Category: Independent News

  • 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…

  • Farm family opposes Park Avenue project Mid’town amends ordinance preserving McCormack farm By dOUG McKENZIE Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The township hit a bump in the road on Monday in its attempt to approve an ordinance which would put a township farm into a special state eight-year farmland preservation program. At its workshop meeting on…

  • Bird wary “f07p1_lg.jpg” width=”250″ height=”218″ border=”0″ alt=””> Rose Savkov, Kinnelon, is apprehensive about holding a cockatoo at the Deep Cut Gardens Spring Festival in Middletown Sunday. SEAN GUTHRIDGE

  • Court hears gay Scout case By paul dowd Staff Writer L ast Wednesday, U.S. Supreme Court justices heard arguments on the controversial case over whether gays should be allowed to join the Boy Scouts of America. It was the last day for arguments for the current term, and the justices will decide by July whether…

  • Fink wants candidates reminded of sign rules By cindy tietjen Staff Writer HOLMDEL — With the June 6 Primary Election right around the corner, candidates are starting down the long road to what they hope will be a victory. With all that campaigning comes mailings, personal appearances and, of course, political signs. Larry Fink, who…

  • Middletown digging into defeated budget Committee planned to hire accountant to help with process By doug mckenzie Staff Writer W ith the recent defeat of next year’s school budget by a narrow 82-vote margin, the burden of reviewing it for possible cuts now falls on the shoulders of the Middletown Township Committee. However, because the…

  • Koi attraction “f02.jpg” width=”246″ height=”250″ border=”0″ alt=””> Koi were a big attraction at the annual Spring Festival Sunday at Deep Cut Gardens in Middletown. The Mid-Atlantic Koi Club was on hand to provide information about the carp and the ponds they live in. SEAN GUTHRIDGE

  • Keyport may let fire chiefs reside outside the borough Proposal would allow chiefs to live in nearby towns By doug mckenzie Staff Writer T he borough’s fire chiefs may no longer need to reside in Keyport. An ordinance amendment introduced April 18 would amend the current ordinance which requires that fire chiefs live in the…

  • Evergreen Street business disputes recent criticism Garage, vacant building at the center of ongoing dispute By cindy tietjen Staff Writer HAZLET — While some residents of Evergreen Street are hoping for a change in their neighborhood, others are satisfied with the status quo. Peter Volpe, owner of a landscape business that operates out of a…