Category: Independent News

  • Engineer, developer to meet about pathway

    BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer HOLMDEL — Speculation has recently picked up regarding a proposed pathway at the Woods at Holmdel. The Township Committee voted 5-0 to authorize an on-site meeting with the township engineer and the developer to discuss issues surrounding the construction of the pathway at the Nov. 8…

  • Second Baptist Church welcomes new pastor

    The Rev. Robert Williams fills a post that was vacant for three years BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES KEYPORT — After nearly three years without a pastor, Second Baptist Church welcomed the Rev. Robert K. Williams in a Sunday morning installation service. Williams, a Neptune resident who…

  • Firm to redesign bridge

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders have agreed to hire an engineering consultant to develop and design plans for the reconstruction of a bridge located about a half-mile east of the Middle Road and Poole Avenue intersection. The board authorized the firm of…

  • Holmdel resident, 19, reported missing

    HOLMDEL — The parents of 19-year-old Matthew Golembeski have reported their son missing. Golembeski reportedly left his residence at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 26 and has not been seen or heard from since. Golembeski is described as a white male, 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. There was no description of…

  • “Feeling it”

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Henry Garza, guitar player and lead singer of Los Lonely Boys of San Angelo, Texas, performs a solo during the band’s hit song, ‘How Far Is Heaven,’ Saturday night at Brookdale Community College. The concert was a benefit in support of breast cancer victims.

  • Bada bing

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff

  • RAINE begins annual holiday food drive

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer HAZLET — In the past, RAINE (Reaching All In Need Everyday) has conducted plenty of food drives, especially during the holiday season. But Patti Dickens, the director of RAINE, feels that in the past, the organization could have done a little bit more to increase the…

  • Kissing series captures emotions of simple act

    Artist displays 16 works at Marlboro Librarythrough Dec. 1 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Kissing and the feelings that lead up to a kiss are the themes of Cynthia Yurcisin’s paintings that are on display now through Dec. 1 at the Marlboro Library, Wyncrest Road, Marlboro. Yurcisin, a 50-something artist who…

  • Los Lonely Boys to play Brookdale benefit show

    MIDDLETOWN — Los Lonely Boys, Alex Band and the Calling will perform Saturday night at Brookdale in an effort to raise funds for breast cancer victims. Proceeds from the show will go toward the Christina S. Walsh Breast Cancer Foundation, named for a New Jersey woman who lost her battle to breast cancer in August…