Renaissance Gardens at Seabrook in Tinton Falls presented dog walker Carol Smith with a plaque this month in recognition of her dedicated effort to keep a friendship going between a resident and the dog he could no longer care for. Smith was hired to walk Louie, a miniature poodle belonging to Glenn Rodman, who was without a doubt his best friend. Rodman adopted Louie from the Monmouth County SPCA in Eatontown when he was only 7 weeks old. "I never saw a person love a dog, or a dog love a person as much as in the case of Mr. Rodman and Louie," said Smith, Neptune City. Smith was hired in 2005, when Rodman became unable to take the dog out for his usual stroll due to health problems. When Rodman's health declined and he could no longer care for Louie, Smith took the small dog into her home and kept the friendship going between the two. Each day, she brought Louie to visit Rodman, right up until Rodman passed away in March. Thomas C. Murray, Red Bank, has been named to the New Jersey Catholic Historical Commission, a specially appointed board sponsored by the Catholic bishops of New Jersey and Seton Hall University, South Orange. Earlier in 2007, the university also invited Murray to submit his papers to the archives of the university library. Murray taught at Mater Dei High School, New Monmouth section of Middletown, from 1976 to 1996.

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The Alumni Association of St. Anthony High School will hold a grand reunion of all graduates and friends of the Friar Family on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Casino in the Park in Jersey City.

Festivities will begin with a cocktail hour at 7 p.m. followed by dinner and dancing until midnight.

Tickets are $100, and are available either by calling committee members at: (201) 935-6463 or (201) 674-6896. Tickets can also be ordered via e-mail to: beckley2@aol.com. More information is on the school Web site, www.stanthonyhighschool.org.

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Residents helped clean up Old Wharf Park and Charles Park and the surrounding waterways during Oceanport's first "Be Green" Day June 16. The event was organized by Voula Constantarakos and sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

Among the volunteers were Oceanport Borough Council President Ellynn Kahle, Councilman William Johnson and daughter Shannon, Joseph Irace and daughters Kristi and Samantha, and Gerald Bertekap and daughter Elizabeth.