Tag: Keyport

  • Keyport Red Raiders competing for berth in state football playoffs

    Keyport Red Raiders competing for berth in state football playoffs

    KEYPORT – There has been a lot of fun and excitement on display at Mike Ciccotelli Field this fall with the outstanding play of the Keyport High School football team. Keyport is off to a 4-1 start in 2021 and the Red Raiders have their sights set on making their first trip to the state…

  • Keyport Borough Council members appoint new Class I police officer

    Keyport Borough Council members appoint new Class I police officer

    KEYPORT – A new special law enforcement officer for the Keyport Police Department has been appointed by the members of the Borough Council. During a meeting on Sept. 21, council members appointed Robert DiLaurenzio as a Class I special law enforcement officer. DiLaurenzio’s term will conclude on Dec. 31, after which he may be reappointed…

  • Eagles improve to 4-0; Antonucci reaches win milestone on gridiron

    Eagles improve to 4-0; Antonucci reaches win milestone on gridiron

    MIDDLETOWN – The legacy that Keyport native Steve Antonucci continues to build on Nut Swamp Road in Middletown South High School keeps growing each year. It started on the baseball diamond in 1996 when Antonucci began a 13-year tenure as the manager of the Eagles and led the team to two state sectional championships and…

  • Keyport council members vote to prohibit cannabis businesses

    Keyport council members vote to prohibit cannabis businesses

    KEYPORT – Borough Council members have adopted an ordinance that prohibits all cannabis businesses from operating in Keyport by amending the municipal code to establish cannabis businesses as prohibited uses in all zoning districts. The ordinance states that municipal officials intend to lift the prohibition when they receive regulatory guidance from the New Jersey Cannabis…

  • Candidates file to run for school boards in Matawan-Aberdeen, Keyport, Holmdel, Hazlet and Middletown

    Candidates file to run for school boards in Matawan-Aberdeen, Keyport, Holmdel, Hazlet and Middletown

    When voters in Aberdeen Township, Matawan, Keyport, Holmdel, Hazlet and Middletown go to the polls on Nov. 2 to vote for municipal and state representatives, they will also vote to elect members of their local school boards. July 26 was the deadline for New Jersey residents to file a nominating petition to run for a…

  • Keyport Borough Council adopts capital improvements ordinance

    Keyport Borough Council adopts capital improvements ordinance

    KEYPORT – Municipal officials in Keyport are appropriating $1 million to pay for water and sewer improvements in the borough. On July 20, members of the Borough Council adopted a bond ordinance that will appropriate $1 million and authorize the issuance of $950,000 in bonds or notes to finance a portion of the cost of…

  • Independent News Briefs, July 21

    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…

  • Keyport officials introduce ordinance to fund water, sewer upgrades

    Keyport officials introduce ordinance to fund water, sewer upgrades

    KEYPORT – Municipal officials in Keyport are proposing to appropriate $1 million to pay for water and sewer improvements in the borough. On July 6, members of the Borough Council introduced a bond ordinance that will, if adopted, appropriate $1 million and authorize the issuance of $950,000 in bonds or notes to finance a portion…

  • Keyport council moves to prohibit cannabis businesses in town

    Keyport council moves to prohibit cannabis businesses in town

    KEYPORT – Borough Council members are taking action to prohibit the operation of cannabis businesses in Keyport while guidance from the state is pending. During a meeting on July 6, council members introduced an ordinance that will, if adopted, prohibit all cannabis businesses from operating in Keyport. As part of the prohibition, the ordinance amends…