Category: Independent News

  • Snag stops sales at concession stands

    High School North reports revenues down at home game BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Following an inspection by the Middletown Township Health Department last week, the concession stands at both high schools were forbidden to sell prepared foods because they do not have proper drainage systems in place. The inspection meant…

  • Middletown Day

    Clockwise from top left — Jim Maguire, Leonardo, polishes his ’57 Chevy Bel Air during Middletown Day at Croydon Hall on Saturday. Scott Svenson, 7, Port Monmouth, tackles a climbing wall. Middletown Patrolman Jim Roese gives instructions to Danielle Juelis, 9, as she drives a golf cart around a coned course while wearing fatal-vision goggles,…

  • Aeromarine housing to be capped at 310 units

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT — The maximum number of housing units allowable at Aeromarine will be 310. The large waterfront tract that once housed the Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co., a World War I- era airplane manufacturer, is now eligible to be developed in several different ways.…

  • Middletown purchases two sites as open space

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Two new tracts of open space have been acquired by the township using open space tax funds. A 25-acre parcel of vacant land near the Cottage Gate development on Route 36 in Navesink was purchased by the township for $2.4 million from…

  • Broschart ends run for Hazlet committee seat

    Says new job may cause him to move in the near future BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — After being appointed to the Hazlet Township Committee in May, Scott Broschart was being looked at as someone who could help the township move on from the embarrassment of Paul Coughlin’s resignation…

  • New candidate readies for short election cycle

    Kolibas fills vacant spot on Hazlet GOP ticket BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — With the recent decision by Committeeman Scott Broschart not to run for an unexpired term on the committee, resident William J. Kolibas Jr. has thrown his hat into the ring. Kolibas, 34, was a former Republican…

  • Water-use restrictions announced in 28 towns

    Middletown water main break, dry weather blamed for shortages BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Twenty-eight local municipalities are under strict water restrictions as the result of a water main break and the recent hot and dry weather, said a representative from New Jersey-American Water. The Monmouth County Office of Emergency Management…

  • Aberdeen adopts sex offender ordinance

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer ABERDEEN — The township is the latest in the Bayshore area to pass an ordinance placing restrictions on where convicted sex offenders can reside. The Township Council voted 4-0 in the absence of Mayor David Sobel, Deputy Mayor Owen Drapkin, Councilman Nicholas Minutolo and Councilwoman Wilhelmina…

  • Middletown introduces sex offender ordinance

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Township officials are looking to prevent convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of schools and parks. On Sept. 19, Middletown followed in the footsteps of many other Monmouth County towns, introducing an ordinance that would restrict where tier II and…