Category: Independent News

  • Danger lurks as youths head on to the Internet

    Detective offers tips to parents to head off potential problems BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer With the click of a computer mouse, people in other parts of the state, country or the world can steal, threaten and lure people into dangerous and sometimes even fatal situations. Children and teenagers very often fall victim to online…

  • Keyport First Aid to receive $74K grant

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer KEYPORT – The Keyport First Aid Squad received a $74,955 grant under the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate’s Fiscal Year 2007 Assistance to Firefighters grant program. The grant is one that Capt. Ken Krohe has attempted to get for his squad for the past few years. “It was our third…

  • Aberdeen looking for new township manager

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer ABERDEEN – The township has begun the search for an interim official after the resignation of the township manager. Stuart Brown, who served as Aberdeen manager for two years, stepped down unexpectedly on Feb. 8, apparently because of discord with the governing body. “The majority of the council came…

  • Quick Chek to donate to local fire departments

    MIDDLETOWN — Quick Chek will donate a portion of sales to local fire companies to thank the Middletown and Keansburg fire departments for their heroic efforts when battling a fire at the Route 35 Cherry Tree Farm shopping center store on Feb. 9. According to a Quick Chek press release, to show its gratitude for…

  • District seeks to enlist teens in drivers program

    Middletown schools will require decal for parking permit BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Assemblywoman Amy Handlin (R-13) holds up one of the decals that will be used as part of a Regional Teen Drive Safety Initiative pilot program. MIDDLETOWN- The Board of Education met Feb. 20 to discuss ways to implement the new graduated driver’s…

  • Zoners reverse decision and approve cell tower

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL – The Zoning Board of Adjustment reversed an earlier ruling and approved an application to place a cell tower antenna on top of the water tank on Deer Path Road at the Feb. 13 meeting. The storage tank, known as the Manzo Tower, will be the site for…

  • County chips in $250K for Bachstadt acquisition

    HOLMDEL- The Township Committee approved ordinance 2008-07, authorizing the acquisition of the Bachstadt property at the Feb. 21 meeting. Mayor Serena DiMaso announced that Holmdel Township had received an Open Space grant in the amount of $250,000 from theMonmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders for the acquisition of the Bachstadt tract, which is located on…

  • Fire cos. and hospital test emergency response

    A ladder is extended during a drill at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. HOLMDEL – Holmdel Fire Company No. 1, Holmdel Fire and Rescue Company No. 2 and Hazlet Fire Company No. 1 were challenged by Bayshore CommunityHospital’s Emergency Preparedness Committee to test if their equipment was capable of rooftop evacuation that could reach over four…

  • Stickers will identify Mid’town teen drivers

    School district will require decals for parking permits BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Bright yellow stickers with the letters “GDL” may soon be affixed to the bumpers of cars driven by Middletown Township high school students as part of a pilot program for teen driver safety. ERIC SUCAR staff Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno displays…