Category: Independent News

  • Developer seeks zoning

    FARRAH MAFFAI A builder is seeking a zoning change for the 112-acre S.S. White dental division property on South Holmdel Road, Holmdel. The site has been vacant for a number of years. change at S.S. White site Builder wants two-acre cluster zoning, plus office building site By darlene diebold Staff Writer HOLMDEL — A developer…

  • Restrictions proposed for off-road vehicles

    Staff Writer By Alison Granito MATAWAN — An ordinance slated for second reading before the Borough Council on Aug. 6 would restrict the times and places where off-road vehicles could be ridden within the borough. According to Mayor Robert Clifton, the council was prompted to introduce the ordinance after receiving a large number of noise…

  • Residents clamoring for truck weight limit Matawan may

    Residents clamoring for truck weight limit Matawan may proceed on its own; Old Bridge worried about new problems By alison granito Staff Writer Residents of Middlesex Road in Matawan say that large trucks that travel down their residential street cause their walls to shake and their windows to rattle — and they are not going…

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    SARAH McCOLGAN Bruce Freeman, a blacksmith at Longstreet Farm at Holmdel Park, demonstrates his technique at the Monmouth County Fair Saturday at East Freehold Park in Freehold Township.

  • Work under way on Belford ferry project Work is expected to be completed

    By elaine van develdeStaff Writer by the fall 2002 Work under way on Belford ferry project Work is expected to be completed By elaine van develde Staff Writer To the anxious, waiting to break ground on the Belford commuter ferry project has been tantamount to watching paint dry in the rain. The county project, which…

  • HOLMDEL — While the township is not ready to move forward with construction of a new library, it has announced its intent to do so.

    HOLMDEL — While the township is not ready to move forward with construction of a new library, it has announced its intent to do so. At the recommendation of Pat Koziol, president of the nonprofit Friends of Holmdel Library (FOHL), the Township Committee at its July 9 meeting agreed to notify the New JerTownship hopes…

  • American Revolution in New Jersey goes online

    The 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Celebration Commission announced a new Web site dedicated to reporting the events and activities surrounding the eight-year anniversary of the organization, American Revolution in New Jersey, beginning this year. The site, www.state.nj.us/state/225commission, provides information on upcoming events, museum exhibitions, a winter conference, the executive order creating the commission,…

  • Purchase of four-acre ‘animal farm’ approved

    MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee adopted an ordinance last week authorizing the acquisition of a four-acre tract between Church Street and Broadway in the Belford section of the township. The acquisition is part of an ongoing commitment to slow growth and protect open spaces. "The township’s acquisition of this vacant property will help to relieve…

  • Stracquatanio fights for right to develop Hazlet has its eye on the three-acre Union Avenue site

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Stracquatanio fights for right to develop Hazlet has its eye on the three-acre Union Avenue site HAZLET — Angelo Stracquatanio was made an offer he says he can and will refuse concerning his property. It’s a land use issue that has resurfaced at least a few times in the…