Category: Independent News
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Hazlet, Union Beach may pull out of BRSA
Two host towns approve resolutions ending contract with sewerage authority BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer More than 40 years ago, Hazlet, Holmdel and Union Beach formed the structure of the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority (BRSA), which has since inducted five more towns into its service area. At their last few municipal meetings of 2011, the governing…
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Independent’s top stories of 2011
1. Ill wind blows for BRSA turbine The Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority ran into opposition on its plan to erect a 386- foot-tall ind ustrial wind turbine at its facility in Union Beach. The latest wrinkle is the concern among towns that would host the transport of the 200 tons of turbine components about possible…
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Aberdeen wants new study of train station area
Council asks planner to re-examine plans for transit village BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Given the amount of time that has passed, the township plans to re-examine the 59.5 acres of land surrounding the Aberdeen train station to determine if the area should remain designated as an area in need of redevelopment. Members…
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Dery Bennett Beach Walk
Participants in the American Littoral Society’s 36th annual New Year’s Day Beach Walk held each Jan. 1 on Sandy Hook try to signal their counterparts in the New York chapter using aluminum pans to reflect sunlight. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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Cuts? Bruises? Get on the bus!
Keyport 1st Aid Squad gets medical ambulance bus for on-site treatment BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer The Keyport First Aid Squad will use Medical Ambulance Bus No. 6 for on-site medical treatment, support for emergency personnel and mass evacuation. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAN NEFF, KEYPORT FIRST AID SQUAD KEYPORT— The next time the Keyport FirstAid Squad…
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Trash becomes art at Greek Orthodox church
Youths in Kimisis art program make sculptures from recyclables BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer Recycled magazines are among the materials Kimisis Art Program students turn into art at Kimisis Tis Theotokou, a Greek Orthodox church in Holmdel. PHOTOS BY SUSAN ENGLISIS HOLMDEL — At Kimisis Tis Theotokou, children are playing with garbage, using recyclable materials as…
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Firefighters contain M’town liquor store fire
— Mike Davis MIDDLETOWN — Flames erupted early on Dec. 18 at Trezza Place, a shopping center in the Fairview section, and nearly 50 firefighters reported to the scene. According to a press release from the Middletown Township Fire Department (MTFD), a passing motorist reported seeing “heavy smoke coming from the roof air conditioning units…
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Howard Leipzig (l), his wife Karen Leipzig and their dog Missy, of Dogs on the Farm doggie day care in Middletown, deliver donated pet food to Lunch Break in Red Bank on Dec. 21. See story. page 3. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Matawan raises concerns over turbine transport
Five towns have not yet approved route for components BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI & MIKE DAVIS Staff Writers Municipalities along the transport route for a wind turbine bound for Union Beach are not yet on board with the transport of 200 tons of components through their borders. “The concern the council has, and that includes myself,…
