Category: Independent News
-

C-Town may move to former Foodtown site
BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY Staff 126 Main St., formerly Foodtown and Harris Hardware, is the proposed site of C-Town, a supermarket chain. A special planning board meeting will be held on June 19 to hear testimony for the approval of the site. MATAWAN – The Unified Planning and…
-

Residents call on boro leaders to cut tax hike
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES A sign advertising the bulkhead replacement project in Keyport has worn down with age. The council was criticized for a lack of progress on the project in recent years. KEYPORT – Ongoing litigation, an emergency water tower paint job, and borrowing money…
-

Boro police complain of poor equip, low staffing
Call for the hire of full-time officers instead of specials BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer MATAWAN – Police opposed a Borough Council resolution May 16 approving the hire of special officers, and alerted the council to a list of complaints that include insufficient manpower, unreliable cruisers, dilapidated facilities, and firearms that…
-

Beer goggles
PAT HICKEY Ryan Chin of Hazlet participates in the Middletown Police Department’s Rude Awakening Program, designed to teach young people about the perils of drunken driving. Chin’s goggles are designed to simulate the loss of coordination from intoxication.
-

Resident vows to battle bridge plans
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff MIddletown resident Pat Walsh explains in her backyard how a new bridge at the intersection of West Front and Hubbard streets could affect her property. Eminent domain could be used to move project ahead BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer For 21 years, Pat Walsh has lived on an acre of land at…
-

Grant to help county plan future of panhandle region
FREEHOLD – Monmouth County has obtained a $75,000 state grant to help municipalities in Western Monmouth County’s panhandle region develop a framework for future growth and land preservation, Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick announced. According to a press release from the county’s public information office, the grant is the largest amount awarded to any of the…
-

Keyport administrator resigns from post
Antonucci says ‘public animosity’ played part in choice BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Two days after residents called for his $87,000 salary to be slashed, Keyport Borough Administrator Thomas Antonucci resigned, effective June 9. “Unfortunately, my reception here was not one of pride, but rather one tainted with allegations…
-

County considers plague outbreak drill a success
FREEHOLD – The objective of the Monmouth County Health Department’s “Operation Pathfinder” exercise was to test its ability to receive and distribute medications to first responders and their families following an outbreak of pneumonic plague. Finding alternate means of transportation to move the medication also was tested. The drill, directed by the Health Department and…
-

Argument ensues over negative campaign sign
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT – On Friday, Councilman Robert Bergen’s mother ripped down a negative political sign that called her son a liar, then argued with those responsible for hanging the sign. The poster, which features an oversized headshot of the councilman with a bright red X…
