• Holmdel announces $900K sewer improvement program

    Committee approves 2013 budget, transfers Birdsall contract to new firm BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer HOLMDEL — The Township Committee agreed on May 7 to move forward with a $900,000 sewer system upgrade plan that includes repairing or replacing a number of pump stations around town. Two of the pump stations — which are used…

  • Auditions set for ‘My Eccentric Life’

    The Garden State Players are holding auditions on May 19 and 23 for their summer musical, “My Eccentric Life.” The theatrical pop-cabaret hybrid tells the story of overcoming life’s many curves and bends. The song selections chosen for this production explore various aspects of the human condition, such as love, escaping expectations and deciphering complicated…

  • Keyport opts out of $25K fire department study

    Officials weigh options for consolidation of six firehouses BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer KEYPORT — The Borough Council and Keyport Fire Department officials are moving ahead with consolidation plans — on their own. On May 7, the council approved two amendments to the 2013 municipal budget that effectively eliminate a planned $25,000 consolidation study, originally…

  • Restore the Shore event to help businesses run full speed ahead

    The NJ Ad Club, in partnership with the Jersey Shore Public Relations and Advertising Association, will host an event aimed at helping Sandy-impacted businesses get ready for summer. Advertising, marketing, public relations, media and graphic design firms will give tips and advice on new ways for Shore proprietors to restart their businesses during the Restore…

  • Middletown boards ignore interests of residents

    This is in response to the letter, “Resident Says Board Action Thwarts Open Gov’t” (Independent, May 2). What has happened to the writer of that letter is an outrage, but, unfortunately, it’s not surprising. The different boards within the town either deliberately operate within a vacuum or purposely obfuscate the process in which development is…

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  • By late May, there will be red-eyed love in the air

    GREG BEAN I t was our first summer in Massachusetts after moving to a wooded community from one of the dry, prairie states, and we were completely unprepared for how green the place was and how so much stuff just grew there without human intervention. We didn’t know what any of it was, of course.…

  • Matawan-Aberdeen yard sale to benefit library

    A town-wide yard sale to benefit the Friends of the Matawan Aberdeen Public Library will be held on June 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The rain date will be June 9. A registration fee of $10 is required by May 29. The Friends of the Matawan Aberdeen Public Library will take care of the…

  • Motorcycle run to benefit Sandy relief

    The Roar to Restore the Shore 66-mile motorcycle run will begin in Keyport at 1 p.m. May 18 and wind its way south through areas ravaged in October by superstorm Sandy. The run, timed to coincide with Armed Forces Day, will end with a 4 p.m. rally at the VFW Post #8867, 373 Adamston Road,…

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