• Millstone’s Byrne fights to the finish

    Millstone Township’s Kevin Byrne (l), a senior at Red Bank Catholic High School, shown here at the NJSIAA Non-Public A championships, finished fifth in the 800 meters at the NJSIAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships held June 9 at Lombardi Field in Old Bridge. Byrne clocked 1:53.37 in his final high school race in New…

  • Decorate a flamingo for makeover contest

    The Allentown Public Library is kicking off a flamingo-decorating contest. Adopt one of the library’s used flamingos for $35 and give it a makeover. Dress it, decorate it, paint it and then enter it in the Best Makeover Contest by June 23. For more information, contact the library at 609-259-7565.

  • Roosevelt dog rescue seeks vendors for event

    Roosevelt’s All 4 The Dogs Rescue will hold its first social fundraiser on July 22. The event will take place at Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, located at 553 Route 130 in Hamilton Township. The nonprofit seeks vendors to showcase their products and services 6-9 p.m. during the event. While vendors can participate free of charge,…

  • Joanne S. Baggitt

    Mrs. Baggitt, 73, of Freehold, died June 6, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was employed as a mortgage technician by Weichert Financial Services in Shrewsbury. Mrs. Baggitt was predeceased by her husband, Jack, in 1995. Surviving are a son, Jack Baggitt Jr. of Freehold; two daughters, Jill Norton of Freehold and Jeanne…

  • Kathleen A. Ernst

    Mrs. Ernst, 92, of Farmingdale, died May 24, 2011, at home. She was a 1938 graduate of the Emilie, Krider, Norris School of Drama, Philadelphia, Pa. Until her retirement in 1997, Mrs. Ernst was a vice president and treasurer at Eugene Ernst Products Company, Farmingdale. She was predeceased by her husband, Eugene Anton William Ernst…

  • Patricia “Pattie” C. Osmundsen

    Mrs. Osmundsen, 63, of Howell, died June 7, 2011, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. She was a graduate of Wagner College, Staten Island, where she earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. Mrs. Osmundsen worked as a permanent substitute for special needs children for the…

  • Browsers and buyers welcome at book sale

    Turn off the electronic reader, pull the little ones away from their Nintendo Wii and return to a time when the only way to shop for books was to stroll through a book store, look at a book’s cover and feel the texture of the pages that held words of magic and mayhem, romance and…

  • N.J. celebrating Month of the Horse with a variety of equine activities

    The Month of the Horse in New Jersey is well under way, and New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher visited the Standardbred Retirement Foundation in Hamilton Township to highlight the many unique equine activities and facilities the state has to offer. “Horses are meaningful to our state in many ways,” Fisher said in…

  • Amendment provides $20M for veteran outreach efforts

    On June 2 the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bipartisan amendment authored by Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ) that would dedicate $20 million to veteran suicide prevention outreach efforts. “On an average day, America loses 18 of our veterans to suicide. These tragic deaths can be prevented, but only if…

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