Category: Independent News

  • Gracie under pressure

    Holmdel man earns living in violent world of mixed martial arts, and loves it BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer Photos by Brian Bahr/Getty Images for IFL Below right, Holmdel resident Renzo Gracie is a member of the New York Pitbulls of the International Fight League, who will be in action tomorrow…

  • Monmouth County wins settlement worth $7.7M

    FREEHOLD – Monmouth County received a $5.4 million financial settlement from the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) on July 18. The financial settlement is based on the state’s underpayment to the county for the housing of state inmates at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution (MCCI), Freehold Township, dating back to January 1988. According to…

  • Emerging Artists Series at Monmouth Museum

    “Along the Canal” The New Jersey Emerging Artists Series opened at the Monmouth Museum’s Nilson Gallery this month with the first of three month-long exhibitions. Six artists working in a variety of media were selected by a panel of 10 jurors. A Haddonfield artist opens the series. “Philip J. Carroll – Oil Paintings” will be…

  • Police seek bank robber

    courtesy of Middletown Township This person is suspected of robbing a Commerce Bank branch Wednesday. Anybody with information is urged to call the Middletown Police Department at 732-615-2100. MIDDLETOWN – Police have released a surveillance photo of a suspect in the robbery of a branch of Commerce Bank located on Harmony Road in Middletown on…

  • In this club, it’s hip to be square

    Middletown Ramblers promote Western-style dances in the Shore area BY LAUREN PIRO Correspondent BY LAUREN PIROCorrespondent MIDDLETOWN – In the midst of suburbia, barely out of sight from the lights, sights and modernity of New York City, it appears as though Western-style square dancing still has a home. Croydon Hall Senior Center, the stomping ground…

  • Blood drives slated in local area during August

    Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, has announced the following local blood drives: • Aug. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at St. Benedict’s Roman Catholic Church, 165 Bethany Road, Holmdel. Free T-shirts for each donor. • Aug. 8 from 3-8 p.m. at Keyport First Aid Squad, 1927 Atlantic Ave. Free T-shirt for each donor. •…

  • Aberdeen man accused of peeping, flashing cop

    Target of Lake Comosting is a suspect forincidents in several towns BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer BY JENNIFER AMATOStaff Writer Mathew Kaduthodil NEW BRUNSWICK – An Aberdeen man has been charged with committing lewd acts in Lake Como, North Brunswick and South Brunswick. Mathew Kaduthodil, 39, of Church Street, was arrested on June 10 in…

  • Auditions

    The Children’s Entertainment Series at Eatontown Playhouse in the Tower Market shopping center, Route 35 north, Eatontown, will hold auditions for ages 8 and up for “The Haunting of Hathaway House,” and “Once Upon A Midnight Dreary,” Aug. 1 at 5 p.m. Details: Debby, (732) 888-0339. Center Players will hold open auditions for its Signature…

  • Holmdel pay-to-play vote expected Aug. 16

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer HOLMDEL – A vote to ban pay-to-play has been postponed until at least mid-August. “The reason it wasn’t adopted the other night is because the wrong ordinance was published,” Township Attorney Duane Davison said on Monday. The Township Committee was set to vote on…