Hibernia News

FOR MORE than 300 years there has been a Catholic service organization in Ireland known as the Ancient Order of Hibernians or AOH.

The South Amboy St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee announced recently that the 2009 Honorary Grand Marshall will be Sayreville resident, Tom Tighe.

In the summer of 2008, John Ross Cocozza entered into a business deal as part owner of a new Irish pub in Matawan, N.J. The establishment was a dream come true for John - well, almost.

12. Police said the death, occurring during intense flooding caused by the storms that converged on the area last week, appeared to be accidental.

For parents Sean and Joelyn O'Brien, facing the fact that their 19-month-old son Keane suffers from a rare and fatal illness has been heartbreaking.

Throughout the United States, members of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians gather in the fall to remember what they call the Great Irish Hunger, the famine period between 1845 and 1852 that killed as many as one million people in Ireland.

For the first time since he was an infant, Rockaway Township resident Kirk Bruseo paid a visit to the now-historic landmark that years ago was his grandparents' home and the house where his father grew up.

Once the name David Donnelly was raised, the first thought was "from mayoral aide to a member of a city's governing body." Journal file photo David Donnelly has had training for the City Council.

On the Wednesday before a Friday game, or the Thursday before a Saturday match, the signing intensifies as the practice winds down.

The largest Irish festival on the East Coast begins Thursday, Sept. 24 and concludes Sunday, Sept.

ROCKAWAY TWP. - Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Morris were united in marriage on Aug. 28,1959, by the Rev.

All lanes on westbound Route 80 closed for nearly an hour Thursday afternoon after a tractor-trailer caught fire, snarling traffic for miles.

All lanes on westbound Route 80 closed for nearly an hour Thursday afternoon after a tractor-trailer caught fire, snarling traffic for miles.

All lanes on westbound Route 80 closed for nearly an hour Thursday afternoon after a tractor-trailer caught fire, snarling traffic for miles.

Cub Scouts and their families helped out this week by cleaning a historic cemetery.

More than 90 percent of the 30,000 bats living in the Hibernia Mine are dead as concerns mount regarding the mysterious illness decimating their numbers throughout the Northeast.

A former, volunteer treasurer for Hibernia Fire Co. No. 1 in Rockaway Township pleaded guilty today to stealing $69,870 from the organization over a six-year period.

The event benefits the Hibernian Hunger Project. Eight years ago, Alex Phinn started to feed homeless and low-income people after noticing the need in Bucks County and surrounding areas.

As the Congressional Natural Resource Committee in Washington, D.C., began yesterday to review federal responses to the dilemma, the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey launched an effort to monitor roosting spots where bats spend their summers in the state.