Author: Greater Media

  • Vendor spots open at June 6 flea market

    The Sayreville Recreation Department will sponsor its annual Community Flea Market June 6 at the Borough Hall Football Field and Track, Main Street. Fee is $15 per table space for residents and $25 per space for nonresidents. Registration is being accepted 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, at the Mickey Sedlak Recreation Center, Dolan Street, and online…

  • Area children perform in Carnegie Hall show

    Lilly McCann of Rumson, Kristen Welsh of Milltown, Michael Magielnicki of Parlin, Aubree Roser of Sayreville and Nicole Smagacz of Parlin performed with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall on May 4. The 62-member Youth Ensemble of Camp Broadway Kids saluted Kathleen Marshall and Rob Marshall at the 32nd annual birthday gala.

  • Reminiscing

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Youngsters from the drama club perform a scene from “Annie” during the St. Ambrose School’s 50th anniversary celebration and open house in Old Bridge on May 3. Alumni chat about old times.

  • After WWII bomb discovery, military checks campus site

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Airman 1st Class Dylan Graham of the 87th Civil Engineer Squadron, who specializes in explosive ordnance disposal, provides eye-level guidance as a 500-pound World War II projectile is lowered into a government vehicle before transport from Middlesex County College in Edison. U.S. AIR FORCE AIRMAN TARA WILLIAMSON EDISON — Military…

  • Knights tee it up for local charity

    Our Lady of Victory Knights of Columbus Council No. 2061 will hold its annual Jack Caffrey Memorial Golf Outing May 11. Breakfast and registration are scheduled for 9 a.m. Shotgun start will follow at 10 a.m. Cost is $125 per golfer and includes lunch and beer at the turn, soda and water stations, a golf…

  • Reformed Church Home receives National Embracing Quality Award

    BACK TO BUSINESS For the third year in a row, Reformed Church Home has been awarded the Providigm Embracing Quality Award for exceptional achievement in the categories of Deficiency — Free Survey and Customer Satisfaction. With only 302 nursing centers in the United States and Ontario receiving awards in 2015, this puts Reformed Church Home…

  • Skin cancer is a concern no matter the season

    Skin cancer can affect anyone, and overexposure to the sun, a key risk factor for skin cancer, can occur at any time of year. Whether it is a hot, sultry day spent by the pool or a chilly day skiing the slopes, any exposure to the sun can result in skin damage that can increase…

  • Sports hernia can be difficult to diagnose; primarily effects hockey players

    By Wageeh William Azer, M.D. Sports hernia, also known as hockey groin or athletic pubalgia, describes a condition characterized by unilateral persistent groin pain, often in an athlete, without a true hernia. It was described initially in Europe, and has become a common diagnosis in high intensity sports, especially in youths and collegiate athletes. Sports…

  • RBMC receives American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Recognition Award

    Raritan Bay Medical Center, with locations in Old Bridge and Perth Amboy, has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Silver Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients experiencing severe heart attacks. Every year, more than 250,000 people experience a STEMI, or ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, a type of heart…