• (Ret.) Capt. Owen Russell Yetter

    Mr. Yetter, 89, of Middletown, died Jan. 4, 2011, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Owen was born in Indianapolis and grew up in Corydon, Ind., where his final resting place will be. He was a fighter pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II and spent three years in the South Pacific…

  • ClaraA. Brazinski

    Mrs. Brazinski, 99, of Hazlet, died Dec. 30, 2010, at Brighton Gardens Assisted Living, Middletown. She worked as a beautician for 20 years with Julie’s Beauty Shop, Newark; and then as a home health aide for 10 years. Mrs. Brazinski was a parishioner of St. Benedict’s R.C. Church, Holmdel. She was affectionately known as the…

  • Twp. invites biz community to town hall forum

    ABERDEEN— Aberdeen Township is inviting members of the local business community to a special open forum on Monday evening, Jan. 24. At the forum, Mayor Fred Tagliarini and other municipal officials will seek input from businesses on awide range of issues, including the impact of the recently enacted ordinance allowing temporary signs for grand openings…

  • Temple Beth Ahm to host author, resistance fighter

    ABERDEEN— Temple Beth Ahm and its Hebrew High School program will present an appearance by author Arlette deMonceau Michaelis, who lived in Brussels, Belgium, during the German occupation of World War II (1940-45). During those war years, Michaelis, a teenager, and her parents, brother and sister resisted the Germans in many ways: harassing Germans on…

  • NOTES

    “Citizen King,” the 13th in the Social Action film series, will be shown 4 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Unitarian Meetinghouse, 1475 W. Front Street, Lincroft. “Citizen King” traces the final arc of Martin Luther King Jr.’s journey, which became, in his words, the effort to “transform and restructure the whole of American society.” Call…

  • ‘Visions of Wilson Hall’

    Pompeii Room” by Scott NickersonMonmouth University’s Wilson Hall is one of the landmark structures of the Jersey Shore. The property has served as the summer White House for President Woodrow Wilson, the home of Daddy Warbucks in the film version of “Annie,” and currently as administrative offices and classroom and lecture space for the university,…

  • Art spurs good works, benefits community

    Recent work by Molly Gaston Johnson A rtist Molly Gaston Johnson, the featured artist at Joel McFadden’s jewelry design studio in Red Bank this month, is taking her art exhibit to a new level of community involvement. Gaston Johnson is the third artist to be featured during Second Saturdays at the Studio, monthly art openings…

  • BlueClaws to hold job fair Jan. 22

    The Lakewood BlueClaws will host its annual job fair for all available part-time seasonal positions at FirstEnergy Park on Jan. 22 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The positions will run from April through September. Applications are available at the Blue- Claws’ front office at FirstEnergy Park, online atwww.lakewoodblueclaws.com, or at the job fair itself.…

  • Young Einsteins

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Students at Home Away From Home Academy, Aberdeen present their projects at the school’s annual Science Fair held at Matawan Regional High School on Jan. 8. Clockwise from top left: Judges Phyllis Visone (l-r) and Tiffany Wojcicki evaluate first-grader Alexis Campitello’s project. Students at the private school look at science…

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