Category: Independent News
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Laurel Ave. upgrades nearing completion Red Hill-Van Schoick realignment to start around year’s end By cindy tietjen One major phase of the AT&T Laurel Avenue road improvements in Holmdel and Middletown should be completed by the end of June, with a second expected to begin by the end of the year. The improvements are to…
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Belford Seafood Co-op Andrew Dennis of Middletown captures a scene on canvas at the Belford Seafood Co-op on Thursday. The co-op may have a new neighbor on the other side of Comptons Creek soon, as the county prepares to open bids for its Belford Ferry terminal.JEFF HUNTLEY
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Keyport officials set to get possible glimpse of the future Officials, residents to try out Fast Ferry service Saturday By doug mckenzie With the Keyport Borough Council approaching a decision on a proposed commuter ferry service in its harbor, residents and officials alike are being invited to get a firsthand look at the boats that…
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Lincroft section HOT STUFF — Firefighters in the Lincroft section of Middletown extinguish the flames coming from a garbage truck which caught on fire while traveling on Middletown-Lincroft Road around noon Friday.DOUG McKENZIE
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Matawan approves municipal budget 4-3 By paul dowd MATAWAN — By a narrow 4-3 vote the Borough Council adopted a $7.5 million 2000 municipal budget. The budget includes a $3.1 million tax levy and a decrease in the tax rate of 1.2 cents to 75 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. Republican Mayor Robert Clifton…
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Middletown concerned about Rte. 35 corridor Study looks at ways to control traffic generation through land use By Doug mckenzie MIDDLETOWN — Residents who are unhappy with the increasing amount of traffic traveling on the five-mile Route 35 corridor within the township can rest assured that the Township Committee shares their concerns. At its workshop…
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Mobile home park zoning problems still unresolved Mayor plans to meet with zoning officers, homeowners group AZLET — Mobile home park issues dominated last week’s Township Committee meeting. During the public portion of the meeting, Jim Brady, president of the Hazlet Mobile Homeowners Association, took the microphone to discuss zoning problems in Hazlet’s trailer parks.…
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Road improvements are set to begin in Aberdeen ABERDEEN — The township’s 2000 road improvement program will begin Monday and continue into the summer. Five township roads, Deborah Lane, Incline Place, Cambridge Drive, Matawan Avenue and Faith Lane, are slated for various improvements this spring and summer. Deborah Lane is the first of the five…
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Mayor rips Merla over use of fax Councilman reimburses borough $6 for faxing GOP press release By doug mckenzie KEYPORT — Borough Councilman John Merla is on the hot seat again after Mayor Kevin Graham learned that Merla used a fax machine in Borough Hall to send press releases promoting the borough’s two Republican candidates…
