His Beat Goes On: Saying Goodbye to Rich Chandler

“It’s the honesty you apply to your playing that makes music enjoyable. The style of the music has little to do with it. It’s only honesty that makes it beautiful.” 

Elvin Jones

That stark, shining, honest beauty straight from the heart is what emanated a bright light to countless people from the soul of Richard Chandler. The 60-year-old professional drummer, husband, dad, uncle and friend, who was known to never skip a beat when generously giving his love and talent, lost his years-long battle with cancer on Sunday, Oct. 4.

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Prosecutor: Man Arrested in $385K Accounting Swindle

A Middlesex County man with an Englishtown-based accounting firm has been charged with stealing roughly $385,000 in tax payments from a former New Jersey wholesale distributor now based in South Carolina, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.

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