Category: Independent News

  • 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

  • Army Corps to study Cliffwood Beach seawall By Paul Dowd ABERDEEN — Help is coming for the eroding Cliffwood Beach seawall, but it will take a while. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting a feasibility of the wall, but actual repairs are still two to three years away. The seawall was completed in…

  • SIGNS OF SPRING Laura Lukanik, a volunteer at Longstreet Farm at Holmdel Park, shows off a baby lamb born Friday.JEFF HUNTLEY

  • BCA not giving up in ferry dispute Group says recent count shows 1,709 spaces; way more than county’s 1,040 By Doug mckenzie MIDDLETOWN — The Belford Citizens Association (BCA) is hoping that its persistence pays off. In response to the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders’ recent approval of plans for the Bayshore Ferry dock…

  • Realty group picked to revitalize Fort Hancock Red Bank firm’s proposal includes mixed uses, plus bed and breakfast By MARILYN DUFF T he longtime dream of restoring the historic Officers Row at Fort Hancock is inching toward reality. On Thursday, Marie Rust, Northeast regional director of the National Park Service, announced that she has invited…

  • Matawan-Ab tax rates drop with extra state aid Aberdeen rate down 1.2 cents; Matawan rate up 1.3 cents By Paul Dowd ABERDEEN — Pending the outcome of the April 18 election, Aberdeen residents will get a tax break with next year’s school budget, while Matawan residents will see a slight increase. The tax rates have…

  • Suspect charged in Brookdale threats Computer trail leads to 21-year-old campus student By doug mckenzie A dministrators at Brook-dale Community College in Lincroft are hopeful that the school’s classes and programs will not face any further interruptions following last week’s arrest of a Spring Lake Heights man in connection with at least two recent bomb…

  • Keyport OKs business district, town budgets Municipal tax remains flat; first-year BID budget is $47,000 By Doug mckenzie KEYPORT— Noting that the borough is in "good financial shape," Borough Council members unanimously adopted the 2000 municipal budget last week, which means that residents will not see a rise in taxes for the fifth year in…