• Mid’twn expects $6.6M savings fromsolar panels

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — A solar feasibility study has determined that panels at nine township locations could save $6.6 million over 15 years. Birdsall Services Group’s Jessica Vogel, senior energy engineer, presented the results of the study at the Township Committee meeting on June 20. “We’re looking to reduce the demand and…

  • Matawan curbs take home vehicle use

    Boro in talks with Helmetta for animal control BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MATAWAN — In an attempt to stay within the borough’s fuel budget, the Matawan Borough Council passed a resolution restricting borough employees from taking home municipal vehicles at the June 21 meeting. Only the borough fire chief and deputy officer for emergencies for…

  • YOUR TURN

    Former Holmdel mayor writes open letter to Gov. Christie ERNEST COTE The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is, inexplicably, considering adding the entirety (470-plus acres) of the former Holmdel AT&T Bell Labs site to the sewer service area of the Bayshore Regional Sewage Authority (BRSA). In support of this irrational proposition, and in…

  • Resident fears that U.S. is heading downhill

    This country is supposed to be based on voting that favors the majority. Unfortunately, it is currently not working. It costs a lot of money to get elected, and that money is currently being supplied by large companies and the super rich. These two groups have the ears of the politicians and are influencing our…

  • President must realize his policies aren’t helping economy

    History tells us that Nero did nothing or played the fiddle while Rome burned. Is the United States burning before our eyes? Unemployment, not seasonally adjusted, is currently reported by the federal government at 9.2 percent and has been as high as 10.6 percent in the past year and a half. Many people estimate the…

  • Sierra Club dead wrong on impact of onshore wind turbines

    (An open letter to Jeff Tittle, executive director of the Sierra Club in New Jersey) You owe the good people of Union Beach and its neighboring towns a sincere apology. On Monday, June 20 at the Senate Environment and Energy Committee discussion of S2374 — the bill that would mandate a 2,000-foot setback for industrial…

  • Aberdeen’s 2011 budget calls for lower tax levy

    Twp. taps surplus, cuts overtime for $15M plan BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer ABERDEEN — The Township Committee adopted a $15 million budget for 2011 with an $8.5 million tax levy at its meeting June 21. According to Chief Financial Officer Angela Morin, the budget will result in an $8 annual increase in municipal taxes…

  • Reconstruction of Bethany, Holmdel roads under way

    HAZLET — Road reconstruction is under way at the intersection of Bethany and Holmdel roads. According to a press release from Monmouth County, contractors are adding left-turn lanes to all four approaches and upgrading the traffic signal. A $624,772 contract was awarded last year to Z Brothers Concrete Contractors Inc. of Sayreville. Work began Sept.…

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