• Trio of Hornets continuing football careers in college

    BY MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent Three members of this year’s senior class at Holmdel High School will continue to play football in college. Joe Disko, nicknamed “Tugboat,” signed on to play for Western Connecticut State. He will most likely continue playing at defensive tackle, although he also started as a guard for three years at Holmdel.…

  • McDermott helping teens discover joy of basketball

    League honors friend John McGowan BY WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent The Crazy Johnny Memorial Basketball League caters to everyday basketball players. The league plays its games on Friday and Saturday nights at Wallo Park in Port Monmouth and in cases of inclement weather, at St. Catherine’s in Middletown. ERIC SUCAR staff John McDermott is a self-proclaimed…

  • Arthur J. Cahill Jr.

    Mr. Cahill, 84, a lifelong resident of Keyport, died June 23, 2011, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. A veteran of the U.S. Navy during World War II, he worked as a flooring installer with Seacoast in Keyport. He was a parishioner of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Keyport. Mr. Cahill was predeceased by his wife, Marilyn,…

  • Vincent Benincasa

    Mr. Benincasa, 60, ofMatawan and formerly of Manalapan, died June 29, 2011, at Meridian Healthcare at Shrewsbury. He was a financial planner for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Tinton Falls, as well as a restaurateur. Surviving are his wife, Yvonne; four children, Charles of Bayonne, and Francesco, Antonio and Lisa Marie, of Matawan; his parents, Frank…

  • Wilfred “Ted” T. Brady III

    Mr. Brady, 62, of Keyport and formerly of Hazlet, died June 22, 2011, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He worked in operations as a vice president with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp, New York City, retiring in August 2010. Mr. Brady was a veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Surviving are…

  • Albertha G. Trembley

    Mrs. Trembley, 88, a resident of Union Beach for 75 years ago, died June 22, 2011, at home. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, Union Beach; Order of the Eastern Star, Keyport; and a former member of the Union Beach Fire Company No. 1 LadiesAuxiliary. Mrs. Trembley was…

  • Edward F. Reese

    Mr. Reese, 56, of Freehold Township, formerly of Lakewood and Howell, died June 20, 2011, at home. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Germany during the Vietnam War era. Prior to retiring, he was employed as a shipping manager for A&E Medical, Farmingdale. Mr. Reese was predeceased by his father, Robert Reese.…

  • ‘Places We Have All Been’

    The Oceanic Free Library in Rumson is hosting an exhibition of watercolor paintings by Linné A. Grant, which include sites in Farmingdale, West Long Branch, Keyport, Sandy Hook, Middletown, Matawan, Rumson, Spring Lake and more. “Places We Have All Been” will be on exhibit at the Oceanic Free Library, Avenue of Two Rivers and Ridge…

  • Submit a photo for local calendar contest

    The annual OceanFirst Bank calendar contest is under way, and photographers are invited to submit original local photographs to be displayed in the bank’s 2012 community calendar. More than 12,000 calendars will be distributed to OceanFirst customers and the general public throughout Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Recognition will be awarded to each photographer featured…

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