Category: Independent News
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School bus driver, aide indicted on drug charges
BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer FREEHOLD – A former bus aide has been indicted for allegedly supplying a 15-year-old high school student with methadone in October. Parrish L. Jones, 36, of Keansburg, was indicted on numerous narcotics-related crimes, including third-degree distribution of a controlled substance on a school bus and third-degree…
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Utility pole split, power lost from DWI accident
HOLMDEL – A Belford woman was arrested on several drug and motor vehicle violation charges following an accident that caused a power outage on Thursday afternoon. At 12:47 p.m., police received a report of a serious accident on West Main Street in the area of the Vonage offices. Police determined that a 2006 Nissan Armada…
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From the Vault
Using a slow shutter speed, a photographer shows the blur of evening traffic at Strathmore Plaza, Aberdeen, in 1990.
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Children keep history of resistance to Nazis alive
Youth opera ‘Brundibar’ was originally performed in concentration camp Clockwise from top, the cast of the original production of “Brundibar” in Terezin. Ela Weissberger, as the Cat, is wearing all black in the front row. She will be in attendance for the upcoming shows in Holmdel. “Brundibar” director Paul Hart applies whiskers to a cast…
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Irish eyes are smiling
CHRIS KELLY staff Parade Grand Marshal Cheryl Hill waves to the crowd along West Front Street, during Keyport’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, held Sunday.
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What’s in the cards?
JEFF GRANIT staff Kathy Hermida, Matawan, looks into her future with a tarot card reading during Girls Night Out at Branches in West Long Branch.
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A Dei in the spotlight
SCOTT PILLING staff Members of the Mater Dei honors choir perform during the musical theater workshop during the Arts Festival at Brookdale Community College.
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Photographic genius evident in Brookdale collection
‘Brookdale Collects’ will run through April 22 at Monmouth Museum BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer “New York City” by Elliot Erwitt, 1974 A photography exhibit at Monmouth Museum and Cultural Center promises to be a visual experience and a sociology lesson at the same time. Four newly acquired photographs by a…
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CHRIS KELLY staff The Pipes and Drums of the Atlantic Watch entertain the crowd during the Keyport St. Patrick’s Day parade, held Sunday.
