• Find solutions that work for older Americans

    There is much to feel encouraged about regarding the president’s State of the Union address, but the president and Congress have their work cut out for them. Millions of older Americans face enormous challenges, many of whom work very hard to build nest eggs only to see them crack due to soaring health care costs.…

  • Resident applauds council for passing resolution

    Iwould like to applaud the Highlands Borough Council for unanimously passing R10-25, the resolution opposing the installation of Cantilever Road signs on the new Route 36 Highlands Bridge. The resolution highlights the concerns of many Jersey Shore area citizens, that the installation of six large overhead cantilever New Jersey Turnpike-style signs at three separate locations…

  • William H. Stewart

    Mr. Stewart, 81, of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, died Jan. 20, 2010, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was a quality controller at EAI, West Long Branch, retiring 25 years ago. Mr. Stewart was predeceased by a son, John Jay Stewart, in 1968; four brothers; and four sisters. He is survived by…

  • Leslie Ann “Peaches” Hlatky

    Miss Hlatky, 52, of the Wanamassa section of Ocean Township, died Jan. 19, 2010, at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark. She was a visual display supervisor at Kohl’s, Holmdel, the past 10 years. Mrs.Hlatky was predeceased by her father, Edward R. Hlatky. Surviving are her mother, Rose Ambulario Hlatky; four brothers…

  • Dorothy L. Shields

    Mrs. Shields, 87, died Jan. 18, 2010, at Summits Trace Nursing Home, Canton, Ohio. Following graduation from Asbury Park High School, she was a bookkeeper and secretary. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph G. Shields; and a sister, Violet Dehm. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Patrick and Patricia Shields; and two…

  • Chief Joseph D. Purcell Jr.

    Mr. Purcell, of Long Branch, died Jan. 18, 2010. He served with the Long Branch Police Department from 1938-70, retiring as chief of police. His ranks included detective, sergeant and captain. Following retirement in 1972, he was employed at Atlantic Records, N.Y., retiring in 1981. He was predeceased by a son, Joseph D. Purcell III;…

  • Marc Friedman

    Mr. Friedman, 54, of Dover, Del., died Jan. 18, 2010, at home. He resided in Long Branch and California, prior to relocating to Delaware in 2008. He attended Kean University, Union. He was an Eagle Scout in the Ocean Township Boy Scout troop, and member of the Order of the Arrow. He is survived by…

  • On Campus

    Rowan University, Glassboro, has named the following local students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: from Eatontown, Pauline M. Robinson, Jason S. Elhomsi, Amie L. Miller and Elizabeth Mooney; from Long Branch, Rheanah S. Johnson, Coleen A. Maloney, Jose E. Palma, Louis O. Carretta and Michael R. Vieira; from Monmouth Beach, Jared M.…

  • U.S. No. 1 time in 1K for RBC’s Byrne

    McNamara breaks girls county record BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Rob DeFilippis took Kevin Bryne and Molly McNamara up to the New York Armory “looking for something special.” He and his Red Bank Catholic runners got it Saturday at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational. Bryne turned in the fastest 1,000-meter run in the country this…

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