• To escape, just step out of the last two centuries

    Coda • GREG BEAN Iguess nearly everyone has a side of their life that they tend to keep private because they think nobody would understand. I know I do, and for more than 30 years of writing columns, I’ve never written about it. I guess it’s time. Fact is, I’m a historical re-enactor, and so…

  • Business Briefs

    Rumson-Fair Haven Bank & Trust Co., Rumson, has opened two new offices. The Community Bank of Asbury Park opened in January, and a branch in Oceanport in February. Rumson-Fair Haven Bank and Trust branches provide deposit and lending services for individuals and small to medium-sized businesses and professional practices. They also offer safe deposit boxes,…

  • OCC to offer job search workshops

    The Department of Continuing and Professional Education at Ocean County College is offering the following • “Job Search Workshop with Résumé Writing,” offered from 6-8:30 p.m., Wednesdays, June 3-24 at the OCC Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River. The cost is $52. This program reveals the secret of an effective resume. • “Help in Looking…

  • Free job seekers club offered at OCC

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

  • ‘Success for Teens’ offered at Drum Point

    “Success for Teens,” a book that provides teens with the fundamental principles for personal development and the resources to help them reach their full potential, will be available compliments of the Twin County Soccer of Brick. The book will be available at the Drum Point Sports Complex snack stand. Quantities are limited. The Success Foundation,…

  • Laurelton Village Care hosts blood drive

    The Laurelton Village Care Center will host an American Red Cross blood drive from 1-6 p.m. June 10 at 475 Jack Martin Blvd., Brick. The American Red Cross Penn-Jersey Region supplies blood to over 120 hospitals in New Jersey and five counties in southeastern Pennsylvania. Most healthy people who are at least 17 years old…

  • 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…

  • Church to offer soup kitchen

    The First Baptist Church of Laurelton, 1836 Route 88, Brick, will serve a soup kitchen on the last Thursday of each month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. All are welcome. There is no charge.

  • Free baby fair offered to expectant moms

    The Family Resource Network in partnership with Community Medical Center Saint-Barnabas Health Care System will host “Pregnant Pause 2009,” a free baby event promoting alcohol- and smoke-free pregnancies for expectant mothers. The event will be held 5-8 p.m. June 11 at the Community Medical Center Auditorium, 99 Route 37, Toms River. Area organizations and agencies…

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