• Author recounts crime in chilling detail

    Author recounts crime in chilling detail

    By DONNA KENYON Executive Editor John E. O’Rourke never thought of himself as a writer. But the author of three books is working on two more and enjoying the process. “I wrote the first two books to pay tribute to New Jersey State Troopers who died in the line of duty,’’ O’Rourke, a retired trooper,…

  • Genealogy Society to meet March 13

    EATONTOWN — The Monmouth County Genealogy Society will meet 1:30 p.m. March 13 at the Community Center, 72 Broad St. Educator and historian Henry McNally will present “Emigrants and Exiles: The Ireland They Left Behind.” He will discuss Irish and Scots-Irish emigrants and the forces that pushed them toward distant shores and the cultural and historical realities that…

  • Going forward on reverse mortgages

    Going forward on reverse mortgages

    By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Features Thanks to the TV commercials touting its virtues, the reverse mortgage is a familiar term but it’s hardly a well-understood product. Just as the foreclosure crisis prompted changes in other mortgages, the federal government, which insures nearly all reverse mortgages through its Home Equity Conversion Mortgages or “HECM” program, has…

  • Volunteers aid domestic violence victims

    Volunteers aid domestic violence victims

    180 Turning Lives Around (180), a private nonprofit organization in Monmouth County, continues to provide support and advocacy to victims of domestic violence with the assistance of its dedicated response team volunteers, according to a press release. 180 will be conducting a 40-hour mandatory training course for new Domestic Violence Response Team (DVRT) volunteers from…

  • Stone Pony concert to benefit Epilepsy Foundation

    Stone Pony concert to benefit Epilepsy Foundation

    The Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey will hold the fifth annual Paint the Pony Purple Benefit Concert 12:30-5 p.m. on March 13 at The Stone Pony, Asbury Park. The family-friendly event will raise funds to continue the agency’s programs and services that spread knowledge and awareness of epilepsy and improve the quality of life of…

  • Family Time: Hop around the Library

    Family Time: Hop around the Library

    The North Edison Library, 777 Grove Ave., Edison, will celebrate all things that Hop through children’s picture books with crafts, stories, songs and films at 6:30 p.m. March 16 and at the Clara Barton Branch Library, 141 Hoover Ave., Edison, at 2 p.m. on March 29. Registration is required and is open to the community…

  • Spring Things with the Edison Library

    Spring Things with the Edison Library

    The Main Edison Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., Edison, will celebrate the arrival of a new season with stories, songs and other activities at 1:30 p.m. on March 14 or at 10:30 a.m. on March 16, and at 2 p.m. on March 18 at the Clara Barton Branch, 141 Hoover Ave., Edison. Registration is required and…

  • Baseball presentation March 31 at Metuchen Library

    Baseball presentation March 31 at Metuchen Library

    The Metuchen Public Library, 480 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, will serve as the host to Rich Puerzer, baseball historian and frequent presenter at the annual Cooperstown Baseball Symposium, at 7:30 p.m. on March 31. “Another Exciting Chapter in Baseball History with Rich Puerzer: The 1946 Negro League World Series: The Newark Eagles vs. The Kansas City…

  • Temple to hold Purim Carnival March 20

    Temple to hold Purim Carnival March 20

    Temple Emanu-El, 100 James St., Edison, will hold the annual Purim Carnival from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on March 20. The carnival will open at 10:30 a.m. for families with children whose needs are met through a quieter and line-free environment. Please bring canned or boxed food for the food pantry. For more information, contact Dara…

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