• Brodeur wins 20th Sheehan Classic 5K race

    Runners make their way to the finish during the 20th George Sheehan 5K Classic. The race started and finished on Broad Street and attracted a field of just under 1,400 runners. SCOTT FRIEDMAN The 20th Sheehan Classic 5K showcased some of the finest recent high school distance runners from the Jersey Shore. It was like…

  • ‘Collages and Paintings by Jill Kerwick, June 2013’

    “Lipstick” Collages and paintings by Jill Kerwick are on exhibit at the Oceanic Free Library in Rumson. Works in “Collages and Paintings by Jill Kerwick, June 2013” incorporate her father’s paintings with Kerwick’s own to become 3-D, which includes real bunnies and chicks, and then revert to 2-D in the form of a pigment print.…

  • State Fair Meadowlands provides fun for all ages

    Featuring acrobats, sideshows, pig races, rides, games and more under an 1,800-seat circus tent, the State Fair Meadowlands will thrill fairgoers June 21-July 7 at the Meadowlands Fairgrounds, next to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. This year’s fair has something to entertain everyone, with Circus Maximus, animal shows, a petting zoo, bands ranging from 1960s…

  • ‘Daylily Day’ slated at Deep Cut Gardens

    “Daylily Day” will be held on June 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Deep Cut Gardens, 352 Red Hill Road, Middletown. Come enjoy an assortment of colorful daylilies. Expert daylily growers will be on hand to discuss this hardy flower and give horticultural advice. For more information, visit www.monmouthcountyparks.com.

  • Full-throttle bloom

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.” — Thomas Fuller, 1732 A nd isn’t this true, especially this year. Proliferated by the rains, weeds just seem to explode wherever you look. It requires some nimble moves as you tip-toe through your plants to get close enough to…

  • Theater group to hold book, DVD sale

    The Monmouth Players are holding a DVD and book sale, in conjunction with the Navesink-Duryea Library Association, on June 21, 5-9 p.m., and June 22-23, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the reading room of the former Navesink branch of the Middletown library at 149 Monmouth Ave., Navesink.

  • Ann B. Reid

    Mrs. Reid, 68, of Middletown, died May 29, 2013, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was born in Jersey City. She moved to Middletown with her family in 1971. She was a teacher’s aide at both Harmony and Thorne schools and a school crossing guard for several years. She was predeceased by a brother,…

  • Frances R. Napoli

    Mrs. Napoli, 81, of Hazlet, died June 14, 2013, at Care One at King James, Atlantic Highlands. She was born Frances R. Caramico on April 6, 1932, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 2000, she settled in Hazlet. She was predeceased by her husband, Louis J. Napoli. She is survived by a daughter, Rene Bodarky and her…

  • Francis Robert Brown

    Mr. Brown, 82, of Hazlet, died June 14, 2013, at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, New Brunswick. He was born on Jan. 10, 1931, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1970, he settled in Hazlet. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp during the Korean Conflict. He was predeceased by eight siblings. He is survived by his…

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