Category: Independent News

  • Council adopts ordinance for senior housing

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Council recently amended and passed an ordinance to create an affordable housing zone which will allow at least 60 affordable senior housing apartments on Church Street at the former South River Metals factory site. The Planning Board considered a draft of the…

  • Peters honored for involvement in arts

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Deputy Mayor Rosemarie Peters is an arts enthusiast and has been recognized as such. Peters was one of four area arts advocates who last week received an award from the Mid-State Arts Resource Team (known as mART) Oct. 24 at a dinner…

  • Grover House placed on National Register

    Grover House placed on National Register The historic Grover House at Stevenson Park, West Front Street, Middletown, has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The 1730 structure was built by a descendant of James Grover, one of the original settlers of Monmouth County. It is one of four remaining examples of…

  • Middletown considering hand-held cell-phone ban

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — No matter how it’s accomplished, a common goal between towns is to make drivers keep their hands off their cellular phones and on their steering wheels. However, some in Middletown are getting impatient waiting for a statewide ban on using hand-held cell…

  • Cell antennas still looking for home in township

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer HAZLET — The township may have an ordinance against using hand-held cell phones, but officials are still trying to find a place to put antennas for two wireless telephone companies. "There are two applications before the Planning Board," Mayor Christopher Cullen said. "One is…

  • Skate park set for spring opening as bid is awarded

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — They’re paving a small lot to put up a skate park. A decade after it was brought to municipal officials as a dream, skateboarders are looking forward to the reality of the township’s first skate park. The target date for the park’s…

  • Study aims to reduce schools’ energy costs

    Results could provide guidelines for additional improvement projects By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Board of Education voted to allow a study to be done by a Union City company that board members hope will show them how to more efficiently use energy such as lighting and heating at…

  • Nursery gets ready to pull up roots and sell land

    By maura dowginStaff Writer Nursery gets ready to pull up roots and sell land By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — F&F Nurseries has called the township its home for almost 50 years, but its owners are planning to close the nursery’s doors and sell the property. F&F Nurseries has been at its 170-acre location…

  • Board of Ed. closes Indian Hill classroom

    By maura dowginStaff Writer Board of Ed. closes Indian Hill classroom By maura dowgin Staff Writer HOLMDEL — Room 4 at Indian Hill School was closed last week following a memo from the township Board of Health to the Board of Education warning of possible mold problems in the classroom. Parents of the fourth-graders who…