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June 6, 2021 Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar announced the winners of its fifth annual Above and “BEE”yond Teacher Essay Contest, which recognized the work and dedication...

April 18, 2020 Hospitalman Katrina Mastrolia, a native of Matawan, checked aboard the USS Constitution on April 2. Duty aboard USS Constitution is one of the Navy’s special... Obituaries

Westwood Council on Aging seeks participants for 'Seniors Celebrating Seniors' Common Content Editor's Note: The following was submitted by the Westwood Council on Aging. Westwood’s Council on Aging is starting a new program with the Westwood High School senior class called “Seniors Celebrating Seniors.” They would love area seniors to embrace a high school senior during this particularly challenging time and write “words of wisdom” or “congratulatory comments” to students who will be leaving Westwood to head to college and beyond. Those interested should call the the Council o...

Somehow the act of handwriting words and sentences to communicate is fading from our culture. Gone are the days of letters to and from grandparents. Instead, we FaceTime or, more recently, Zoom. Gone are the days of mailing a postcard to friends while you were on vacation (which, admittedly, often did not arrive until after you were home). Instead, we take a selfie with the mauve beach scene behind us and text it instantly. While electronic forms of communication are certainly fast, something gets lost in the translation. When we took the time to think more, we included more. The greatest dis...