Scene Around: Rumsonite Renee Swartz’s Literacy Honor Among Friends

You could say she’s booked. In fact, she’s been booked for quite some time.

Longtime former Rumsonite Renee Swartz was recently (on July 19), and quite literally, booked at an event honoring her work with Monmouth County Library System since 1960 and, mostly, her retirement from her work since 2001 as founder and chair of the NJ Center for the Book at the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank.

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Prosecutor: Area PTA Treasurer Charged with Theft of $12K in PTA Funds

A Monmouth County woman who served as the treasurer for an elementary school’s PTA has been charged with stealing more than $12,000 from its coffers, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.

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