Category: Independent News

  • Three seeking seats for freeholder

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer T hree Monmouth County residents are seeking a threeyear term on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in the Nov. 3 election. Sean Byrnes Republican John P. Curley is a resident of Middletown. He is the vice president of Jim Curley Pontiac, Buick, GMC in Lakewood. Democrat Sean F.…

  • Residents unsure when to seek aid for regular flooding

    Committee introduces bond to shift funds to flood project BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Even as the Township Committee prepares to fund renovations to Port Monmouth’s drainage system, residents are uncertain about when they should contact emergency services for aid with water-filled streets. Resident Kevin Halek said he called police Sunday, Oct. 18,…

  • Halloween Costume Parade,

    Good witch Bridget Purcell joins marchers in the Keyport Emergency Services’ eighth annual Halloween Costume Parade, which made its way along West Front Street to Keyport Central School on Oct. 25.

  • Study for Harrison Ave. redevelopment under way

    Twp. also seeks funding for remediation of site BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Council unanimously voted on Oct. 20 to support a redevelopment study of a former industrial site near the train station in Aberdeen. The property at 100 Harrison Ave., formerly occupied by the Ernst Zobel Co., is under the…

  • Colin McTernan dressed as the Mad Hatter

    FRANK GALIPO Colin McTernan dressed as the Mad Hatter for the Keyport Emergency Services’ eighth annual Halloween costume parade.

  • Middletown resident receives presidential award

    John P. Gilbride, special agent in charge of the New York Field Division for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and his wife, Danielle, with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. John P. Gilbride, special agent in charge of the New York Field Division for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and a Middletown resident, received the Presidential…

  • NOTES

    Middletown High School North Senior Council’s “Haunted Woods” event scheduled for Oct. 17 has been rescheduled for sundown Oct. 24 at Tindall Park across from the high school on Tindall Road. The event also features a “Happy Trail” at 4 p.m. for children, featuring friendly fairytale characters. Admission is $2 for children and $5 for…

  • Arbiter: Developer lacks funding for fort project

    Pallone says development should proceed but avoid commercialization of Hook BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent The National Park Service (NPS) announced Monday that the arbiter agreed upon by the park service and Rumson developer James Wassel has upheld the park service’s cancellation of Wassel’s 60-year lease to renovate and commercially develop at least 36 buildings at…

  • Freeholders won’t intervene in windmill proposal

    Public comment period open through Nov. 3 BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders has no plans to intervene in a proposal to construct a 380-foot-tall windmill in Union Beach, nor do state legislators, for the time being. Robert Fischer, executive director of the Bayshore Regional Sewerage Authority, stands near…