• Common mistakes made on home renovation projects

    Home improvement projects can turn a house into a home. Homeowners plan scores of renovations to transform living spaces into rooms that reflect their personal tastes and comforts. Homeowners going it alone may find things do not always go as planned. In fact, a Harris Interactive study found that 85 percent of homeowners say remodeling…

  • Library has museum passes for cardholders

    Museum passes are available to Middletown Township Public Library cardholders who are in good standing at 55 New Monmouth Road. The passes are for various area museums and may be checked out for a maximum of three days. Passes must be picked up and returned at the library’s circulation desk. For detailed information on pass…

  • Gloria Zastko, 83, real estate and community leader

    Gloria Zastko Gloria Zastko, 83, passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 26. She was born in New Brunswick and resided in North Brunswick throughout her life. She graduated from New Brunswick High School in 1949 and went on to attend Rutgers College. Mrs. Zastko started a career in real estate in the 1970s.…

  • Edison woman among thousands who perished in Nepal earthquake

    Marisa Eve Girawong, a 28-year-old Edison resident known as Eve, was killed in an avalanche caused by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in central Nepal on April 25. Ms. Girawong was working as a base camp doctor for Everest/Lhotse expedition, according to Madison Mountaineering, the Seattle, Washington, guide service where she was employed. Ms. Girawong was…

  • State park to host history fair

    An opportunity to learn about New Jersey’s history is coming to Battlefield State Park, Route 33, Manalapan. The 11th annual New Jersey State History Fair will offer visitors an experience that covers five centuries of the state’s history. The history fair will be held 11 a.m.-5 p.m. May 9. Admission will be free. Monmouth Battlefield…

  • Author to speak about herbal use, remedies

    The public is invited to the annual meeting of the Monmouth Center for World Religions and Ethical Thought (MCWRET) at 7 p.m. April 30 at the Unitarian meetinghouse, 1475 W. Front St., Lincroft. The featured speaker will be Uma Swaminathan, author of the newly published book, “Herbal Transformations, Ancient Wisdom Revealed for Health and Longevity.”…

  • Incarnation-St. James to celebrate 60 years

    Incarnation-St. James School will celebrate 60 years of Catholic education with a Mass at 12:30 p.m. May 31 at Incarnation Church, 1555 Pennington Road, Ewing, Mass will be followed by a reception in the school auditorium. All alumni, their families, school faculty, past and present staff, and friends of the school who have supported its…

  • Fire at Rumson estate puts VNA fundraiser on hold

    By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer An April 20 fire at a mansion in Rumson has forced the cancellation of the Visiting Nurses Association’s fifth Stately Homes-by-the-Sea Designer Show, which was scheduled for April 25. The fire has been ruled an accident by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. LITTLE SILVER FIRE DEPARTMENT RUMSON — A fire…

  • Starace-Ritter

    MILESTONES Lynn Patricia Starace and Benjamin Peter Ritter Lynn Patricia Starace, daughter of James and Maureen Starace of Matawan, became engaged to marry Benjamin Peter Ritter, son of Peter and Valerie Ritter of East Brunswick. The bride, a graduate of St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Rider University,…

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