Category: Independent News

  • GPU under fire from residents and officials Holmdel wants new transmission line put underground

    By cindy tietjen GPU under fire from residents and officials Holmdel wants new transmission line put underground HOLMDEL — GPU Energy executives were put on the hot seat Monday night as residents and township officials blasted the company’s proposed upgrade which would include two miles of new transmission line through Holmdel. Mayor Gary Aumiller kicked…

  • LOOK OUT BELOW JEFF HUNTLEY

    LOOK OUT BELOW JEFF HUNTLEY — Six-year-old Sara Isaccson jumps off the diving board during what has become a rare sunny day at the Holmdel Swim Club.

  • State to provide $100K for Taylor-Butler House Funding will be used to restore association’s new acquisition

    State to provide $100K for Taylor-Butler House Funding will be used to restore association’s new acquisition MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth County Historical Association (MCHA) has been allocated $100,000 in the state budget for this fiscal year for capital improvements to the Kings Highway Taylor-Butler House, according to District 13 legislators. "This structure, which was built…

  • Genealogy Society offers tour of Reformed Church

    The Monmouth County Genealogy Society of Lincroft will have its meeting at the Old Brick Reformed Church Sept. 10 at 1:30 p.m., with a guided tour of the church at 2 p.m. The meeting is free and the church is located on Route 520, east of Route 79, Marlboro. The church was founded in 1699,…

  • Organ society to present ‘Hammond Colonnade’

    The Monmouth Organ Society will present its "Hammond Colonnade" featuring Jeff Barker on Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. The event will be at Jacques Reception Center (formerly Buck Smith’s) on Palmer Avenue in the East Keansburg section of Middletown. Donation is $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers. Donated door prizes are greatly appreciated. There…

  • Turn signal coming soon to busy junction in Matawan

    Staff Writer By paul dowd Turn signal coming soon to busy junction in Matawan MATAWAN — Help is on the way for drivers frustrated with making a left turn from Main Street onto Ravine Drive. The intersection of the two county roads, Route 516 and 6A, has been the subject of numerous complaints, according to…

  • 22-year-old Holmdel man premiering his first film ‘Driven Together’ to be

    22-year-old Holmdel man premiering his first film ‘Driven Together’ to be David Kaiserman shown Aug. 26 at Aberdeen theater By cindy tietjen Staff Writer In a promotion photograph, David Kaiserman of Holmdel gets top billing for his first film effort, Driven Together, which will premier at noon and midnight Aug. 26 at the Clearview Strathmore…

  • West Nile virus under control in Mid’town New administrator keeping tabs via Mosquito Commission

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde West Nile virus under control in Mid’town New administrator keeping tabs via Mosquito Commission MIDDLETOWN — Recently, two dead birds found in town tested positive for the West Nile virus. Still, officials feel there is no reason for alarm, saying the Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission (MCMEC) has things…

  • DOT study and Route 34 traffic moving in sync Preliminary engineering

    DOT study and Route 34 traffic moving in sync Preliminary engineering work on Lloyd Rd. junction a year away ABERDEEN — Township residents concerned about gridlock in the vicinity of the Route 34-Lloyd Road intersection should not expect any relief soon. According to state Department of Transportation spokesperson John Dorgarian, an intersection study is in…