• Peter Hofferber

    Mr. Hofferber, 76, of Delray Beach, Fla., and formerly of Franklin Lakes, died Dec. 4, 2013. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, June; a son, Glenn P. and his wife, Janice, of Rumson; and two grandchildren. Arrangements were entrusted to the Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank. A funeral service was celebrated at…

  • Joan Sweder

    Mrs. Sweder, 74, died Dec. 17, 2013, in Tinton Falls. She worked as a beautician and in retail. She was predeceased by her husband, Dennis; and six siblings, Lilly Haley, Annie Gleason, Edward McLoughlin, Katherine Gallagher, May Smart and Carmel McLoughlin. She is survived by a brother, James McLoughlin; and many nieces and nephews. Arrangements…

  • Charles Homer Raynor

    Mr. Raynor of Tinton Falls, formerly of Fair Haven, died Oct. 11, 2013. He was predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Marjorie; a sister, Harriet Helen Raynor; and a brother, Pierson Tuthill Raynor. He is survived by two sons, Douglas Preston Raynor and his wife, Maggie, of Eatontown, and Robert Pierson Raynor and his…

  • Aloiza “Baba” Gorlenko

    Mrs. Gorlenko, 94, of Red Bank, died Dec. 11, 2013. She was predeceased by her husband, Anton, in 1975; and a son-in-law, Michael Conness Sr., in 1993. She is survived by three daughters, Vera Conness of Austin, Texas, Nadezda and her husband, Richard Enna Sr., of Red Bank, and Luba and her husband, Val DeFazio,…

  • Harry Drazin

    Mr. Drazin, 100, of Tinton Falls, died Dec. 13, 2013, at home. He was a self-employed realtor and insurance broker. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was predeceased by his wife, Rita Saperstein Drazin, in 1980; two brothers, Louis and Robert Drazin; and a sister, Ruth Feldman. He is survived…

  • Fort Monmouth properties spark developers’ interest

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority is seeking bids for the purchase of the Fort Monmouth chapel and attached school building. U.S. ARMY GARRISON FORT MONMOUTH FORT MONMOUTH — As of the new year, more than a dozen parcels of Fort Monmouth property will be for sale, while negotiations continue…

  • Charter School clothing drive helps foster children

    By NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer RED BANK — The Red Bank Charter School (RBCS) students participated in a clothing-drive fundraiser to benefit foster children in New Jersey. The fundraiser was a three-day event held at the end of November to support One Simple Wish, a nonprofit that focuses on children in foster care. “We knew…

  • IN THE NEWS

    Put on a happy face Mark Rosman We have come to the end of another year of news gathering in communities in Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties. Greater Media Newspapers’ staff writers have authored thousands of articles about the issues of the day and the people who contribute to the towns where we live and…

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    The Monmouth University Concert Chorus performs on the Grand Staircase at Wilson Hall as part of Winter Song on Dec. 12. The annual holiday program, a tradition on the West Long Branch campus, is presented by the Department of Music & Theatre Arts. DYLAN VARGAS

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