern part of the town, which had been approved in…
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Gould is set to lead Matawan council
New president willserve a one-year term,replacing Buragina By josh davidsonStaff Writer New president will serve a one-year term, replacing Buragina By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — Newly-appointed Borough Council President Donna Gould wants to help move the municipality forward. "I’m absolutely thrilled," Gould said. "I have so many ideas I want to put in…
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Peters, Smith set to lead Middletown government
By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI A snowy leaf in Monmouth County displays the remnants of the flurries that blew through the area Sunday night through Monday afternoon. MIDDLETOWN — It’s déjà vu of a different kind. Familiar faces have been at the helm in the township for…
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Mayor and deputy mayor trading places in Hazlet
By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer HAZLET — You could say that things are "Piechy" in the township. Steven Piech has stepped up from deputy mayor to mayor. Sworn in at the township’s reorganization meeting on Saturday, the lifelong Hazlet resident and first-time mayor is anxious to follow through with…
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Area crafters spread cheer
By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer ABERDEEN — A small group of volunteers from Holmdel made the holiday season a little brighter for some area residents. The Creative Crafters of St. Benedict’s Roman Catholic Church, Holmdel, met at a member’s house in Aberdeen earlier this month to wrap handmade gifts to be…
