• Whitall, Segal no strangers to Sheehan Classic victories

    BYWARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Former Holmdel High School state champion Craig Segal looks spent after winning the George Sheehan Classic five-mile run on Saturday in Red Bank. It was the second win in the Classic for the ex-Hornet standout. ERIC SUCAR staff A gain and again. That’s the story of Toms River runner Noel Brock Whitall,…

  • George M. Burke

    Mr. Burke, 62, of Freehold Township, died June 18, 2011, at home. He was employed as an auto mechanic at Berky’s Auto Service in Freehold Township for the past 20 years. Prior to that, he was an equipment operator at Midland Glass Co. Mr. Burke was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was predeceased…

  • JohnW. Byrd

    Mr. Byrd, 74, of Fair Haven, died June 13, 2011, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, after a long battle with cancer. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1963. Mr. Byrd was an HVAC systems engineer and worked for various companies, ending with Bell Labs in Holmdel. He was predeceased by a…

  • Doris Nielsen

    Mrs. Nielsen, 86, a resident of Middletown since 1998, died June 9, 2011, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She graduated from Hunter College in NewYork City and obtained a master’s equivalent in music from the University of Connecticut, and worked as a music teacher for 15 years in Westbrook, Conn., schools before retiring in…

  • Frederick J. Formon

    Mr. Formon, of Palm Harbor, Fla., formerly of Matawan, died June 13, 2011, at the Manor Care Nursing Home, Palm Harbor. He had resided in Matawan for 51 years before moving to Palm Harbor 20 years ago. After serving as a gunner’s mate in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Mr. Formon and his…

  • business briefs 

    Investors Savings Bank has announced the promotion of Allyson Connor to the position of branch manager at its Navesink Branch. Connor, a resident of Navesink, began her banking career with Investors eight years ago, when she joined the Navesink branch as a part-time teller. She has held several positions, including assistant manager at the Navesink…

  • ‘Amy Puccio: Wood Sculpture’

    “Clockworks,” mixed media, acrylic The Monmouth Museum’s New Jersey Emerging Artists Series is presenting an exhibit of wood sculpture by Amy Puccio. “Amy Puccio: Wood Sculpture” will run through July 3 at the museum. The exhibition features wood sculptures created as wall reliefs by Puccio. These ecofriendly, puzzle-like, tactile works incorporate leftover scraps of picture-frame…

  • NOTES

    The first film in the Oscar-Nominated FilmSeries at Middletown Main Library will be “True Grit” starring Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin. Adapted by Joel and Ethan Coen from the parody of the western novel by Charles Portis, it turns on a 14-yearold Arkansas girl who hires a “one-eyed fat man” to hunt down…

  • Holmdel resident is philanthropist of year

    Sylvia Allen, Holmdel businesswoman and founder of Sylvia’s Children, was awarded 2011’s Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year on May 16 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) at the Crystal Plaza in Livingston. Allen was chosen as the recipient of this award because of her commitment to the more than 1,000 children in Mbiriizi, Uganda,…

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