• Men live dream on Appalachian Trail

    Freehold Twp. friends hike thousands of miles from Georgia to Maine BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Danny Robertson and Brain Poucher lived the adage of “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” when they made approximately five million steps needed to complete a hike of the entire Appalachian Trail (AT), which measures…

  • Luella DuBois Davison

    Mrs. Davison, 88, of Marlboro, died Aug. 22, 2009, at home. She was born in East Brunswick and resided in Howell for her married life. Mrs. Davison was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Charles Davison, in 2001. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Charlotte and Jack Collins, with whom she lived, and Elsie…

  • Perpetrators sought in home invasion

    One resident kidnapped, later released unharmed, in Jackson incident BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer JACKSON — Police are searching for the men who invaded a Perrineville Road home and kidnapped an individual on Sept. 25. The person who was kidnapped was later released unharmed in South Brunswick, Middlesex County. An initial investigation revealed that the…

  • Plumsted flu clinic to be held Oct. 7

    The Ocean County Health Department is offering flu and pneumococcal shots 1-2 p.m. Oct. 7 at the New Egypt First Aid Building, Brynmore Road, New Egypt, at a cost of $20 each. Medicare Part B will be accepted. For more information, call the Ocean County Health Department at 732- 341-9700 or 800-342-9738, ext. 7502 for…

  • Rosemarie A. Wottrich

    Mrs. Wottrich, 69, of Freehold Township, died Aug. 29, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She had lived in Woodbridge for 38 years before moving to Freehold Township in 2002. Until her retirement in 2000, Mrs. Wottrich was a receptionist for Michael Stevens in Edison. She was predeceased by her husband, John, in 1974.…

  • New Jersey Youth Corps may perform work in town

    PLUMSTED — The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development may soon be partnering with Plumsted to perform community service projects under the New Jersey Youth Corps Program. Mayor Ron Dancer said that under the terms of a memorandum of agreement to be approved by the township, New Jersey Youth Corps would provide the labor…

  • Jackson man donates school supplies again

    For four years in a row, one Jackson resident has remembered the children at Rosenauer School with a donation of school supplies. Joseph Brill has once again contributed more than 100 sets of school supplies to Rosenauer School students. “I do this in honor of my wife, Diane Brill, who started donating the supplies with…

  • Rita Jackamets

    Mrs. Jackamets, 93, of Howell, died Sept. 22, 2009, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. Born in Russia, she came to the U.S. in 1949, settling in New York City. Mrs. Jackamets moved to Lakewood in 1960 and then to Howell in 2008. She retired as a nurse from Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. Prior to that,…

  • Helen Stefanick

    Mrs. Stefanick, 83, of Howell, died Aug. 26, 2009, at Evangelical Hospital, Lewisburg, Pa. She was a grower for Olbis Nursery, Freehold Township, until her retirement. Mrs. Stefanick is survived by her husband, John P.; three sons, John Jr. of Howell, George and his wife, Mary, of Lancaster, Pa., and Steven of Jackson; three daughters,…

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