Category: Independent News

  • Schultz ends tenure as Holmdel administrator

    Cites commute in leaving five-year post BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent In what he describes as a “risky move,” Holmdel Township Administrator Christopher Schultz will become the new township manager in Moorestown on Jan. 2. “To me this is a risky move. I am very stable here and could have spent a long time in…

  • Teens’ driving habits placed under scrutiny

    Special commission hears suggestions from parents, students BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer What can be done to decrease the startling recent spike in motor vehicle accidents involving teenagers was the topic of a public hearing conducted by the Governor’s Teen Driver Study Commission on Nov. 19 at Colts Neck High School. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR…

  • Vote put off on $3.8M for dredging of lake

    BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – For those waiting for the bond ordinance that would appropriate $3.8 million toward the dredging of Shadow Lake, the wait will be longer. The second reading of the ordinance was to be voted on at the Township Committee meeting Nov. 19, but with Committeeman Thomas Hall absent, Mayor…

  • Twp. officer receives nat’l recognition

    Patrolman leads drunk driving prevention program BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer l-r: Accompanied by Middletown Township Police Chief Robert Oches, Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger presents a special citation to Patrolman James Roese, who was recognized by a national publication for his work with the township’s drunken-driving education program for high school students. MIDDLETOWN – Mayor Gerard…

  • ‘Tis the season in Middletown Township

    MIDDLETOWN – The township’s annual Christmas Tree lighting will be held Sunday, Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. at Middletown Town Hall, 1 Kings Highway. The festivities will include caroling and a visit from Santa. Parents are invited to bring cameras to take pictures of their children with Santa. Another holiday tradition, the Middletown Holiday Train…

  • New exhibits in the works at Huber Woods Park

    Environmental Center upgrades include new hands-on activities BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Environmental Center at Huber Woods Park on Brown’s Dock Road. MIDDLETOWN – As the seasons change so do the exhibits at the Environmental Center at Huber Woods Park on Brown’s Dock Road. Areas of the center are temporarily closed until February for renovations…

  • Board of Ed. assured field will be up to par

    Members vote to withhold payment to assess condition BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN – The road toward the completed athletic field at High School North has been filled with bumps and holes, which is just like the current condition of the brand-new turf that was installed, according to some critics. After a month of…

  • Construction to begin on Eatontown shelter

    Project calls for a 4,500- square-foot addition to Wall Street building An artist’s rendering of the Monmouth County SPCA building, Eatontown, after renovations are completed. EATONTOWN – Construction for a multimillion dollar face-lift at the Monmouth County SPCA building in Eatontown was expected to start this week. A groundbreaking ceremony was planned to be held…

  • In the Service

    First Lt. Nicole Beaumont was awarded her Air Force Pilot wings in a ceremony in mid October at Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Okla. Beaumont completed her Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, and is now assigned to fly the KC-10 Extender tanker aircraft based out of McGuire Air Force Base, Fort Dix, N.J. She will…