Category: Independent News

  • New faces win two seats in Matawan

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Andy Lopez MATAWAN — The Republican Borough Council candidates cruised to victory on Nov. 3. Newcomers Andrew Lopez Jr. and Toni Angelini swept the two, three-year term seats for the Matawan Borough Council. Angelini garnered 1,524 votes and Lopez tallied 1,483 votes out of 5,323 votes cast, according to the…

  • After heated election, Fink keeps Twp. Committee seat

    Provisional ballots give incumbent 26-vote lead BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer In a tight race for a Holmdel Township Committee seat, a count of provisional ballots on Nov. 9 at the Monmouth County Board of Elections office in Freehold revealed that incumbent Larry Fink won re-election by 26 votes. Holmdel Committeeman Larry Fink confers with…

  • Curley’s win gives GOP control of county govt.

    Middletown resident claims seat on freeholder board BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The Republican Party exerted its stronghold in Monmouth County on Election Day, Nov. 3, and newly elected Monmouth County Freeholder John P. Curley was part of that overwhelming GOP victory. John P. Curley According to election results posted on the Monmouth County…

  • Provisional ballot count determines election results

    Provisional ballot count determines election results     Two tight races in the Bayshore region were determined by the counting of provisional ballots at the Monmouth County Board of Elections on Nov. 9.     In the closest race in the county, Keyport Borough Councilwoman Christian Bolte won re-election by a single provisional ballot over challenger Ed…

  • Republican incumbents returned to 13th District

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Amy Handlin MATAWAN — Republican Assembly members Samuel Thompson and Amy Handlin, both incumbents, swept the District 13 General Assembly race on Nov. 3. Thompson and Handlin will begin their seventh and third terms, respectively, in the New Jersey State Legislature in January. The incumbents were challenged for their two-year…

  • Bolte retains seat by a single vote after tie in Keyport

    Gross wins race, will fill Hill’s seat BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer In the tightest race in Monmouth County, Keyport Borough Councilwoman Christian Bolte won re-election by a single provisional ballot over challenger Ed Burlew. Keyport Councilwomen Susie Sefcik and Christian Bolte (l-r) and Mayor Robert Bergen await the results of the provisional ballot count…

  • ZEST Heart of New Jersey chorus never misses a beat

    Sweet Adelines chapter welcomes women who enjoy singing and performing BY ADELE YOUNG Staff Writer They’re not rock stars, but they probably have more fun singing together than many of today’s musical titans. Members of the Heart of New Jersey chorus, under the direction of Jane Holden (center), practice for their annual show Nov. 15,…

  • Mitchell reflects on 24 years with Keyport Police Department

    Chief began five months of vacation time Nov. 1 BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Keyport Police Chief Thomas Mitchell was never supposed to be a cop. The men in his family had been Newark firefighters for generations, and the same was expected of him. Thomas Mitchell Instead, he took a different path in civil service.…

  • Aberdeen receives grant for hazardous waste cleanup

    BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — Township officials announced that Aberdeen has received $55,340 from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Municipal Grant Program. The funds will be used to pay for an environmental investigation at a 1.34-acre Church Street site that was previously leased to Matawan Borough for a…