Category: Independent News
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Keyport woman charged in Jan. 2 hit and run
Keyport woman charged in Jan. 2 hit and run Police traced vehicle through broken grill parts By cindy tietjen Staff Writer KEYPORT — With only two small pieces of an automobile’s broken grill, police were able track down a suspect and make an arrest in connection with a Jan. 2 hit-and-run accident on Broad Street.…
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Holmdel board to hear growth recommendation Ad hoc committee on school growth to meet with board tonight
Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Holmdel board to hear growth recommendation Ad hoc committee on school growth to meet with board tonight HOLMDEL — After numerous meetings, the ad hoc advisory committee on school growth will make its final recommendation to the Board of Education at 8 p.m. today The board appointed the 20-member ad…
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Board rescinds resignation Action comes after three board members walk out of closed session
Staff Writer By Alison Granito Board rescinds resignation Action comes after three board members walk out of closed session ABERDEEN — Voting without three members who resigned only moments earlier, the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional Board of Education agreed to rescind the resignation of Daniel Skelton as principal of Matawan Avenue Middle School. Skelton, who resigned in…
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STORMY WEATHER —
STORMY WEATHER — Fortunately for area residents, Friday’s weather was not cold enough to turn the daylong downpour to snow. Still, standing water like this at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft made driving difficult for some. MARIE ORTIZ
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Matawan may limit truck traffic on Middlesex Road
Staff Writer By Alison Granito MATAWAN — The Borough Council is looking into developing an ordinance that would place a weight limit on trucks traveling through the borough on Middlesex Road. Mayor Robert Clifton said that the township has received a large number of complaints from residents about increasingly heavy truck traffic in that area.…
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In Mid’town, shovel your walk or face a stiff fine Township officials inundated with complaints
Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE In Mid’town, shovel your walk or face a stiff fine Township officials inundated with complaints MIDDLETOWN — Snow isn’t the only wrath of nature officials have had to deal with this winter. A rash of summonses doled out to enforce a 30-year-old snow-shoveling ordinance has made some residents fighting…
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Middletown open space regs may be tightened Developers could not just designate detention basins, wetlands as open space
Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Middletown open space regs may be tightened Developers could not just designate detention basins, wetlands as open space MIDDLETOWN — With the introduction of a new ordinance, officials hope to increase the amount of usable open space throughout the township. Although Middletown has an ordinance on the books which…
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New town center plan has a school Middletown schools superintendent is pleased; critics leery
Staff Writer By elaine van develde New town center plan has a school Middletown schools superintendent is pleased; critics leery Plans for the proposed Middletown town center have already been viewed by the curious and the critical. Still, that didn’t stop Mountain Hill, LLC, from unveiling conceptual designs last week as if they were something…
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Revised state plan closer to adoption Speakers urge more incentives to push compliance
Staff Writer By lindsey siegle Revised state plan closer to adoption Speakers urge more incentives to push compliance Farmers, environmental groups, members of the public, elected officials and builders had their say on the future of development in the state, and particularly the county, last week. More than 20 people addressed representatives of the State…
