Category: Independent News

  • 2 Holmdel officials like open market idea Aumiller, Davey say concerns based on inaccurate information By marilyn Duff and Cindy Tietjen A t the request of Senate Majority Leader John O. Bennett (R-12), the New Jersey Highway Authority has tabled a proposal to run an open air market in an overflow parking lot at the…

  • Naval Weapons Station der=0 bgcolor=”#D0D0D0″> Joanne Kelley, of Colts Neck, greets her husband, Chad, at the Naval Weapons Station Earle pier in Leonardo on Sunday upon his return from a six-month tour of duty aboard the USS Seattle in the Persian Gulf region. JACKIE POLLACK

  • County defends parking count at ferry terminals Asks Corps of Engineers to ignore Belford Citizens Association charges By Doug mckenzie MIDDLETOWN — There’s a numbers game going on in connection with the county’s plans to build a commuter ferry terminal on Comptons Creek in the Belford section of the township. A grass-roots organization which has…

  • Loew’s store seeking OK to build in Holmdel Upscale products store would be built across from Costco By CINDY TIETJEN HOLMDEL — The Planning Board is considering the possibility of letting a Loew’s Home Improvement Store make its home in Holmdel. The proposed site for the store would be on Route 35 and Miller Avenue,…

  • Matawan takes action to eliminate eyesore der=0 bgcolor=”#D0D0D0″> JERRY WOLKOWITZ The Matawan Board of Health has declared this Clinton Street house, which is located across the street from a park and the Clinton Street Youth Center, a health hazard. See below for another view. By paul dowd MATAWAN — The Board of Health has condemned…

  • County braces for mosquito season So far, there’s no evidence of West Nile virus, official says By paul dowd With springtime comes warmer temperatures, seasonal rains and mosquitoes. After last summer’s outbreak of the West Nile virus throughout New York and New Jersey, officials and experts are taking the necessary precautions in preventing any widespread…

  • Mid’town officials like what they see Township Committee impressed with spaciousness of Banfield der=0 bgcolor=”#D0D0D0″> SEAN GUTHRIDGE During a walk-through on Monday, Ben Curci (l), Middletown’s superintendent of recreation, and Township Committee members Joan Smith, Raymond O’Grady, Mayor Rosemarie Peters and Joan Smith examine a Fairbanks-Morse scale used to weigh trucks that was left behind…

  • Planners OK 53-unit Orchards at Aberdeen Matawan revitalization group invites Aberdeen board to participate By PAUL DOWD ABERDEEN — A new housing development in Cliffwood is one step closer to becoming a reality. The Planning Board passed a resolution at its March 15 meeting to allow the Orchards at Aberdeen, a development of 53 single-family…

  • Growing AT&T traffic worries Holmdel A n angry Holmdel resident suggested suing Middletown for placing the burden of AT&T’s traffic problem on Holmdel. At Monday’s Township Committee meeting, Barbara Schucko, Van Schoick Road, expressed her concerns to Mayor Gary D. Aumiller and the committee. She was speaking on behalf of a group of about 10…