Category: Independent News
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State aid cuts Keyport tax hike in half
Municipal rate will rise 12 cents under new budget BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Keyport’s municipal tax rate will rise 12 cents, according to the borough’s finalized budget, half the originally estimated increase. The last-minute budget, delayed due to the state’s shutdown in July, was announced Aug. 1. Back…
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Officials say question may expose boro to lawsuits
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT – It’s a ballot question that will make voters think, something lawmakers are fearful will lead to lawsuits. The burning question – to continue allowing new multifamily housing or to stop building the units – was up for discussion at the Aug. 2…
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Officer struck by car; reward offered for info
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer MATAWAN – A police officer making a routine traffic stop was struck by an oncoming car on Matawan Road near the Garden State Parkway Exit 120, according to Detective Sgt. Ben Smith. Smith said that at 12:45 a.m. on Aug. 2, Officer Joseph Lavallo was conducting…
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Man stabbed outside boro liquor store
MATAWAN – A homeless man stabbed a Perth Amboy resident at the Jonathan Ron Wine and Spirits on Main Street Aug. 2, according to police. Hugo Torres, 27, originally of Perth Amboy, stabbed Salomor Salinas, 47, with a screwdriver after an altercation in the liquor store parking lot, Detective Sgt. Ben Smith said. Police responded…
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SEAN BRADY Spectators browse through the rows of parked bikes in Belford Sunday after the Middletown Elks Lodge No. 2179 held a motorcycle run to benefit its Special Children’s Committee.
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Residents oppose ‘sports complex’ at Lincroft site
Township officials maintain there are no solid plans in the works BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer PHOTOSBYDAN NEWMAN staff MIDDLETOWN – About three years ago, the township purchased two similar 7.5-acre tracts through the state’s Green Acres program, which is used to preserve the property for outdoor recreational use. Three years…
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County rejects Marpal expansion
Residents opposed co.’s plan to increase trash at station BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Much to the relief of neighbors, Marpal, the garbage transfer station near Tinton Falls’ border with Middletown, will not be allowed to expand its operation. On Thursday, the Monmouth County Freeholders unanimously rejected the company’s…
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Area residents still miss the thrill of ‘the hunt’
For decades, crowds gathered at twp. estate for horse racing BY JESSICA SMITH Correspondent BY JESSICA SMITHCorrespondent Clockwise from top left: A horse grazes at the Oak Hill farm, part of the Haskells’ Middletown estate. MIDDLETOWN – Long before the Haskell Invitational Handicap drew tens of thousands to Monmouth Park each year, the place to…
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Corzine calls for cap on property tax increases
Outlines proposals for reform in address to Legislature BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer TRENTON – Gov. Jon Corzine compared the state’s property tax system to “the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” Friday, saying increases for homeowners need to be capped at 4 percent per year. Speaking before both the…
