Category: Independent News
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Panel expected to hear details of 3 train lines
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer Representatives of NJ Transit were expected Tuesday to reveal the findings of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that examines the possibility of reinstating passenger rail service in interior Monmouth and Ocean counties. A meeting for legislators and other officials was scheduled to be held at…
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Rezoning of Commerce branch site progresses
Court settlement orders Holmdel committee to adopt ordinance BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer HOLMDEL — The Township Committee introduced an ordinance to rezone a section of Laurel Avenue in order to comply with a court settlement between the township and Commerce Bank. The committee voted 3-1 on the matter at the…
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Merla: Sharing info with FBI a ‘very good idea’
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KEYPORT — Despite being arrested on extortion charges himself, Mayor John Merla said he thinks it’s “a very good idea” to send information to the FBI regarding the borough’s past dealings with another recent FBI arrestee. At the March 15 Borough Council meeting, Councilman…
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For the Leeks, art gene runs all in the family
Father and his two daughters fared well in Middletown contest BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer Jeanne Leek Kirby (l-r), Patricia Leek Bucko and George Leek each placed in the recent Middletown Township art show, held at Croydon Hall, March 12 and 13. MIDDLETOWN — Three members of the same…
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Developers, Aberdeen come to an agreement
BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer ABERDEEN — After numerous setbacks, including lawsuits by more than a dozen local families, the township approved a tax agreement with the two developers hired to build more than 700 housing units in the Freneau section. The township and developers came up with an agreement on…
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Committee introduces $56.9M municipal budget
MIDDLETOWN — This year’s township budget was introduced at $56.9 million, an increase of $2 million from last year. If adopted, the municipal tax rate will increase 2.8 cents, or 4.5 percent, to a total of 65 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. Under the plan, the owner of a home assessed at $200,000 would…
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Resident asks O’Grady to resign
MIDDLETOWN — Committeeman Raymond O’Grady has cast a “black shadow” over local government and should step down from office immediately, according to one resident. Joseph McGrath, a longtime member of the township’s Democratic Party and former candidate for Township Committee, asked O’Grady to remove himself from the committee at the March 7 meeting. “We, quite…
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Soccer player has hot fun in the wintertime
Middletown North BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — It’s that point in the year where people get sick from the vast fluctuation in temperature. But imagine going from a frigid 30 degrees to a very balmy 90. This is exactly what Anthony Vazquez had to go through last month once…
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Rejected voters call KBA election ‘fixed’
Situation attributed to misunderstanding of alliance BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Edward Burlew (center) answers a question from Earl Swift as members of the Concerned Commercial Property Owners meet at Burlew’s West Front Street office March 11. With over 60 business owners turned away from the…
