Category: Independent News

  • Borough water rates set to change in 2010

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN — Water rates in the borough will vary from household to household come 2010. The Borough Council amended and approved the borough’s general water ordinance to a consumption price basis at the Dec. 15 meeting. The council revised and passed the ordinance despite a no vote from Councilman Joseph…

  • County receives reimbursement for rebuilding visitor center

    MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders has received the final $1,597,959.87 reimbursement check for the reconstruction of the Thompson Park Visitor Center. The 20,000-square-foot Colonial Revival mansion was destroyed by fire on Feb. 6, 2006. The structure has been rebuilt and reopened to the public on July 12. “We are pleased to…

  • Festival of Lights

    Top: Aharon Ross lights the large menorah during a ceremony held at the Aberdeen Municipal Complex on Dec. 17. The menorah lighting was part of a Hanukkah celebration, which also included music, arts, crafts and refreshments. Bottom: Ross welcomes people to the menorah-lighting ceremony. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Matawan approves water plant bond ordinance

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council approved a bond ordinance Dec. 15, providing an appropriation of $6.5 million for improvements to the borough’s water treatment plant. The ordinance, introduced Dec. 1, will address various facility upgrades, including the rehabilitation of two water tanks and improvements to the distribution system. T he…

  • Snow snarls switches on local rail line

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Commuters heading to midtown Manhattan faced delays of up to 40 minutes due to icy track switches on the North Jersey Coast Line earlier this week. The switch problems occurred near New York Penn Station and affected all trains going inbound toward New York City and outbound toward the Jersey…

  • Recycling the news to create art

    Middletown sculptor creates art from newsprint BY LINDA DENICOLA Correspondent Italy’s loss is the American contemporary art world’s gain. And for Italian sculptor Riccardo Berlingeri, who now lives in Middletown, the loss of his teaching job released a fury of pent-up self-expression and discomfort with what was going on in the world. The twin needs…

  • NOTESAround Town

    St. Benedict School, Holmdel, donated an estimated 500 toys to the local Toys for Tots for their annual Advent project. Master Sgt. Hislip and Lance Cpl. Williams from the U.S. Marines Corps came to the school to collect the toys. By the time they were finished loading their van, it was completely full. The St.…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff Lloyd Road School Assistant Principal Richard Abrahamsen tosses up a shot during a game at the fourth annual Student-Faculty Basketball Night held at Matawan-Aberdeen Middle School gymnasium in Cliffwood on Dec. 17. Another photo, page 9. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Few left on Human Rts. Commission in Mid’town

    Embattled advocate of disabled regains seat after lawsuit settled BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer T he township’s Civil Rights Commission, the oldest in New Jersey, will see its membership continue to dwindle beginning next year because the Township Committee has not appointed any new members in at least two years. Carolyn Schwebel As of Jan.…