Category: Independent News

  • Klavon discusses alternatives at first forum on construction referendum

    Staff Writer By paul dowd ABERDEEN — The big question facing the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District is whether to renovate a former elementary school building or to add on to existing facilities. That was one of several issues raised at Monday’s public forum on the possibility of a referendum, which drew more than 100 residents…

  • More from the Halloween parade

    An unnamed walrus wanders down the road in the Keyport Halloween parade Sunday. JEFF HUNTLEY

  • Brookdale celebrates Arts Center reopening Performing Arts Center at Brookdale gets a face lift

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Brookdale celebrates Arts Center reopening Performing Arts Center at Brookdale gets a face lift MIDDLETOWN — The curtain went up Friday at the Performing Arts Center at Brookdale, but this time the facility was the star of the show. Trustees, faculty, staff, students and others gathered at the arts center…

  • Breakup not expected to affect local AT&T sites

    Breakup not expected to affect local AT&T sites Faculty and friends of Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, gathered at the opening of the newly renovated Performing Arts Center. AT&T Corp.’s announcement last week that it plans to create a family of four new companies, each operating under the "AT&T" brand, will have little impact on Middletown…

  • Green Acres officials visit Keyport ferry site Officials agree to ferry’s use of Fireman’s Park parking lot

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Green Acres officials visit Keyport ferry site Officials agree to ferry’s use of Fireman’s Park parking lot KEYPORT — The ferry is one sloop closer to Keyport now that proper approvals are in the works. On Friday, borough officials met with a representative from the state Department of Environmental…

  • $20,000 grant secured for Murray Farmhouse

    JEFF HUNTLEY All dressed up and ready to re-create Colonial times, historic interpreter Maureen Leach leads students through the woods at Poricy Park, Middletown, on farm chores. The event earmarked the acquisition of funding to refurbish the park’s Murray Farmhouse. MIDDLETOWN — The Poricy Park Citizens Committee will receive a $20,000 grant for repairs and…

  • Ab’deen OKs subdivision; condo application tabled

    Church St. subdivision approved with variances; Route 34 plan delayed By paul dowd By paul dowd ABERDEEN — Residents packed last week’s Planning Board meeting to contest one application, but in the end a different application received all the debate. More than 50 people showed up to hear an application for Greenwich of Aberdeen, a…

  • ME AND MY SCARECROW —

    Andy Deltuvia, Lincroft, puts the finishing touches on his family’s scarecrow creation during Turkey Swamp Park Day Oct. 15 in Freehold Township. MARIE ORTIZ

  • Animal rights group sets lecture on experimentation

    New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance, the largest animal rights group in Monmouth and Ocean counties, will give a presentation on the use of animals in experimentation at the Hazlet library, Middle Road, Hazlet, Oct. 25, 7-8:30 p.m. For more information, contact Matt Fancera at (732) 446-8565.