Category: Independent News

  • Crowd does not give governor an E-ZPass

    Corzine explains need for toll increases; residents pan program BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer Gov. Jon Corzine received a less than warm welcome at Marlboro High School on Feb. 4 when he came to Monmouth County to present his financial restructuring and debt reduction program for New Jersey. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Anthony Strangia…

  • Train station bldg. slated for repairs

    Clifton: Continued deterioration could mean loss of bldg. BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer The historic building at the Matawan train station will be getting some TLC from NJ Transit. CHRIS KELLY staff NJ Transit plans to do stabilizing work on the historical building at Matawan Train Station. “The station exterior needs immediate work, so…

  • Keyport man indicted for robbery, assault

    AMonmouth County grand jury returned a two-count indictment on Feb. 6, charging Ryan Fallon, 20, of Keyport, with one count of first-degree robbery and one count of second-degree aggravated assault. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Oct. 11, the Brookdale Community College Police Department received a call reporting a…

  • Resident: Young adults can’t settle in Mid’twn

    Blames use of RCAs for lack of affordable housing BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Young adults are being shut out of living in the town they grew up in because Middletown sends affordable housing funds out of town, a resident told the Township Committee last week. Matthew Morehead, 27, West Front Street, told the committee’s…

  • Input sought for disaster survey

    ABERDEEN – The township is working withMonmouth County’s Emergency Management Office to identify natural hazards and plan for future disasters as part of the county’s Multi-jurisdictional Natural Hazard Mitigation Planning Project. Residents are being asked to complete a survey, available online, to help officials gauge the level of knowledge local citizens have about natural disaster…

  • Olympians bring home the gold, silver & bronze

    Hazlet Rockets excel in N.J. Special Olympic Winter Games BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer The Hazlet Rockets left for the Olympic games with their snowshoes and skis and returned with 19 medals and a bunch of fun memories of competing with friends. Clockwise from top: Hazlet Rockets pose at the New Jersey Special Olympics Winter…

  • ‘Overture’ original quilts at library

    Innovative design, vivid colors and fine hand craftsmanship converge in an exhibit of original quilts created by members of Rebecca’s Reel Quilters currently on display at Middletown Main Library. “Raffle” Showcasing two dozen exuberant quilts by 21 talented quilters from the Monmouth/Ocean area, “Overture, an exhibit of fine hand-crafted original quilts,” is a dazzling exhibit…

  • Hazlet planners reject rezoning of tract

    Board votes new zone is not consistent with master plan BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer HAZLET – The Planning Board sent a controversial ordinance back to the Township Committee last week, after deciding the new zoning isn’t consistent with the master plan. In what came as a shock to the residents in attendance who waited…

  • Voices raised for peace

    The Shrewsbury Chorale, with the Garden State Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, joins singers worldwide in the Song of Peace project when it presents Haydn’s “Lord NelsonMass (Mass in Time ofWar)” at Freehold Presbyterian Church on March 8. The Shrewsbury Chorale is proud to be the first NJ choral group to register as a participant in…