Category: Independent News
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Auto show to benefit Blind Citizens Assoc.
MIDDLETOWN — For the sixth year running, volunteers from the Middletown Lions Club will host the annual Auto Show & Motorcycle Meet on Saturday, Oct. 8 (rain date Oct. 9) to benefit the New Jersey Blind Citizens Association (NJBCA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of the blind and visually impaired. This year’s…
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Suspect arrested in car theft
MIDDLETOWN — Police are looking for a man involved with the theft of an automobile in Belford. According to a press release from the Middletown Police Department, a Belford man observed an Elizabeth woman allegedly steal a 2010 Audi parked in his driveway. The suspect was allegedly dropped off by a green Range Rover, previously…
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‘NJ: The State of Invention’ at library branches
Throughout October, the Monmouth County Library will host “NJ: The State of Invention” programs and events at all 13 library branches as part of the library’s continuing initiative to promote science literacy. Learn about the first computer, the ENIAC, and the women who programmed it. Discover the historic roles Bell Labs, Camp Evans and the…
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Holmdel appoints new administrator
BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer HOLMDEL — After more than a year without a chief administrative officer, the Township Committee appointed Andrew Katz to serve as Holmdel’s township administrator at a salary of $115,000, effective Sept. 30. “We did an extensive search with the Township Committee,” said Mayor Patrick Impreveduto. “Mr. Katz was one of the…
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‘Ethereal Images’
“Spirit Xray” Exhilarating patterns, color and imagery combine in Rande Johnson’s photographs that will be on display throughout October at Band on a Budget, 630 Mattison Ave. in Asbury Park. The show, “Ethereal Images,” opens on Oct. 1, First Saturday in Asbury Park, with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. “I believe that the…
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stork club
Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank,announces the following births:Aug. 29, a girl to Jessica and MichaelAgostinacchio of Middletown.Aug. 29, a girl to Amanda Vashey andDante Finley of Port Monmouth.Aug. 29, a girl to Jacqueline Szlepcsikand Michael Niedbala of Middletown.Aug. 31, a girl to Michelle and GregoryWilk of Aberdeen.
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Bayonet Farm festival
Artist Christina Paraskevis Carlson lets Elianna Richman (l-r), Nathaniel Richman, Harrison Liedel and Jonah Richman try their hands at her pottery wheel during the eighth annual Bayonet Farm Arts & Music Festival in Holmdel on Sept. 25. Artist Mimi McCabe paints “en plein air” at the festival. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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Matawan seeks dismissal of ex-chief’s lawsuit
Boro cites four incidents leading to demotion BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer MATAWAN — Litigation between the borough and former chief of police James Alston is moving forward with the borough filing its answer on Aug. 9 to the demoted chief’s July 20 complaint. In the answer filed by the borough’s labor attorney, Matthew Giacobbe, of…
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stork club
Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announces the following births:Aug. 16, a boy to Courtney and James Ness of Leonardo.Aug. 18, a girl to Jessica and Ronald John Sickler Jr. of Port Monmouth.Aug. 18, a girl to Kristin P. and Michael A. Podolsky of Leonardo.Aug. 21, a boy to Jennifer and Michael Allen of Port Monmouth.Aug.…
