Tag: Independent news briefs
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Independent News Briefs, July 21
The Township Council in Aberdeen Township has authorized a $154,525 contract with Shore Top Construction Corp., Freehold, for the Midland Park basketball court improvements. Bids for the project were received on June 17. Shore Top Construction Corp. was the lowest responsive responsible bidder, according to the council. The contract was awarded to the company during…
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Independent News Briefs, June 30
Incumbent Keyport Borough Council members Dennis Fotopoulos and Matthew Goode, who received 237 and 234 votes, respectively, in the June 8 primary election, will be the Democratic candidates for council in the November general election. The Republican candidates in November will be Rose Araneo and Ronald G. Peperoni Jr., who received 313 and 316 votes,…
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Independent News Briefs, June 23
The Township Committee in Middletown has appointed seven individuals to serve as Special Law Enforcement Officers (Class I) in the Middletown Police Department. Members of the governing body took the action during a recent meeting. The following individuals were appointed for 2021: Chad Bacek, Anthony Bartolone, Paul Coladonato, Steven Coll, Andreus Kyriakou, David Loccisano and…
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Independent News Briefs, May 26
The Matawan Borough Council has adopted an ordinance which ends a shared services agreement for municipal court services with Hazlet and establishes an agreement for those services with Aberdeen Township. Councilman Brett Cannon said the agreement with Hazlet was in place for a number of years. “The agreement came up and it was talked about…
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Independent News Briefs, May 12
Two Republicans will challenge two Democratic incumbents for two available three-year terms on the Keyport Borough Council. The seats currently held by Democrats Dennis Fotopoulos and Matthew Goode will be on the ballot in the Nov. 2 election. According to the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office, Republicans Rose Araneo and Ronald Peperoni are running to be…
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Independent News Briefs, March 31
Three new special law enforcement officers have been appointed to the Keyport Police Department. On March 16, Borough Council members appointed Danielle LaCapria, Tyler Ely and Briana Hedges to one-year terms as Class I officers following a recommendation from Police Chief Shannon Torres. Each officer will be paid $13.60 per hour. And, council members retained…
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Independent News Briefs, March 17
Municipal officials in Middletown have applied to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to seek bids for a solar energy farm at the NJ Transit station parking lot on Church Street in Middletown, according to a press release from the Sierra Club New Jersey Chapter. The power generated by the facility would provide a…
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Independent News Briefs, March 3
The Keyport Borough Council has authorized a final payment of $510,872 for a project to improve a local park. On Feb. 16, council members authorized the final payment and a close-out change order to V&K Construction Inc. for improvements to Main Street Park. The contract for the improvements was awarded to V&K Construction in 2019.…
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Independent News Briefs, Dec. 23
Monmouth County Freeholder Director Thomas A. Arnone has reported that the county will receive an additional $10.3 million in state funded grants from the Fiscal Year 2021 Transportation Trust Fund. “At our Nov. 24 meeting, my fellow freeholders and I passed resolutions for two bridge projects; the reconstruction of Bridge MT-24 on county Route 12A…