Category: Independent News

  • Woman arrested in fraudulent receipt scam

    HOLMDEL — Police arrested a 38-year-old woman in connection to a scam that cost T.J. Maxx $86,000. Natalie Kossova, 38, of Staten Island, N.Y., was arrested Sept. 22 and charged with theft by deception, a third-degree crime, Detective Sgt. Lou Torres said. Kossova was arrested following an investigation that began in August 2004. The investigation…

  • Grasping at straws

    CHRIS KELLY staff Freddie Schaeffner, 8, Hazlet, from Cub Scout Pack 137, stuffs an old pair of pants to make a scarecrow at Hazlet Day, held in Veterans Park on Oct. 1.

  • Event helps conservation foundation raise $150,000

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth Conservation Foundation (MCF) recently held its 28th annual dinner dance on the latest addition to the Monmouth County Park System. The event, which raised about $150,000 for land preservation in the county, took place on the Fisher-Stern tract on Sept. 17. Drew…

  • Soccer team requests lighting for practices

    Holmdel parents say car headlights have been used to illuminate field BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer HOLMDEL — The Stallions Soccer Club is heading to the community swim club, but it’s not for swim practice. As a result of the days getting shorter, the club is in need of a lighted…

  • Arts council announces annual grant selections

    The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) has announced grant awards to 28 Monmouth County organizations for Fiscal Year 2006. MCAC offers local arts grant funding to organizations that provide the Monmouth County public with arts events that are artistically excellent, provide public benefit and are accessible to the public, according to a press release. This…

  • Exhibit a blend of colors, collages and cartoons

    BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES Maureen Kelly of Wall has a one-woman art exhibit at the Middletown Public Library on New Monmouth Road. The show runs from Saturday until the end of the month. MIDDLETOWN — Charming and carefree, the latest art exhibit at the township library…

  • Holmdel ‘adopts’ hurricane-torn city

    Three journey from township to Mississippi to deliver donated aid BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Staff Writer BY MICHELLE ROSENBERGStaff Writer Clockwise from above: the city of Pass Christian, Miss., lost all of its stores, restaurants, buildings, and 85 percent of its homes to Hurricane Katrina. The inner contents of the majority of the city’s homes floated…

  • DOT grants to pay for area sidewalk upgrades

    BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer With some help from the state Department of Transportation, young people in the Bayshore area will be able to get to school and elsewhere in the community a little bit safer. Assemblyman Sam Thompson (R-Middlesex/Monmouth) announced last week that two grants have been obtained for use…

  • ‘Greatest Game’ is next step in actor’s career

    Josh Flitter of Marlboro plays key role of caddy in true story of golfer BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer Josh Flitter (center), of Marlboro, one of the stars of the new Disney movie “The Greatest Game Ever Played,” meets some fans at a screening of the movie in Freehold Township. MARLBORO…