Solar United Neighbors has announced the expansion of its first co-op program in New Jersey. The Tri-County Solar Co-op will replace the original Allentown Solar Co-op. Participants in the existing co-op will automatically be transferred into the new group, which will encompass homeowners in Burlington, Mercer and Monmouth counties. The organization will host an information session at 7 p.m. May 22 at the Crosswicks Library, 438 Main St. Crosswicks, to educate the public about solar energy and the co-op process. Burlington, Mercer and Monmouth homeowners interested in joining the solar co-op can sign up at the co-op’s web page. The solar co-op is free to join and joining is not a commitment to purchase solar panels. Once the group is large enough, Solar United Neighbors will help the solar co-op solicit competitive bids from solar installers throughout the state. Solar United Neighbors is actively seeking to grow more co-ops across the state. It has set up a web page where New Jersey homeowners interested in going solar can provide input on where the organization’s next co-op should launch.
CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in nuclear medicine as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material, ingested by the patient, to diagnose and treat a variety of disease. The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Parameters and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs are assessed.