Category: Independent News
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Organizers pleased with response to first festival
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer BY REBECCA MORTONStaff Writer The warm musical tones coming from a group of minstrels as they passed by, mixed with the delectable aromas floating on the air, made guests feel as though they were strolling the streets of Rome. In reality, they were in Freehold at the first Italian-American festival.…
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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…
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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…
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From the Vault
A worker walks beside the 362-foot-long Jonathan, an empty sugar barge that ran aground on March 4, 1989, at Sandy Hook. The barge was being towed from Yonkers, N.Y., to West Palm Beach, Fla., when the tow cables broke.
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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…
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Entries sought for Indik Wordsmith Competition
VSA arts of New Jersey (VSA/NJ), New Brunswick, is accepting entries of poems, essays, short stories and plays by New Jersey residents age 18 and older for its 14th annual Joyce Indik New Jersey Wordsmith Competition. Submission for entries is Sept. 5. The contest is open to all writers, and submissions by writers with disabilities…
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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…
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An old city is new again
History of Jersey City looks at past and today BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent CHRISKELLYstaff Randall Gabrielan, of Middletown, returns to his roots with his latest book, “Jersey City, A Monumental History.” While some view old photographs as mere aids to nostalgia, Monmouth County historian Randall Gabrielan sees them as essential components of…
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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…
