Category: Independent News

  • List of online gambling busts reaches over 50

    Former assemblyman among those charged as part of $500M operation BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer FREEHOLD – On the eve of NCAA basketball’s Final Four, a former New Jersey Assembly member joined dozens of state residents charged for their involvement with an Internet-based gambling ring that thrived on pro and college…

  • Operation Thunderbird arrests (as of Friday)

    The following Monmouth County residents were arrested on March 28: Richard Neale Sr., 52, of West Long Branch; Chester Zdunek, 77, of Colts Neck; Joseph Mariconda, 59, of Freehold; Kenneth Murphy, 81, of Oceanport; Mike Demetropoulis, 84, of Matawan; Robert A. Carpenito, 41, of Tinton Falls; Tyler Case, 39, of Morganville; John Squeo, 68, of…

  • ‘To Catch a Predator’ comes to Ocean County

    Twenty-eight arrested in online sting operation over the weekend BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer BY PATRICIA A. MILLERStaff Writer TOMS RIVER – They cast out a net and came away with a big catch. Twenty-eight men showed up at a home in Ocean County over three days last week, hoping to have sex with…

  • Enigmatic photos at McKay gallery

    “El Otoño en la ciuidad depende del progreso” An exhibit of photographs by José Castillo Pazos opened at McKay Imaging Studio & Gallery in Red Bank March 30. The title “Weltschmerz” translates loosely as the kind of feeling experienced by someone who understands that the physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind,…

  • N.J. expo ctr. hosts state’s first gay wedding expo

    BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer EDISON – When Jimmy Nieves tied the knot last August, planning the wedding was a piecemeal effort done through magazines and the Internet. But now, with the blessing of the New Jersey Supreme Court and the state Legislature, others like Jimmy can plan the wedding of…

  • From the Vault

    Christians carry a statue of Jesus Christ through downtown Keyport during a Palm Sunday procession on March 23, 1986.

  • Project PAUL approved as United Way agency

    Project PAUL, Keansburg, a nonprofit that assists the needy in the Bayshore area, has been approved as a United Way of Monmouth County (UWMC) certified agency. Project Paul was founded in 1980 as a part of the community outreach ministry of St. Ann’s Parish. It operates the largest food pantry in Monmouth County, as well…

  • Holmdel forming Lucent task force

    Residents offer suggestions for tract’s future at hearing BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Holmdel’s township planner said last week that it was unrealistic to expect any new tenant could reuse the Bell Labs research complex, Crawfords Corner Road, because of its specialized nature. A golf course,…

  • Middletown adopts house party ordinance

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer “This will be used as a tool to prevent house parties and the underage drinking that occurs at these parties from taking place.” – Robert Oches Township Police Chief MIDDLETOWN – The Township Committee has unanimously approved an ordinance that would fine underage drinkers caught with…