Category: Independent News

  • Keyport board wants mix of uses at Aeromarine

    Developer seeks OK for 569 homes; hearing Aug. 25 BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Plans for the old Aeromarine site in Keyport have changed again.Instead of allowing just multiple family homes such as condominiums, the Unified Planning Board is now pushing for various types of residential housing, including low-income…

  • ‘The King’ is gone, but not forgotten

    Musicians mark anniversary of Elvis BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES A life-size cardboard cut-out of Elvis Presley in a gold suit greeted visitors at Espresso Joe’s coffee shop on West Front Street, Keyport, on Sunday. KEYPORT — Keyport has a new king. Twenty-eight years after his death,…

  • Authorities seeking trio in bank robbery

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer HOLMDEL — Police are looking for two men and their getaway driver in connection to the armed robbery of a local bank. Two suspects entered the Sun National Bank located at 626 Laurel Ave. at 8:35 a.m. on Aug. 9 with a semiautomatic handgun and left…

  • It’s 1st and 10 for Hazlet football field proposal

    Youth League raises funds for project, to be named after 9/11 victim BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer DAN NEWMAN Site of the current football field used by the Hazlet Youth Athletic League. Plans are in the works to construct a new field, which will hopefully be ready for the start of…

  • State aid helps borough reduce tax rate increase

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Matawan MATAWAN — The Borough Council amended and adopted the 2005 municipal budget after receiving $200,000 in state discretionary aid. The total municipal budget adopted Aug. 2 is $8,070,244, which is offset by revenues of $3,485,187.96, leaving the tax levy at $4,585,056.05, borough Administrator Brian Valentino…

  • Matawan formalizes ‘pedophile-free zone’

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer MATAWAN — The borough has officially placed restrictions on where convicted sex offenders are able to reside. The Borough Council voted 4-0 to adopt the ordinance, which restricts all convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of the borough’s schools, parks and day care centers.…

  • Middletown prepares sex offender ordinance

    MIDDLETOWN — Members of the Township Committee are working to propose an ordinance at the Aug. 15 meeting, which, if adopted, would restrict convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of areas where children normally congregate such as schools, parks and day care centers. “Based on reports over the last few years of incidents…

  • Town hall plans spark more debate at meeting

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — Although the contracts are signed and the project is ready to go, there are still those who don’t want to see a new town hall constructed in Veterans Park. “It’s a sad day for the residents of Hazlet when you signed the contracts for…

  • Valentin takes oath as county prosecutor

    BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Luis A. Valentin WEST LONG BRANCH — Luis A. Valentin, 39, of Manalapan, was sworn in as Monmouth County’s new prosecutor in an evening ceremony on July 28 at Monmouth University’s Woodrow Wilson Hall. Valentin succeeds John Kaye of Freehold Township in the position.…