Pall-bearers carry the casket of twenty-five-year-old Marine Corporal Kevin Reinhard at Saint Agnes Church in Clark.  Reinhard, a Woodbridge native, was killed with five other Marines when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province on January 19th.  Thousands of residents lined Inman Avenue in Woodbridge to pay tribute as Reinhard’s funeral procession passed.

Alejandro Escovedo performs in Freehold as part of the Live From Freehold series of concerts.

Nine-year-old Kira Cudjoe watches the thirteenth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration hosted by the Metuchen-Edison Area Interfaith Clergy Association at the New Hope Baptist Church in Metuchen.

Parishioners celebrate the legacy of Dr. King.

Reverend Tamara Rene Davis, of the Stelton Baptist Church in Edison, delivers the invocation.

Cheryl Owens claps along with a musical selection.

Rich Rivera, Chairman of the Latino Leadership of New Jersey’s civil rights protection project.

Job seekers meet with perspective employers, Thursday, January 5, 2012, during the Collegiate Career Fair at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus of Rutgers University.

Rutgers Derrick Randall leaps for a rebound between Florida’s Erik Murphy, left, and Will Yeguete in front of 7,855 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

Rutgers coach Mike Rice, left, reacts.  Eli Carter puts up a jumper in front of Florida’s Erik Murphy during double overtime.

Florida’s Kenny Boynton goes behind the back on Rutgers defender Eli Carter.

Rutgers players and fans celebrate the Scarlet Knights 85-83 upset over the No. 10 Florida Gators.

Fans storm the court after the final buzzer.

South Brunswick, NJ – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks at Coca-Cola’s NJ Distribution Center.

Asbury Park, NJ – Parishioners hold candles while the names of people lost to AIDS are read during a World AIDS Day service at Trinity Church.

Edison, NJ – Frank Pearce of Edison, aka “The Mayor of Roosevelt Park” feeds bread to pigeons while enjoying unseasonably warm weather in Roosevelt Park. Pearce has been feeding the birds by hand nearly every day since 1996.  During the winter he brings a snow shovel to clear a spot for his chair.

Each year as the holidays approach, the Courier News produces a Wish Book.  It’s a community service project that aims to connect people in need to those with resources to give.  Since its inception 23-years ago, the project has raised $416,000 and filled 420 requests.  Among the people I photographed for the 2011 Wish Book are Laurie Hansen, a cognitively impaired adult from Westfield, above, five-year-old Theresa Cornell of Manville, below, Anthony Kizis, also cognitively impaired, of New Providence, and Plainfield resident Keri Ann Spence, who is visually impaired and has cognitive challenges.