Category: Independent News

  • Redevelopment plan for police barracks adopted

    Mayor: Holmdel seeks low-impact use for site BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The Holmdel Township Committee unanimously adopted a redevelopment plan for the 1.6-acre former New Jersey State Police Barracks site, located at the intersection of Route 35, Centerville Road and Union Avenue, at a regular meeting on May 18. Holmdel Township is seeking redevelopment…

  • Primary slates for GOP, Dems

    MIDDLETOWN — Three Republican candidates will compete in the primary on June 8 for two ticket spots in the general election. The terms of Committeeman Sean Byrnes and Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger expire at the end of this year. Scharfenberger will run against Republicans Kevin Settembrino and Anthony Avallone. Only two candidates, Byrnes, running for re-election,…

  • Environmental groups oppose power plant

    PurGen official says plant would be clean, safe BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Local environmental groups are trying to block a proposal for a power plant that would include a 100-mile-long underwater pipeline transporting pressurized liquid carbon dioxide around Sandy Hook, through Raritan Bay and along the coast of New Jersey. Led by the New…

  • Family Fun Day,

    Cathy Noonan, Atlantic Highlands, and Linda Arlen, Eatontown, give directions to a visitor to Family Fun Day, which included environmental and historical programs held at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook on May 23. CHRIS KELLY

  • 180 seeking victim advocacy volunteers

    The private nonprofit organization 180 Turning Lives Around, which is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual violence, will be conducting a training course this fall for confidential sexual violence advocate (CSVA) volunteers. Applications are currently being accepted, and interviews will begin shortly. Confidential sexual violence advocates with 180’s Sexual Violence Program are civilians who…

  • Keyport festival

    Left: Teens participate in the IHOP pancake-eating contest at the official opening of Waterfront Park in Keyport on May 22. Below: Jelly Bean the Clown makes balloon creations for her young audience.

  • Watershed council to host beach seining survey

    KEYPORT — Members of the Bayshore Regional Watershed Council will conduct the first-ever Summer Seining Survey at four sites along Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay on Saturday, May 29, The public is invited to come out to watch and help monitor water quality. Seining team members will be citizen scientists. A 30-foot seine net…

  • BCC Big Band summer concert lineup

    MIDDLETOWN — The Brookdale Big Band will swing into the summer season, with concerts slated at venues throughout the county. The Monmouth County Fair will host the band on July 25 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at an afternoon concert. The Aug. 27 evening concert at Franklin Lakes Park, West Long Branch, will start…

  • State Fair to open June 17 at Meadowlands Fairgrounds

    State Fair Meadowlands will return, bigger and better than ever, to East Rutherford this summer, with 19 days full of action-packed fun for all ages. New Jersey’s largest, annual familyfriendly event will run daily June 17 – July 5. This year’s fair will feature four new shows – Piccadilly Circus, with daring acrobats, hilarious clowns…