Category: Independent News

  • Holmdel takes funds instead of sidewalks

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen HOLMDEL — At the request of Township Engineer Edward Broberg, the township will accept a cash contribution in lieu of sidewalks in a section of the Palmer Square development. Because no sidewalk exists in the vicinity of this particular section of the development, the builder, RCG Development Corp. of Holmdel…

  • Neighbors fearful of self-storage facility

    Neighbors fearful of self-storage facility But applicant says need exists for proposed Rt. 34 complex in Aberdeen By Darlene Diebold Correspondent ABERDEEN — Testimony continued last week over a controversial application to build a five-building self-storage complex on Route 34 south near the Morganville border. The proposal, by Shore Management Inc. of Neptune, is strongly…

  • Matawan dam bill to run about $10MDespite poor condition, mayor says no danger of failure

    Staff Writer By marilyn duff Matawan dam bill to run about $10MDespite poor condition, mayor says no danger of failure Matawan taxpayers are not going to have to foot the estimated $10 million repair bill for the Lake Lefferts and Lake Matawan dams, according to Mayor Robert Clifton. Clifton also said neither dam is in…

  • Aberdeen has high hopes for redevelopment

    Staff Writer By marilyn duff An artist’s rendering of the Jefferson at Aberdeen apartment complex. Although a formal groundbreaking ceremony for the centerpiece of Aberdeen’s train station redevelopment plan has been postponed until January, work has already started on the upscale Jefferson at Aberdeen apartment complex. The ceremony had been scheduled for Saturday, but was…

  • Reindeer

    Russell House, Old Bridge, and his children, Rachel, 11/2, and Russell, 31/2, visit the reindeer Comet and Cupid at Sweet Annie’s Country Market in Holmdel Saturday. MARIE ORTIZ

  • Keyport First Aid Squad starts cadet program

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde JEFF HUNTLEY Keyport First Aid Cadet program volunteers ready themselves for an emergency call. Pictured (l-r) are Keyport High School seniors Simerjit Singh, Kristen Figaro, Jennifer Leimbach, program adviser Ken Krohe and Jeffrey Garcia. KEYPORT — The First Aid Squad wants to instill the values of volunteerism in the…

  • Holmdel sued for denying use variance for 7-Eleven Township Committee prohibits campaigning on public property

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Holmdel sued for denying use variance for 7-Eleven Township Committee prohibits campaigning on public property HOLMDEL — Quicker than getting a cup of hot coffee from 7-Eleven, the township has found itself in litigation. The Southland Corp., which owns the 7-Eleven chain, is suing both the Township Committee and the…

  • Christmas 1940s style

    Fort Hancock volunteer Alan C. Palm (r) welcomes Mary and Pat Marinaro, Livingston, to History House on Officers Row at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook Saturday for a "Fort Hancock Christmas in the 1940s" program.

  • Narozanick on the mend

    Staff Writer By dick metzgar Ted Narozanick FREEHOLD — Monmouth County Freeholder Ted Narozanick is making a comeback from heart surgery he underwent in early November about a week after he won his sixth straight three-year term on the county Board of Freeholders. Reached Monday at his office in the Monmouth County Hall of Records,…