Jennifer McBrien and Chris Fritz have known each other for most of their lives. So, of course he showed for her “big” bash at the Bay Avenue Community Center last week.

“I was 6 and she was 8, and we both moved here with our families and lived across the street from each other,” said Fritz on June 25, two days before McBrien retired from her position with the Stafford Township Recreation Department. “We grew up together, got into a lot of mischief together, and had a lot of good times together.