Category: Independent News

  • 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,…

  • Aberdeen condo hearing delayed due to late taxes Planning Board also postpones final approval of Orchards subdivision

    Staff Writer By paul dowd Aberdeen condo hearing delayed due to late taxes Planning Board also postpones final approval of Orchards subdivision ABERDEEN — A Planning Board hearing on a Route 34 condominium complex has been postponed until January. The hearing on Greenwich at Aberdeen, a proposed 64-townhouse complex on Route 34 south near the…

  • Holmdel police seeking two suspects in store robbery

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Holmdel police are seeking the above suspects in connection with a theft from the Party Warehouse in the Holmdel Towne Center plaza. HOLMDEL — Police are investigating a theft which took place at Party Warehouse in Holmdel Towne Center, on Route 35 and Laurel Avenue, on Friday, Nov. 24. According…

  • Center application nearing completion

    Scaduto, Azzolina Jr. say company has control of the entire Rt. 35 Mid’town tract By elaine van develde Staff Writer Despite strong opposition and an incomplete application, Azzolina Land Corp. owners say building a Middletown town center is not only plausible, but a public service to boot. Amidst an anti-town center campaign launched by the…

  • Keyport Dems to fill vacancy caused by recent resignation Democrat Daniel Nicholl cites recent job change

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Keyport Dems to fill vacancy caused by recent resignation Democrat Daniel Nicholl cites recent job change Keyport may have two new faces on the Borough Council next year due to the recent resignation of Councilman Daniel Nicholl. After six years behind the dais, Nicholl resigned, effective at the close…

  • Tree Lighting

    Members of the Strathmore Elementary School choir (r), wearing reindeer antlers, perform at the Dec. 6 tree-lighting ceremony at the Aberdeen municipal center. Choir member Ian Davis (inset) also played jolly old St. Nicholas. JERRY WOLKOWITZ