Tag: Keyport
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Keyport set to turn corner during second half of baseball campaign
KEYPORT – The 2022 high school baseball season is in full swing and the Keyport High School Red Raiders are hoping to finish their campaign on a winning streak. Coach Kyle Keelen believes his team is positioned for a strong second-half run after starting the season with a 3-5 record. “We are going to make…
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Keyport Board of Education introduces 2022-23 budget
KEYPORT – The Keyport Public Schools Board of Education has introduced a $26.5 million budget that will fund the operation of the school district during the 2022-23 academic year. Following a discussion among district administrators and board members, the budget was introduced on March 23. A public hearing is scheduled for April 27. The budget,…
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Colts Neck resident indicted for multiple bank robberies
A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned an indictment against a Colts Neck man accused of committing three bank robberies in local municipalities over the course of about a month in late 2021, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on March 15. Conor Kavanagh, 29, is charged with three counts of first degree armed…
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Independent News Briefs, March 9
The Keyport Public Schools have moved to a mask-optional model as permitted by Gov. Phil Murphy during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. New Jersey’s school mask mandate was lifted on March 7 and Keyport administrators moved to permit students, staff members and visitors to the district’s schools to stop wearing a mask if they chose to…
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Keyport accepting applications for cannabis business licenses
KEYPORT – Municipal officials in Keyport are accepting applications from individuals and/or entities that may eventually be licensed to operate cannabis businesses in the borough. The application for a municipal cannabis business license is posted on the borough’s website. Individuals and/or entities that are seeking to establish a cannabis business in Keyport must submit the…
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Keyport panel will review requests for cannabis business licenses
KEYPORT – The Borough Council has established a subcommittee whose members will review requests from entities that are seeking to operate a cannabis business in Keyport. On Jan. 18, council members passed a resolution which establishes the cannabis subcommittee. Borough Council President Kathleen McNamara and Councilwoman Rose Araneo were appointed to one-year terms on the…
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Keyport council members elect McNamara to serve as panel’s president
KEYPORT – Councilwoman Kathleen McNamara has been elected by her fellow members of the governing body to serve as president of the Keyport Borough Council during 2022. The borough’s annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 1 was held in a virtual manner due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As the meeting began, new Republican council members…
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Keyport council adopts standards for cannabis businesses in town
KEYPORT – Borough Council members have taken action to lift a prohibition on cannabis businesses by adopting regulations for cannabis businesses that may eventually be permitted to operate in Keyport. During a recent meeting, council members adopted an ordinance that will establish locations where cannabis businesses will be permitted to operate and the standards by…
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Monmouth County Planning Board presents 2021 Merit Awards
The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners, in partnership with the Monmouth County Planning Board, presented two organizations with 2021 Merit Awards during a Planning Board meeting held on Dec. 20. “The county commissioners and the Planning Board are pleased to recognize four outstanding honorees who have made significant contributions to planning in Monmouth County,”…