Author: Greater Media

  • Recreation office seeking new, used Lego sets

    The Sayreville Recreation Department is seeking donations of new or gently used Lego sets for use in its afterschool programs and summer camps. Donations may be dropped off 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, at the Mickey Sedlak Recreation Center, Dolan Street. For more information, call 732-390- 7092 or 732-390-7096.

  • Sayreville to conduct Easter Egg Hunt

    The Sayreville Recreation Department will sponsor its annual Easter Egg Hunt 10 a.m. March 28 at the Borough Hall football field, Main Street. The event is open to Sayreville residents ages 1-10. For more information, call 732-390- 7092 or 732-390-7096.

  • Rutgers professor to discuss privacy issues

    Rutgers Professor Milton Heumann will present “Reflections on Privacy and Competing Values: A Case Study” at 10 a.m. March 8 at Congregation Beth Ohr, 70 Route 516, Old Bridge. Heumann will discuss the Alan Dershowitz situation and other evasion-ofprivacy issues currently in the news, including portraying deceased personalities in current fiction. The talk is free…

  • Italian Dinner on tap at Sayreville church

    Trinity United Methodist Church, 815 Bordentown Ave., Sayreville, will hold its annual Italian Dinner 5-7 p.m. March 14. The homemade dinner will include spaghetti, meatballs, sausage, eggplant parmigiana, ziti, stuffed shells, bread, salad, desserts and beverages. Tickets cost $13 each. Takeout dinners will be available for purchase. Proceeds from the event will be donated to…

  • Martial arts center schedules blood drive

    Brunswick Martial Arts and Fitness, 1600 Jersey Ave., North Brunswick, will host a blood drive 9 a.m.-1 p.m. March 14. To sign up online, visit donor.cbsblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_ schedule/ 38097.

  • Reduce your risk for colorectal cancer

    Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in both the United States and Canada. So say the American Cancer Society and the Canadian Cancer Society, who project nearly 60,000 Americans and Canadians will lose their lives to colorectal cancer in 2015 alone. Though many risk factors for colorectal cancer, including age, heredity and…

  • Center for Wound Healing helps the father of the bride make a dream come true

    By Dr. John Kramer Last winter, 58-year old Joe Veloce of Staten Island threw on a pair of sneakers to go out and brush the ice and snow from his wife’s car. His sneakers got wet; he slipped and banged his foot. Although he didn’t think he was injured, Joe’s foot became swollen, and the…

  • Why are more young people getting colon cancer?

    By Thomas J. Kayal M.D. As a result of increasing numbers of people age 50+ choosing to undergo screenings for colorectal cancer — the standard screening age — incidences have been slowly decreasing every year since the 1980s. However, diagnoses for people under 50 have been increasing and are often diagnosed when the disease has…

  • Benefits of the revolutionary AlterG anti-gravity treadmill

    By David Bertone, P.T., D.P.T., O.C.S. During my 25-year career as a physical therapist, there have been very few devices that have come to market that have immediately benefited a large segment of the rehabilitation population as the AlterG anti-gravity treadmill. Developed in 2005 by founder Sean Whalen, the treadmill utilizes the NASApatented differential air…