Category: Independent News

  • New Collier forest a tribute to Arbor Day Prudential volunteers plant 300 trees in Kateri’s back yard V olunteers from Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Co., in Holmdel, and Collier Services, in the Wickatunk section of Marlboro, spent this past Saturday playing in the dirt. The volunteers participated in a project in which they planted…

  • Celebrate Earth Day in April in Holmdel In celebration of Earth Day, the Holmdel Environmental Commission and Citizens for Informed Land Use will hold its annual Greenway Walks and Bayonet Farm Festival on April 15 and 16. The Greenway Walks begin at 9 a.m. and end at noon both days. Saturday’s walk begins at the…

  • Controversy brews in Hazlet trailer park Residents call for equal treatment from zoning officials HAZLET — An owner of two mobile home parks in Hazlet is not happy. According to Gil Santopadre, owner of Sam’s Mobile Home Park and Locust Mobile Home Park, both Route 36, favoritism reigns supreme. "The president of the tenants association…

  • Hazlet budget postponed; rate up 5¢ HAZLET — At last week’s meeting the Township Committee voted unanimously to defer voting on the budget until May 16. The committee postponed the vote to see if the township receives extra state aid, in the form of extraordinary aid. Previously known as discretionary aid, the state distributes the…

  • TAKING A STAND Patrons of the Wilson Avenue Deli in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown are being asked to join together in opposition to an application before the Middletown Planning Board for a 7-Eleven convenience store at a vacant lot at the intersection of Wilson Avenue and Route 36. A public hearing on the…

  • Chief controversy returns to Keyport Council votes 4-1 to advertise position; Merla dissents T he debate over the need for a Keyport police director is about to resurface only weeks after the death of popular Police Director Frank Miele. At its April 4 meeting, the Borough Council voted 4-1 to authorize the borough clerk to…

  • Holmdel Park Raymond Moylan, a volunteer at Longstreet Farm at Holmdel Park, prepares the land for spring crops the old-fashioned way, with a pair of work horses and field equipment.JEFF HUNTLEY

  • Families look to preserve farms Mid’town owners first to file for eight-year preservation program By doug mckenzie A pair of Middletown families with long-standing histories of farming are interested in preserving their properties against farmland development for the next eight years by entering a special state farmland preservation program. The McCormack family, which farms approximately…

  • Jazz festival Stacy Daily plays the flute during a Beers Street Middle School jazz festival and student recital at Raritan High School in Hazlet Friday. JEFF HUNTLEY