Category: Independent News

  • Ordinance will reward all Keyport volunteers Councilman’s original proposal expanded beyond EMS volunteers

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Ordinance will reward all Keyport volunteers Councilman’s original proposal expanded beyond EMS volunteers KEYPORT — The Borough Council has authorized the borough attorney to draft an ordinance rewarding local volunteers. The ordinance will stipulate that any volunteers donating their time to borough-connected work will receive a waiver on permit…

  • Holmdel bakery is strictly for the dogs The Doggone Bakery offers pets a healthy food alternative

    Staff Writer By cindy tietjen Holmdel bakery is strictly for the dogs The Doggone Bakery offers pets a healthy food alternative MARIE ORTIZ Ripley studies the organic bacon, tomato and garlic biscotti Brandy Bonilla just whipped up for him and her Doggone Bakery customers, while her daughter Nathalie, 6, plants a kiss on him. HOLMDEL…

  • ‘Introduction to Judaism’ offered in Aberdeen

    The New Jersey-West Hudson Valley Council of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations will sponsor "Introduction to Judaism," on Thursday evenings, Sept. 7 – Jan. 11, 2001, 7:45-9:45 p.m. The 16-session course is open to members and nonmembers, and will be held at Temple Shalom, Ayrmont Lane and Church Street, Aberdeen. A single registration fee…

  • Kiwanis Club to sponsor blood drive in Hazlet

    Due to a dangerously low blood supply, the Kiwanis Club of Holmdel has planned a blood drive at the "Bloodmobile" on Aug. 23, 6-9 p.m. The drive will be at the Piccolo Cafe, Route 35 south, Hazlet. All donors will receive a $15 gift certificate to Piccolo Cafe. Individuals unable to attend should stop at…

  • Keyport to give ferry service another try Committee will get Green Acres approval before bids are sought

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde Keyport to give ferry service another try Committee will get Green Acres approval before bids are sought KEYPORT — The borough is forging ahead toward a ferry service but will address a small wake of opposing arguments before finalizing a deal. The sentiment at last week’s Borough Council meeting…

  • MARIE ORTIZ

    NOW SEE HERE — President Abraham Lincoln, played by Dr. Gordon Vincent, Basking Ridge, confronts a soldier during a Civil War re-enactment last weekend at the Moses Heath Farm on Harmony Road in Middletown.

  • Court denies challenge to Grand Union expansion Aberdeen store plans to expand into former Jamesway site

    Staff Writer By paul dowd Court denies challenge to Grand Union expansion Aberdeen store plans to expand into former Jamesway site ABERDEEN — Two lawsuits, two victories for the township Planning Board in the past three months, as a state Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of the Grand Union application. Judge Patrick McGann…

  • Mid’town to address floor area ratio

    Staff Writer By elaine van develde MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee plans to amend floor area ratio (FAR) requirements in commercial and large-lot residential zones. It also wants to enlarge buffer areas between commercial and residential properties. Floor area ratio is a building’s dimensions in relation to the total area of the lot it occupies.…

  • JEFF HUNTLEY

    COMMUNITY FUN — Jimmy Ducharme, 4, and his 3-year-old twin sisters Delia and Kyle take time out from the rides to check out the french fries at the Community Fire Company’s fair Friday in the Leonardo section of Middletown.