Category: Independent News

  • Middletown may sell more train station permits

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde MIDDLETOWN — Despite fears of overcrowding during the holidays, officials are tinkering with the idea of offering more train station parking permits to the public. Thoughts on the subject were bandied about at last week’s Township Committee workshop meeting. The committee agreed to look into selling 37 permits until…

  • Holmdel panel to pick school plan

    Preliminary report from ad hoc group due Dec. 6 By cindy tietjen Staff Writer The Holmdel Board of Education has appointed a 20-member ad hoc committee on school population growth, which will look at possible solutions to the growth issues in the district. According to the board, the committee’s main responsibility will be to make…

  • Anti-town center effort growing Petition seeks open space tax increase

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Anti-town center effort growing Petition seeks open space tax increase As the day draws nearer for the Azzolina Land Corp. to present its plans for a town center to Middletown’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, adversaries of the center are honing their opposition strategy. An overflowing crowd of approximately 150…

  • Victory!

    Members of the St. John Vianney High School varsity girls soccer team in Holmdel celebrate their Central Jersey Parochial A title Thursday after defeating Holy Cross High School, Delran, Burlington County, in the championship game at Thompson Park in Middletown. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • Substitute dilemma takes toll on Mid’town District may hire permanent substitutes as independent contractors

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Substitute dilemma takes toll on Mid’town District may hire permanent substitutes as independent contractors MIDDLETOWN — There just aren’t enough substitutes to go around in Middletown schools. It is a problem that has plagued the district for some time and is now in need of a permanent solution. Permanent…

  • Holmdel board unsure about Lily Tulip appeal Waiting for developer to act on court’s unfavorable ruling

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Holmdel board unsure about Lily Tulip appeal Waiting for developer to act on court’s unfavorable ruling JERRY WOLKOWITZ Mountains of dirt cover the remains of what was once the Lily Tulip cup manufacturing plant. The Route 35 site in Holmdel is being cleared for adult housing and medical center components.…

  • Matawan counting on Smart Growth funds Council would match $88,000 with $22,000 in borough funds

    Staff Writer By paul dowd Matawan counting on Smart Growth funds Council would match $88,000 with $22,000 in borough funds JERRY WOLKOWITZ Matawan is hoping to get a Smart Growth grant to help with its downtown and railroad improvement district revitalization efforts. Pictured above is the intersection of Main and Little streets. MATAWAN — With…

  • MAD ABOUT HATS —

    Pat Delaney (l) sips tea with her daughters Kathleen McNamara and Holly Wade at the Keyport Historical Society’s "Victorian Tea & Fashion Show — The Mad Hatter" Saturday at the Keyport Yacht Club. MARIE ORTIZ

  • Keyport getting ready to award hall contract Second round of bidding drew 17 proposals

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Keyport getting ready to award hall contract Second round of bidding drew 17 proposals KEYPORT — The bids are in for the new municipal complex, and this time the price is right for officials. The borough received 17 new bids on Oct. 31. "The apparent lowest bidder," according to…