Category: Independent News

  • Residents object to commuter-tax return

    By mary dempseyStaff Writer Residents object to commuter-tax return By mary dempsey Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Keelin Grindall, 3, takes a winter pony ride at Middletown’s “Holiday Happenings” in Thompson Park on Sunday. A proposed New York City tax on commuters has some area residents wondering why they are being tapped to fill a large…

  • Police: String of burglaries could be for drug money

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Police suspect burglaries in two different parts of the 40-square-mile township could have a common motive — drugs. Township police Detective Sgt. Joseph Capriotti said that since the beginning of November, seven burglaries have been committed in neighborhoods off routes 35 and…

  • Board targets air quality problems in schools

    By maura dowginStaff Writer Board targets air quality problems in schools By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The Board of Education has decided to establish an environmental committee to deal with the indoor air quality problems in all of the district’s schools. The committee will be chosen at the next regular meeting on Dec.…

  • Baseball field may not be ready for season’s start

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT— When the Board of Education decided to make improvements to the irrigation systems and resod the football and baseball fields last summer, it expected the work to be done in time for the high school sports teams’ competitive seasons. The football team was forced to…

  • Teaching a sense of community

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Board of Education has introduced a community service program for high school seniors that will be implemented next fall. "What I am really looking to do is increase awareness that it does pay to help out in the community," Schools Superintendent Bruce Quinn…

  • Fire delays church service

    By maura dowginStaff Writer Fire delays church service By maura dowgin Staff Writer KEYPORT — Two local priests have temporarily moved to Hazlet after an early morning blaze ripped through the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church rectory Sunday. Fire officials were alerted to the fire at 6:38 a.m. Dec. 8 after a 911 hang-up call from…

  • Armed robber hits check cashing store

    By maura dowginStaff Writer By maura dowgin Staff Writer Composite sketch released by Keyport police last week of D&L Check Cashing armed robbery suspect. KEYPORT— Police are searching for an armed robber following a Nov. 21 robbery at D&L Check Cashing store on the corner of West Front Street and Broad Street. The robbery took…

  • Financing holding up ferry delivery

    Parent company claims serviceto resume withintwo weeks By maura dowginStaff Writer Parent company claims service to resume within two weeks By maura dowgin Staff Writer Despite having no ferry service to Manhattan, the parent company of Keyport Fast Ferry is promising that the borough will have a new boat to transport passengers to New York…

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    CHRIS KELLY Keyport High School students, including senior Bonnie Bornett, 17, of Union Beach, painted the front window of Dollar World, in Keyport Plaza, on Nov. 30.