Category: Independent News

  • Two River Theater Co. goes to the movies

    Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow Film Festival: Chicago movies that burn up the screen The Two River Theater Company in Red Bank dives into the movie business July 11-26 with Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow Film Festival. Chicago is the star in each of nine movies from some of Hollywood’s greatest directors in a festival named for the cow…

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    FRANK GALIPO Anna Giglio, Matawan, sits still while Devon Rodgers, Howell, paints her face, one of the activities that were part of the Matawan Independence Day Celebration held July 6 at Lake Lefferts Lakeside Park.

  • Summer jazz returns to Red Bank

    The annual Summer Jazz Café series will return this year for a four-week run at downtown Red Bank’s River’s Edge Café. Produced by the nonprofit Jazz Arts Project of Red Bank, the series will showcase top jazz performers 7:30-10 p.m. each Friday and Saturday evening from July 11 through Aug. 2. Joe Muccioli, Jazz Arts…

  • Middletown mulls joining COAH lawsuit

    NJLM asks towns to support litigation challenging new regs BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Writing letters and speaking out against housing bills recently passed by the state Legislature may not be enough, and Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger said this week the township is considering joining other municipalities in legal action against the state Council on…

  • Roommates’ dispute ends in man’s arrest

    ABERDEEN – A Cliffwood Beach man was arrested for allegedly stabbing his roommate last week, local police said. Aberdeen Township police arrested Eugenio Castro-Martinez, 36, of Sweetbriar Street in the Cliffwood Beach section of the township, in connection with the stabbing of his roommate on July 5. Officers responded to the BP gas station on…

  • Amanda’s Easel expands to help kids in more ways

    $450K grant funds renovations, new therapy programs BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer JAMIE ROMM Renovated quarters and new therapy programs will allow Amanda’s Easel, a program of 180 Turning Lives Around, to help more children affected by domestic violence or sexual abuse. HAZLET – Winnie the Pooh, Superman, Santa Claus and a Tyrannosaurus rex are…

  • Scholarship benefits fire company families

    BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer MATAWAN – A year after her husband died, Joanne Williams is determined to continue his philosophy of emphasizing the importance of higher education. John W. Williams Jr. was 71 when he passed away from complications after a triple bypass procedure May 14, 2007. He had been an electrician for…

  • Back taxes trim Holmdel tax rate by over 1 cent

    Twp. waiting for $857K check for PNC Bank Arts Center BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL – Before Fourth of July celebrations got under way, the Township Committee adopted a $20 million 2008 municipal budget on July 3. The committee had delayed adopting the budget because it had yet to receive a check from…

  • Volunteers on a mission to help neighbors in need

    First Presbyterian Church sponsors Mission Matawan BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Dan Benkendorf (l), along with other Mission Matawan volunteers, helps to move furniture back into Manna House in Aberdeen. MATAWAN – For the past six years Mission Matawan volunteers have helped members of the Bayshore community who need a helping…