Category: Independent News
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Two charged for school break-in
Some estimate damage at Middletown No. could reach $100,000 BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer One current and one former Middletown High School North student broke into the school and made it look like “a tornado had gone through the place,” according to one officer who arrived on the scene early Thursday morning. Eric Johnson, 18,…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Megan Camarote, 8, of Matawan, bounces around on a bungee ride at Matawan Day Sept. 18.
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Officers interview top KBA officials
Mayor calls meeting to discuss situation; tape subpoenaed BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer A recording of a Sept. 13 Keyport Business Alliance (KBA) meeting has been subpoenaed by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. KBA Board of Directors member Ed Burlew said he was told, while on a visit to…
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Rewriting the record books
Need directions to the end zone? Ask Middletown South’s Knowshon Moreno. He’s been there more times than anybody in state history. The brilliant senior tailback set a new state record in South’s 49-0 win over Red Bank Regional on Friday by scoring his 102nd career touchdown, breaking the previous mark set by Paulsboro’s Kevin Harvey…
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Holmdel rezones 500 acres for conservation
Public divided on the effects ordinance may have for neighborhood BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer that the township isn’t doing anything to clean up the contamination. He said he is concerned that it may get into the reservoir. Phillips said that they have to look into two options, and that he…
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Sweet gesture: Hazlet drink sale raises $1,100
Youths BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer COURTESY OF KAREN DEL RE From left to right: Ashley Cullinane, Connor McCabe, Robert Stewart, Jennifer Del Re, Christina McCabe and Mark Salerno helped collect $1,100 to be donated to the relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina. Not pictured is John Caponetta, who also helped. HAZLET…
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Developer released from jail for health concerns
BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer A federal judge granted developer Anthony Spalliero’s request to leave the Passaic County jail for a hospital to take care of his ailing health last week. Spalliero went before the U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel A. Pisano last week for an appeal on an earlier decision to…
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Judge: Town center meetings were legal
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Township officials did not violate the Open Public Meetings Act when they met on Saturday mornings to discuss the town center project, according to a new ruling issued Sept. 12. Judge Alexander D. Lehrer ruled in favor of Middletown in a case…
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Keyport condo project gains DEP approval
KEYPORT — A proposed 28-unit condo development has received the green light from the state. The Kara Homes project, slated for the corner of West Front and Beers streets, received a Coastal Area Facility Review Act permit on Sept. 7 from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). While borough officials have yet to approve the…
