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  • Threatened no-kill shelter in need of last-minute help

    CODA GREG BEAN I f you’re a pet lover like I am — and committed to the notion that one of the most noble acts we can accomplish is to rescue a cat or dog from a shelter, and support the good work those shelters do on shoestring budgets — you had to be saddened…

  • Otis L. Jennings

    Mr. Jennings, 62, of Englishtown, died Dec. 24, 2011, at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital Center in New Brunswick. Prior to retiring, he was employed by Overbrook/Essex County Hospital for 28 years. He was the proprietor of Otis Barbecue at the Englishtown Flea Market and was a part-time bus driver. Mr. Jennings was also the pastor…

  • Colleagues will miss late Marlboro principal, mentor

    On behalf of the administrative association at the Marlboro K-8 School District, it has been our great honor to have been colleagues of the late Dr. Sandra Morris. Dr. Morris was a great friend and colleague, a model principal and an exemplary educator. Those of you who may have known Dr. Morris know of her…

  • The stars are aligned

    DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS I n my youth, my family spent summers at the Pine Knoll bungalow colony in Monticello, N.Y., a small town in the heart of the Catskills’ Borscht Belt. It was the late ’70s, and we had tremendous freedom to run around barefoot and scamper about our private community of small rental cottages. Our…

  • Schools recognized for fighting hunger

    MARLBORO — The Marlboro K-8 School District announced that the Marlboro Memorial Middle School and the Marlboro Early Learning Center have recently been named as winners of the 2011 School Holiday Hunger Challenge sponsored by the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. The mission of the organization is to alleviate hunger and build food security…

  • The heartbreak of family time texting (FTT)

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I f there is one thing I’ve noticed lately, it’s the way that our family is plugged in. Not with extension cords protruding from our bodies as they reach into the nearest outlet, mind you, but heaven forbid that we don’t have the latest technological advancements within easy reach…

  • William James Shortlidge

    Mr. Shortlidge, 80, of Englishtown, died Jan. 8, 2012, at home. Born in Union, he was a former resident of Mountainside and Monroe. Mr. Shortlidge was a graduate of Union High School and Union County College, where he earned his certification in teaching. Prior to retiring, he was a carpenter and then a teacher of…

  • George Edward Gann III

    Mr. Gann, 35, of Freehold, died Dec. 24, 2011, at home. Born in Landstuhl, Germany, he worked as a patient care associate with Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Mr. Gann was a member of the East Freehold Volunteer Fire Company and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was predeceased by a brother,…