Category: Independent News

  • Reorganization Meetings

    Jan. 1Aberdeen noon Municipal CenterKeyport noon Central SchoolMatawan noon Municipal CenterHazlet noon Cullen CenterJan. 6 Jan. 1 Aberdeen noon Municipal Center Keyport noon Central School Matawan noon Municipal Center Hazlet noon Cullen Center Jan. 6 Middletown 2 p.m. Town hall Jan. 7 Holmdel 7 p.m. Town hall

  • Matawan to hold $700K year-end tax lien sale Victoria House owes borough over $450,000 in taxes, services

    Staff Writer By Alison Granito Matawan to hold $700K year-end tax lien sale Victoria House owes borough over $450,000 in taxes, services MATAWAN — A tax lien sale has been scheduled for Dec. 31 to combat "significant delinquencies" which could affect the borough’s financial health next year. According to borough officials, the accelerated tax sale…

  • Outgoing Holmdel committeeman plans to remain active

    Staff Writer By darlene diebold Gary Aumiller HOLMDEL — Although he’s gone, he will not soon be forgotten. After serving nine years in elective office, Deputy Mayor Gary Aumiller is leaving — officially anyway. Aumiller expects to remain active on different boards in the township if appointed by Art Davey, whom he expects to continue…

  • Pedersen loved hectic life of a councilman

    Staff Writer By darlene diebold Wade Pedersen KEYPORT — With the departure of Democratic Borough Councilman Wade Pedersen at the end of the year, the employees at the Public Works Department may be losing their council boss, but not their good friend. After nine years on the council, Pedersen, who lost a reelection bid in…

  • Keyport hall plans are back on track Appellate court reverses order to vacate building contract award

    Staff Writer By darlene diebold Keyport hall plans are back on track Appellate court reverses order to vacate building contract award An appellate court has upheld Keyport’s contract award for a borough hall, enabling construction of the long-awaited project to begin. On Thursday, three Superior Court appellate judges sitting in Trenton reversed the findings of…

  • Board commits $5K to Odyssey competition

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE HAZLET — If the challenge is aptly met and the funds fall into place, township students will be making their own odyssey to Colorado in 2002 to compete in the worldwide Odyssey of the Mind competition. They did it last year, and the Board of Education is confident enough…

  • Planner reviews master plan procedure with civic group

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE MIDDLETOWN — The civic leaders of the township would like to be the masters of the master plan’s fate — or at least help steer it in the direction of a few good planning ideas. With the Planning Board preparing to revise the master plan in the coming months,…

  • Holmdel voters say yes to $27 million expansion $18,876,242 referendum passes by 425-vote margin

    Staff Writer By linda denicola Holmdel voters say yes to $27 million expansion $18,876,242 referendum passes by 425-vote margin FARRAH MAFFAI FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS — Bryan Postelnek, 12, Middletown, and his father, Bob, sing a prayer during the traditional lighting of the menorah for the Festival of Lights at the Red Bank train station Saturday.…

  • Strike problems not for governing body to resolve Mayor frowns on seven-day Middletown teacher walkout

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Strike problems not for governing body to resolve Mayor frowns on seven-day Middletown teacher walkout MIDDLETOWN — Tradition dictates that the mayor holds the keys to the city, not its schools. So goes the story in Middletown, where in light of the recent teacher strike, as much as the…