• Arts groups hard hit by withholding of state $$

    BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Arts organizations say the freezing of $14 million in state grants due to the state budget crisis has created a financial emergency for the arts that will trickle down to local economies. Mary Eileen Fouratt Numa Sasselin, chief executive officer of the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, explained that…

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    Sam Ryan (l) and Pat Conte get ready for the seventh annual church dinner at St. James Church in Long Branch on Dec. 24. Volunteers helped to prepare turkeys and an assortment of side dishes.

  • Legislature urged to act on brain injury bill package

    The New Jersey Legislature is considering the development of a task force that would help develop best practices for education professionals who work with students with traumatic brain injury. The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey respectfully calls on the state Legislature and the governor to approve of this Special Education and Traumatic Brain Injury…

  • Agency extends thanks to supporters during 2009

    Saying the words “thank you” just doesn’t seem sufficient to express our gratitude to all those who have assisted Prevention First during this year. Providing programs and services that work to keep our children drugfree continued to be the focus of our mission. In 2009 our dedicated staff and volunteers worked with over 10,000 children…

  • Coastal conservation trailblazer: Dery Bennett

    Most of us view the Jersey Shore as a place for a summer vacation or a day at the beach. But to Derickson W. Bennett, the coast was much more: a complex ecosystem, a habitat for wildlife and a way of life. Our coast lost what may have been its greatest advocate when Dery passed…

  • Helen D. Warren

    Mrs. Warren, 82, of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., and Long Branch, died Dec. 21, 2009, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She was predeceased by a son, Harry S. Warren. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, John Warren Jr.; a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley J.W. and Robert Eck of Pennsylvania; two sons and…

  • Kenneth P. Williamson

    Mr. Williamson, 80, of Long Branch, died Dec. 19, 2009, at home. He was a national track and field official at meets such as the Millrose Games and New Jersey International Meet, and served at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996. Prior to that, Mr. Williamson had a long career in federal employment at…

  • Nora Davis

    Mrs. Davis, 94, of Ocean Township, died Dec. 20, 2009. She resided in Oceanport prior to relocating to Ocean Township 14 years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas J. Davis; and four brothers, Edward, Thomas, John and Jay McGrath. She is survived by a sister, Helen Mc- Grath of New York City; a…

  • Lena A. Kaminski

    Mrs. Kaminski, 87, of Eatontown, died Dec. 20, 2009, at home in Eatontown. She was a manager at Kohr’s, Asbury Park. She was a Girl Scout leader in Mount Holly. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter Kaminski. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Anne and Robert Rademacher of Eatontown, and Joanne and…

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