Category: Independent News

  • Mayor pushes to rescind some construction fees

    KEYPORT — Mayor Robert J. Bergen cast the deciding vote at the Nov. 23 Borough Council meeting to approve introduction of an ordinance that would rescind several fee increases. A public hearing on the ordinance will be held at the Dec. 7 meeting. The fees pertain to backflow devices, landlord registration and certificates of occupancy…

  • Voices of September 11th documents lives lost

    Archive will hold workshops at Middletown Library on Dec. 16, Jan. 6 BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Staff from Voices of September 11th will be at the Middletown Township Public Library on Dec. 16 and Jan. 6 to archive and document the lives of those lost for its 9/11 Living Memorial. Those who…

  • Mat-Ab biz administrator heads to No. Brunswick

    Board will seek interim until new superintendent is in place BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Matawan-Aberdeen Board of Education announced another departure from its team of school administrators at a meeting on Nov. 22. Business Administrator and board Secretary Susan Irons submitted a letter of resignation to the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District…

  • Warshaw nominated for prosecutor’s post

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Aveteran member of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office is in line to become the county’s next prosecutor. Gov. Chris Christie has nominated Peter E. Warshaw Jr., the current first assistant prosecutor, to serve a five-year term as the county’s top law enforcement official. The nomination was made on Nov. 22…

  • Mid’twn to sell vacant parcels

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The township plans to sell several undeveloped and unneeded plots of land to bring in some revenue. “These are excess lots that the township has acquired over the years through various means, foreclosure and tax sales,” Township Administrator Anthony Mercantante explained. Mercantante said that the lots are in…

  • Cutting aides will save Mid’twn district $200K

    Bilbao cites over-reliance on paraprofessionals BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Middletown Board of Education tabled a vote to terminate/reduce non-mandated district paraprofessionals at its meeting on Nov. 17 to give parents a chance to digest the changes. Superintendent Karen Bilbao said that the district noticed in October that it was exceeding its paraprofessional budget…

  • ‘Coastlines’

    The New Jersey coast has had a major influence on two local artists whose artwork is currently on exhibit at the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. Lake” by Anthony Migliaccio “Coastlines,” featuring paintings by Debbie Redden and Anthony Migliaccio, consists mainly of small-scale works of the Jersey coast and from recent travels. The exhibit…

  • Holmdel BOE approves contract with teachers’ union

    Agreement calls for retroactive pay, zero increase for 2011-12 BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer After several months of negotiations, the Holmdel Board of Education unanimously approved a four-year agreement with the Holmdel Township Education Association (HTEA), a document that includes a zero percent increase for HTEA members for fiscal year 2011-12, on Nov. 17. The…