Category: Independent News

  • Lloyd Road project eases congestion in Aberdeen

    ABERDEEN — The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders formally dedicated the Lloyd Road reconstruction project last week. The road, which was widened to add turning lanes to ease congestion, has been open and in use since Dec. 8. “Lloyd Road is a main thoroughfare in this area of the county, and where it intersects…

  • 9/11 health care bill one signature away

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th District) said his last vote of the year was a special one. Pallone and both chambers of Congress passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health & CompensationAct on Dec. 22, a bill aimed at allocating money for health care for 9/11 first responders at…

  • Second Baptist Church celebrates 120 years of faith

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN— The Christmas season at the Second Baptist Church in the borough was filled with a little extra joy this year. The church, located at 45 Orchard St., celebrated its 120th anniversary in the neighborhood on Dec. 12, marking a milestone of faith, hope and community spirit right in the…

  • Changes would alter landscape of housing in N.

    Senate bill S-1, which was initially scheduled for a vote before the end of the year, would abolish the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) and supplant the current housing regulations with a series of new guidelines to provide low- and moderate-income housing, is currently being discussed by members of the Assembly and Senate. S-1…

  • Guild hosts holiday show

    The Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury is hosting an all-member holiday exhibit that will run through Jan. 5. “Attitude” by Nanci France-Vaz The exhibit showcases artwork by many local artists who work with various mediums and who celebrate the holidays with them. Pictured are “Attitude,” an oil painting by national award-winning artist Nanci France-Vaz…

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    Stephen Drescher, 2, takes a gander at the Jack Fuller model railroad display, “Jack’s Tracks,” during the “Go Green for the Holidays” exhibition at the Monmouth Museum in the Lincroft section of Middletown on Dec. 23. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Ideal Beach and Freneau receive Monmouth County grants

    Funding promotes recreation, open space preservation BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The municipalities of Aberdeen, Middletown and Red Bank received an early Christmas present from Monmouth County on Dec. 21. The three towns received funding for recreation, preservation and parkland improvements under the county’s 2010 Municipal Open Space Grant Program, an annual $2.5 million initiative…

  • ‘Go Green for the Holidays’

    Above: Anthony Drescher, 5, checks out the “Jack’s Tracks” train display at the “Go Green for the Holidays” exhibit at the Monmouth Museum in the Lincroft section of Middletown on Dec. 23. The annual holiday exhibition features trees and trimmings with an environmental and ecological theme decorated by local garden clubs and the Friends of…

  • Affordable housing bill draws fire from both sides

    State Council on Affordable Housing would be abolished BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Acontroversial bill aimed at substantially overhauling the state’s affordable housing regulations could be voted on by the state Senate in early January. Senate bill S-1, which was initially scheduled for a vote before the end of the year, was pulled from the…