Category: Independent News

  • 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…

  • Planning Board approves oxygen storage tank for Victoria House

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN— The borough Planning Board approved a site plan on Dec. 7 for the installation of an oxygen storage tank outside the Victoria House, an assisted-living facility on Freneau Avenue. Margaret Nolan, executive director for Victoria House, said the oxygen would be supplied to dependent individuals who cannot breathe on…

  • Matawan picks consultant for energy audit

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer MATAWAN — The Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution designating T&M Associates of Middletown as the borough’s consultant for an energy audit. The company, an engineering, planning and environmental consulting firm, will advise the borough about reducing costs for heating, cooling, water heating, lighting and electricity in a detailed report.…

  • Township recognizes public works director

    ABERDEEN — The Township Council has honored its longtime Public Works Director Jim Lauro with a proclamation honoring him for 42 years of service. Lauro, who is retiring, joined the municipality’s (then Matawan Township) staff in 1967 as a laborer in the Public Works Department and was promoted to parks foreman in 1976. In 1981,…

  • In the Service

    Army National Guard Pvt. Anthony Bryant Jr. has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla. A 2005 graduate of Matawan Regional High School, Aberdeen, he is the nephew of Rodney Radden of Matawan and the grandson of Margo Gardner of Roselle. Army Reserve Pvt. Felicia M. Hughes has graduated from basic combat…

  • Stimulus helps fund Imperial Oil cleanup

    Federal government continues remediation of toxic site in Marlboro BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — The final stages of cleanup at the contaminated Imperial Oil site are under way and the hope among public officials and area environmentalists is that the hazardous site will soon be pristine and rid of its dangers. The 15-acre…

  • Stork Club

    Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announced the following local births: Kimberly and James Cook of the Leonardo section of Middletown, a son on Nov. 23; Sharon and Ron Jackson of Middletown, a son on Nov. 28; and Lisa and Daniel M. Catena of Hazlet, a son on Nov. 28.