Category: Independent News

  • Middletown honors longtime board sec’y

    Township Committee proclaims May 1 as Rosemary Minear Day BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Rosemary Minear (second from right) receives a plaque in honor of her 20 years of service as the Middletown Planning Board Secretary. Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger, Deputy Mayor Pamela Brightbill and township administrator Anthony Mercantante presented the plaque. MIDDLETOWN – In most…

  • Handlin asks FEMA to delay flood zone maps

    Petition drive will collect signatures in Bayshore towns BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN- Bayshore residents facing higher insurance premiums for flood insurance have an ally in Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-13th District). Handlin announced the launch of a petition drive last week to help residents affected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s revised flood plain…

  • Bronx woman charged in Holmdel theft, false documents

    HOLMDEL – A New York woman was charged with theft and possessing false documents at the Cosmetic Essence Inc. factory last week. According to Holmdel Police, Carmen Lopez, 48, of Elliot Place, Bronx, N.Y., was placed under arrest April 21 at approximately 9:53 p.m. for stealing $350 worth of perfume products. Lopez was an employee…

  • Democrats’ views differ on affordable housing

    Caliendo calls for town meetings, referendum on issue BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – The old guard and new of the Democratic Party inMiddletown may have differing views on the issue of affordable housing but agree that through discussion, consensus can be reached. According to Middletown Democratic Chairman Joseph Caliendo, the township’s mainstream Democratic…

  • Brightbill, Fiore on Middletown GOP slate

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – The balance of political power on the Township Committee will be in the hands of the voters now that both parties have announced their candidates for the November election. The Middletown Democratic and Republican committees submitted the names of candidates April 7 by the 4 p.m. deadline mandated…

  • BOE budget OK’d for 4th year

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL – The votes are in, and residents of Holmdel approved the school budget and elected three Board of Education members, two of them newcomers. The budget approved for this school year is $50,051,557, an increase of $2.1 million over last year’s budget. Voters approved the tax levy of…

  • Temple Shalom to display AIDS Memorial Quilt

    Temple will host social action weekend May 1-4 ABERDEEN – As part of a special weekend devoted to social action, sections of the internationally celebrated AIDS Memorial Quilt – the 54-ton, handmade tapestry that stands as a memorial to more than 90,000 individuals lost to AIDS – will be on view from May 1 to…

  • Turf manufacturer: Roggy Field is lead-free

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL – Have no fear, the turf field is lead-clear. At least that’s what the manufacturer of the turf at Roggy Field at Holmdel High School told the Holmdel School District last week. “We are pleased to report that there is nothing to fear from products installed by FieldTurf…

  • Penniplede Park gets a garden for Earth Day

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Master gardeners helped Matawan-Aberdeen 4-H Club members beautify Joseph Penniplede Park by planting flowers and shrubs last Saturday. MATAWAN – The Matawan-Aberdeen 4-H Club, with an assist from Monmouth County Master Gardeners, added some color and care to Joseph Penniplede Park on Jackson Street April 19.…