Category: Independent News

  • 18 homes approved on historic farm

    Developer scaled plan way down, will donate 60 acres to Holmdel BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Ten years, three design approvals and two zoning changes later, Holmdel has granted developers the right to divide a historic 90-acre farm into 18 single-family homes. On Aug. 7, the Planning Board unanimously…

  • From the Vault

    Public works employees in Middletown protest in front of town hall what they consider to be unfair pay. The date of the photo could not be determined.

  • Uncommon ‘Reflections’ on the mundane

    “Boatyards” The Monmouth Museum is presenting the second installation in the New Jersey Emerging Artists Series in its Nilson Gallery. Paul Lenz of Colts Neck, the second artist in the series, will show his photographs in an exhibit titled “Reflections,” which will run through Sept. 9. A gallery talk with the artist will take place…

  • Pa. firm chosen to install turf at North

    Some parents wary of company’s lack of track record locally BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – After multiple rounds of bidding which lasted nearly six weeks, Mondo U.S.A. will construct the heavily anticipated artificial grass field at High School North. At a special meeting Thursday, the bid was awarded to…

  • Matawan disappointed with state aid figure

    Faced with higher taxes, officials highlight cost-saving measures BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MATAWAN – Faced with another major property tax increase, officials focused on the positive last week, highlighting ways the borough is working to cut back on costs. On Aug. 8, it was announced that the borough…

  • Art off the wall (& out of the saloon)

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer An exhibition at the Art Alliance of Monmouth County in Red Bank by Wayne Turback is his first since selling the South Amboy bar where for many years he had a venue for his paintings and assemblages. “The bar was my gallery pretty much,” said Turback,…

  • Keyport, Union Beach connected by new bridge

    The approach to the new Stone Road bridge, seen here facing Front Street in Keyport, was reconfigured to make travel safer for motorists. KEYPORT – A new Stone Road bridge spanning Chingarora Creek and connecting Keyport to Union Beach opened Thursday after being closed for construction since October 2006. The bridge represents one of 16…

  • Elie Wiesel to speak in Lakewood on Nov. 4

    LAKEWOOD – Georgian Court University, the Strand Theater and the Jewish Federation of Ocean County will present “Against Indifference,” an afternoon with Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel on Nov. 4 at 1:30 p.m. at the Strand Theater. The afternoon with Wiesel will bring to the forefront the importance of standing up to those who would…

  • VFW fundraiser for Middletown child Aug. 25

    Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post No. 2179 and its Ladies Auxiliary, 1 Veterans Lane, Port Monmouth section of Middletown, will hold a fundraiser for Riley Franklin, Middletown, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. Riley is a 5-year-old undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia; he was diagnosed in January. He was the 2006 “Poppy King” in…