• Pursing her lips over tiny purses

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH My mother’s purse is held in high regard. It is an object of reverence, a monument to her being, and an entity of respect and reverence. As kids, we could observe it from afar and perhaps gaze upon it with love. On a lucky day, we might have…

  • Rose Gesior

    Ms. Gesior, 69, of Howell, died May 23, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. She worked as an office controller for Sansone Auto in Neptune for about 10 years. Ms. Gesior was an usher at the Two River Theater Company and volunteered many hours making stuffed bears for children with cancer. She…

  • Professional advice you can take as the gospel

    Coda • GREG BEAN Editor’s note: Greg Bean is on vacation. This column originally ran Aug. 3, 2005. Inever thought I’d come to the point in my life where I had any foolproof professional wisdom for my kids, at least any they’d listen to. But recently I had a conversation with one of my sons…

  • SCORE offers counseling to small businesses

    SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, is offering a free and confidential in-depth business analysis to small business owners who want to sustain or grow their business during the current economic times. The analysis will include a comprehensive review of the various aspects of the business, including sales, marketing, finances, planning, management, organization and procedures.…

  • Philharmonic moves to new location

    The Garden State Philharmonic has moved from its old location on Brick Boulevard to its new office on the Ocean County College Campus. The new address is 1 College Drive, P.O. Box 2001, Toms River NJ 08754. For any questions, call 732-255-0460 or email [email protected].

  • Free job seekers club offered at OCC

    If you are out of work or want to change jobs, Ocean County College Career, Employment & Counseling Services sponsors a weekly job seekers support club. Meetings are held on Monday mornings 9-10 a.m. in Rm 104 at OCCs Center for Business Education and Training, 150 Brick Blvd., Brick. Admission to club meetings is free…

  • Ocean Medical Center now offers open MRI

    Ocean Medical Center, Brick, now offers an open bore MRI system that combines a larger bore, or opening, for obese and claustrophobic patients with the ability to capture high-field quality diagnostic images. Since two-thirds of American adults are overweight, the health-care industry is challenged to accommodate these larger patients with imaging systems that were designed…

  • Alternate route teacher cert. offered

    For those who have a bachelor’s degree and would like to become a teacher, the Alternative Route to Teaching program offered at Ocean County College (OCC) can help them to become licensed without completing a traditional teacher-training program. Students may choose to take the program as either a teacher certification requirement to become a teacher…

  • Legion of service

    On May 8, the new officers of the Lt. John Farnkopf American Legion Post 401, South Brunswick, were installed. Top photo, front row, (l-r): William Smirk, sergeant at arms; Dennis Collingswood, second vice commander; Frank McCarthy, chaplain. Back row: Hank DeGroff, finance officer; Irv Demarest, first vice commander and adjutant; Rich Allen, service officer; and…

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