• Lillian M. Perry

    Mrs. Perry, 78, of Sayreville, died April 5, 2012, in Red Bank. She had lived in Middletown for 30 years before moving to Sayreville recently. In her early years Mrs. Perry worked for New Jersey Bell Telephone as an operator. Later in life she went back to work at McDonald’s after her husband’s retirement. Mrs.…

  • KennethWilliam Ganson

    Mr. Ganson, 80, of Matawan, died April 8, 2012, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955 aboard the USS Tutuilla. After discharge, he joined the AT&T Bell Laboratories team in the product development shop as a precision instrument tool and die maker. He retired after 37…

  • William E. Storer

    Mr. Storer, 85, of Matawan, died March 27, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a lifelong resident of Morganville. Before his retirement, Mr. Storer worked as a head mechanic for National Lead Industries in Sayreville. He was a founding member of the Robertsville Fire Company and had served as chief, president and…

  • NOTES

    Get a jump-start on summer gardening at Brookdale’s annual Greenhouse Plant Sale onMay 1-4 at the Lincroft campus. Hours of the sale are 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and 9:30 a.m.- noon Friday. Each winter, students, their learning assistants and faculty start growing a selection of flowers, vines, herbs, houseplants and…

  • ‘Fun Can Be Work!’

    Stanley Stamaty The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County in Freehold Township invites the community to a preview gala opening of the exhibit “Fun Can Be Work! The Art of ClaraGee Stamaty, Stanley Stamaty and Mark Alan Stamaty” on Sunday, April 22, at 1 p.m. The reception will include a fruit, cheese and wine table,…

  • VFW will pay tribute to NJ’s fallen May 19

    Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2179 will be planting flags at 9 a.m. May 19 at Middletown Township Town Hall to honor and pay tribute to those from New Jersey who lost their lives in service to our country and to honor all prisoners of war and missing in action (POW/MIA). All are welcome to…

  • MRHS students’ ‘penny war’ benefits homeless animals

    Therapy dog Lucy visits with students at Matawan Regional High School who held a fundraiser and donated $500 to the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. COURTESY OF DARLENE GALLAGHER ABERDEEN — Therapy dog Lucy came toMatawan Regional High School on April 4 to accept a $500 donation for the Monmouth…

  • GREEN SCENE

    April: Spring blew in wildly GOTTI KELLEY “April comes in like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay O verwhelmed and prone to procrastinate — Maureen Dowd said it so well in her recent column. It can definitely be applied to many of us who tend to put off less desirable…

  • iPlay America to host Fur Ball

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — iPlay America, an indoor theme park, will host the annual Monmouth County SPCA Fur Ball at its Encore Event Center on April 21 starting at 6 p.m. Tamsen Fudel of the WPIX-TV morning news program will serve as host and all of the event’s proceeds will go directly to the Monmouth County…

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