Category: Independent News

  • Parking made illegal on streets near H.S. North

    Parking made illegal on streets near H.S. North MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee voted to ban parking on seven streets surrounding High School North in order to stop overflow student parking. The seven streets are in addition to five where parking is already prohibited. The idea to expand the no parking zone came after a…

  • Telling tales of ships wrecked at sea

    Lifesaving stations played critical role in successful rescues By sherry conohanStaff Writer By sherry conohan Staff Writer Now the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, this lifesaving station played a critical role in maritime safety for the region. The lifesaving stations of the New Jersey coast and the derring-do of the men who manned them in their…

  • Tests confirm Mid’town teen died of heroin ODTownship minor faces drug charges

    By dick metzgarStaff Writer By dick metzgar Staff Writer Drug charges have been lodged against a 17-year-old boy from Middletown after results of a toxicology test confirmed that the cause of death of an 18-year-old Middletown resident was an overdose of heroin, according to Monmouth County Assistant Prosecutor Peter Warshaw. On the morning of May…

  • Memoria Project rejects site offered by county

    Freeholder says another county facility could accommodate work By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer The Memoria Project Inc. has decided against taking the county up on its offer to locate the Sept. 11 memorial at the Mount Mitchill Overlook in Atlantic Highlands. After revisiting the site the county offered recently, the project’s…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Keyport resident Bobby Fox casts his net to catch some bait at the docks before a fishing trip Sunday.

  • Economist cautious about predicting better times

    Dean of Bloustein Schooldiscusses post-recessionN.J. at chamber meeting By clare marie celanoStaff Writer Economist cautious about predicting better times Dean of Bloustein School discusses post-recession N.J. at chamber meeting By clare marie celano Staff Writer MARK LAMHUT Dr. James Hughes, dean of the Edward Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, New…

  • New ferry service to begin in October

    Politics blamedfor early start date By elaine van develdeStaff Writer Politics blamed for early start date By elaine van develde Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI The new ferry terminal in the Belford section of Middletown houses a waiting area, ticket booths and restrooms. Ferry services will begin on Oct. 28. The earlier-than-expected Oct. 28 start-up of…

  • No decision yet in police and horse manure case

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer By elaine van develde Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — While the stench of a months-old incident involving horse manure, scathing letters and the police department has subsided, neither side is completely out of it yet. As a result of an April incident, an internal disciplinary action and a court case are…

  • Action plan adopted by Aberdeen

    By josh davidsonStaff Writer By josh davidson Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The township makes efforts each year to correct bookkeeping mistakes and improve its way of keeping track of funding. This year, it passed a resolution accepting the corrective action plan in response to the 2001 audit performed by Fallon and Fallon Certified Public Accountants,…