Deep Cut Orchid Society's monthly meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Jewish Reform Temple, Hance Road, Tinton Falls. The public is invited to attend at no charge. Refreshments will be served. In addition, the society will host its 12th annual show and exhibit Feb. 5-8 at Dearborn Fa... More...

Iread with great interest and dismay a letter to the editor published in the Dec. 17, 2008, News Transcript written by Ray Kalainikas and concerning the home mortgage crisis ("A Workable Solution to the Current Foreclosure Crisis"). More...

It was so easy for me, two or three years ago, to poke fun at senior citizens and all of the demands they make. Cheaper movie tickets, property taxes frozen in place forever, lower-price early-bird dinners — all of the things that everyone should be able to enjoy in life. More...

It seems like when the kids move out, they're never really gone because they leave so much junk behind. But at our house, it isn't the kids who are responsible for all the accumulated archeological detritus. My wife and I save things as well. Boxes and boxes of photographs. Birthday cards. Import... More...

Lisa Ann Paul, 52, of Toms River, died Dec. 12, 2008, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. She was born in Newark and resided in Freehold most of her life before moving to Toms River. Prior to her retirement she was a title researcher in the Freehold area. More...

In case his team needed a reminder, head coach Ben DiBiase had the program biography of the late Jack Kuhnert taped to his player's individual lockers prior to tip-off of the Dec. 30 Kuhnert Holiday Basketball Tournament final against Manasquan. On the bottom, he wrote, "Know what you're playing f... More...