Category: Independent News

  • Cell tower proposal spurs controversy

    Application seeks tower behind Main St. site BY ERIN O. STATTLE Staff Writer MATAWAN – A proposal to locate a cell tower on Main Street will be on the Planning and Zoning Board agenda and is already drawing opposition. At the Jan. 22 Borough Council meeting, Councilwoman Linda Clifton brought up the issue of an…

  • Grants fund land use & preservation initiatives

    The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation announced $4,160,000 in awards to 60 environmental organizations under its latest round of grant making. The foundation seeks to help environmental leaders improve livability as it relates to current patterns of land consumption and development in New Jersey. Funds primarily support: efforts to preserve major ecosystems and open space; to…

  • Traffic changes due for bridge work on Rte. 36

    Span over creek will be widened to prevent flooding BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer HAZLET – Residents of Hazlet and Union Beach will encounter some traffic changes while work is underway on a new bridge that will involve some changes to Route 36. New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) officials met with residents and officials…

  • Middletown officers receive higher ranks

    Three officers are second-generation department members (l-r) Sgt. John E. Kaiser, Lt. Craig A. Bahrs Jr., Deputy Chief Frederick Henry, Sgt. Ernest Volkland Jr., Lt. William Brunt Jr., Chief Robert Oches and Deputy Chief Eugene Hannafey MIDDLETOWN – Three Middletown police officers who are following in their fathers’ footsteps received their ceremonial oath of offices…

  • Résumés due for Holmdel HS principal

    BY ERIN O. STATTLE Staff Writer HOLMDEL – The search for a permanent principal at Holmdel High School is underway, but administrators are confident in their precise criteria. “We are looking for a candidate with a vision for excellence, good human relations skills, someone who understands the importance of collaboration and team work, and is…

  • Women learning self-defense

    ABERDEEN – Women in the Matawan and Aberdeen areas are being offered a chance to learn how to fend off a possible rapist or attacker, thanks to a sixweek program hosted by theAberdeen Police Department. “This is really more of a prevention program,” said John Merced, a detective sergeant with the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office…

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    Nicholas Morena (l), of Middletown, cuts wood with Monmouth County Park System employee Phil Andras as part of Wood Day at Longstreet Farm in Holmdel Feb. 1.

  • A Process of Intention

    ‘AProcess of Intention: Artists and the Methods to their Creation,” currently at Frederick Galleries inAllenhurst, is an exhibition of works by nine artists working with recurring themes and diverse materials. “Bayside Illusion” by Jennie Meares The conventional elements of ground and the material qualities of oil, watercolor, wax, pastel, acrylic, ink, film, graphite and emulsions…

  • Art for the Arts

    “Moon Night Vermont” by James Gahagan The Laurel Tracey Gallery is presenting the second annual “Art for the Arts” exhibition in support of the Two River Theater Company. This collaboration between the gallery and the theater company connects the dynamic and growing arts community in downtown Red Bank. A portion of the proceeds from the…