Category: Independent News
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Board finalizes $26.9M
Board finalizes $26.9M school expansion plans Taxpayers will be asked Dec. 11 or Jan. 28 to fund $18.6M of the cost By darlene diebold Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The Board of Education has finalized plans for an $18.6 million school construction referendum which will include a major expansion of Village School to include separate wings…
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Middletown teacher talks resume tonight
VERONICA YANKOWSKI Students arrive for their first day of school at Middletown High School North on Thursday. Parents still fear strike threat; opening smooth By alison granito Staff Writer VERONICA YANKOWSKI Marykate Smith, a junior at Middletown High School North, talks with reporters about the possibility of a teachers’ strike Thursday. Contract negotiations between the…
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Home Depot eyeing Middletown
Staff Writer By elaine van develde Whether a "big box" retailer can thrive without the "big box" portion of its business remains to be seen. But Middletown Township officials are offering the option to Home Depot. They’ve passed an ordinance prohibiting the type of retail establishment that uses forklifts, has a warehouse and operates partially…
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ During the annual Keyport Snapper Fishing Contest Saturday for ages 1-15, sisters Ashley Hammond, 7, (foreground), and Brittany, 6, lean over the rail at the town pier to get a better view of the bay. For more pictures of the Keyport Harbor Commission event, see page 20.
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Bicentennial Park group wants plan scaled back Developer needs variance for age-restricted housing
Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Bicentennial Park group wants plan scaled back Developer needs variance for age-restricted housing MIDDLETOWN — What’s a swamp to some is a sanctuary to others. There’s an application before the Zoning Board that’s generated much neighborhood angst and fueled a fight that may have only just begun over whether…
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Traffic study slated for Lincroft Village area Rose Street residents complain shoppers use their street as a shortcut
Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Traffic study slated for Lincroft Village area Rose Street residents complain shoppers use their street as a shortcut MIDDLETOWN — The traffic situation on Rose Street isn’t so rosy. The situation also seems to hold true for other streets situated off Route 520 (Newman Springs Road) in the Lincroft…
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Nike site unsuitable for housing, town tells feds Officials outline their case against Monmouth Housing’s planned use
Staff Writer By darlene diebold Nike site unsuitable for housing, town tells feds Officials outline their case against Monmouth Housing’s planned use HOLMDEL — The Township Committee finally got what it had been asking for on Aug. 27, when representatives from the federal General Services Agency (GSA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
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Down to the wire in Middletown Township
JERRY WOLKOWITZ A billboard along Route 35 south in Middletown last week cautions about a potential crisis if a contract settlement was not reached by September. Injunction handed out Tues.; mediator invokes news blackout By alison granito Staff Writer A state mediator issued a press blackout Tuesday afternoon prohibiting the Middletown Board of Education and…
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Belford ferry opening moved to Dec. 2002
Belford ferry opening moved to Dec. 2002 By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Just when critics thought a Belford ferry service would be riding a wake toward a somewhat timely opening, the need for bigger, faster boats has postponed startup to the winter of 2002. It’s a project that critics have charged would…
