Independent News Briefs, March 17 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 10% to 20% reduction to two senior apartment complexes with 252 total residential units, according to the Sierra Club. “Middletown is taking important steps forward when it comes to community solar. … This would be one of the first community solar projects in the area and would allow nearby residents to benefit from solar energy. Putting solar over parking lots is important because it saves open space,” said Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club.