• Anne Sokoloff

    Mrs. Sokoloff, 94, died peacefully on May 29, 2014, at Bella Terra in Jackson. She was born in Staten Island, N.Y., and lived most of her life in Wickatunk, Marlboro, before moving to Bella Terra. She was predeceased by her husband, Michael Sr., as well as by her sister and brother. She is survived by…

  • Shirley A. Buchanan Gardner

    Shirley A. Buchanan Gardner, 93, died March 24, 2014, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, from complications of emphysema and COPD. Born in New York City, Shirley moved to New Jersey in 1924. She was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School, Weehawken, in 1937 at the tender age of 16. She then attended Columbia…

  • Linda F. Levin

    Linda F. Levin, 69, of Freehold, died May 23, 2014, at Overlook Hospital, Summit. She was born in the Bronx, N.Y., and raised in Plainview, Long Island. She resided in Freehold for more than 35 years. Ms. Levin received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., with her master’s degree in Russian…

  • Alice Goldstein

    Alice Goldstein, 89, of Manalapan, died May 27, 2014, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in New York City and raised in the Bronx, N.Y., she moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., in the 1970s where she remained before moving to Covered Bridge, Manalapan, 12 years ago. Mrs. Goldstein was a receptionist for the Y.M.H.A. in…

  • ‘All My Sons’ opens on D-Day anniversary

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer “All My Sons” director and actor Anthony Greco, right, discusses the moral dilemmas of war with Ernie Diorio, vice president of the Vietnam Veterans of America New Jersey Shore Area Chapter 12. Greco’s production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play opens June 6 at the Center Playhouse in Freehold. A side…

  • Freehold Family Massage opens

    FREEHOLD — Freehold Family Massage has opened at 57 W. Main St., Freehold Borough. The business, which had its official opening on May 1, is owned by Lisa Koodray, who is a massage therapist. Mayor Nolan Higgins and the Rev. Lisa Lancaster, director of pastoral services at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, attended the ceremony,…

  • New Jersey anniversary to be marked at library

    Residents are invited to attend a variety of educational events at the Monmouth County Library as the library celebrates New Jersey’s 350th anniversary. Chat with Gen. George Washington and heroine Molly Pitcher, see a cannon named Thundering Barbara, and listen to period music and great authors at a special New Jersey 350th anniversary weekend of…

  • Summer blood drives key to keeping center stocked

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer MARLBORO — An hour of one’s time could extend the length and quality of life for another person. Marlboro resident and Rutgers University student Lauren McCormick, 20, has signed on to chair a blood drive this summer, during what is usually a difficult time of year for blood centers. Along…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    And the babysitter years are finally over Lori Clinch We rarely left our boys when they were little. It wasn’t that we were compelled to spend every minute of every day with those little dears. It wasn’t that I didn’t trust anyone with their care or that I felt they would suffer with abandonment issues.…

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