• Rosemarie Borris

    Mrs. Borris, 69, of Freehold, died May 20, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born in Neptune Township and had resided in Aurora, Illinois, before returning to Freehold. Surviving are a son, Jay Borris; two daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and James Moriarty and Janice and Bruce Reynolds; a brother and sister-in-law, Charles…

  • Francis R. Bradshaw

    Mr. Bradshaw, 81, of Newtown, Conn., died May 23, 2010, at Glen Hill Care & Rehabilitation Center, Danbury, Conn. Mr. Bradshaw retired after a 38-year career in education that included teaching science as an adjunct professor at Kean University, principal of the Upper Freehold Elementary School, Allentown, and Dutch Neck Elementary School, West Windsor, and…

  • Willetta Reid Linke

    Willetta Reid Linke, 79, of Jackson, died May 26, 2010, at Care One of Jackson. Born in Englishtown, she lived in Jamesburg and Kingstree, S.C., before moving to Jackson 11 years ago. She was employed by Mendoker’s Quality Bakery, Jamesburg, for over 20 years. Mrs. Linke was predeceased by her husband, Calvin Linke; and two…

  • Samaritan Center thanks those who supported food drive

    The Samaritan Center Board of Trustees wishes to thank all who participated in seeing that the Samaritan Center was a recipient of such a generous amount of nonperishable food from the Post Office Food Drive this year: the postal patrons who gave the food, the post office employees who collected to food, the employees at…

  • Theater does a service showing sensory friendly films

    Sensory friendly films is a monthly program run by AMC Theatres and the Autism Society of America. Each month a movie will be shown with the lights turned up and the sound turned down for families affected by autism. After returning from the Freehold AMC Metroplex’s first sensory friendly film with my 9-year-old autistic son,…

  • EMT volunteer numbers are on the decline in New Jersey

    The volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) community’s financial fears are becoming reality. In December 2009, then-Gov. Jon Corzine transferred $4 million from the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Training Fund to the general fund to help offset a budget shortfall. As a result, since April 1, the fund reimburses only part of the volunteer EMTs educational…

  • Affordable housing is region’s most pressing concern

    As executive director of the only shelter for homeless families in Monmouth County, I see families struggle every day to find affordable housing in Monmouth County, and now Gov. Chris Christie wants to reduce the state’s affordable housing trust fund by $30 million. If this happens, there will be no money to build or rehabilitate…

  • Remember the sacrifices of military veterans

    Let’s please not take for granted the patriotic phrases, signs and bumper stickers that we see and hear around us in our everyday lives, or the questions that our children ask about their meaning. As we get ready for summer barbecues, school break, beach time, camping and the kinds of summer activities that many of…

  • This is a people problem, and not a dog problem

    CODA GREG BEAN The City Council in Garfield has backed off its misguided attempt to impose punitive restrictions on anyone who owns a pit bull. But that does not solve the problems for this misunderstood, and sometimes feared, breed of dogs in our state. The controversy started earlier this spring, when the council introduced an…

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