Author: Greater Media

  • How you can lower your risk of breast cancer

    Regular exercise can help women lower their risk of developing breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, second only to lung cancer. One in eight women is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and a recent survey by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that 22 percent…

  • Teacher retires and goes into research, as a pioneer in brain tumor vaccine trial

    Rita Coakley of Roxbury is a pioneer of many sorts. For example, as a fifth-grade teacher at Lincoln Roosevelt Elementary School, she didn’t always make her students read from books. Instead, she often taught them by telling stories related to the topic to make learning more meaningful. She just retired from teaching — a few…

  • Five unforgettable TV memories

    By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine What makes for great television? As one psychologist put it, viewers “want to root for characters that struggle to make meaning out of a reality that reflects our own reality.” Yet while most of us aren’t likely to experience the situations below, there’s no denying that the spectrum of…

  • Did you know …

    NBC will premiere its new comedy series, “Truth Be Told,” on Friday, Oct. 16, at 8:30 p.m. The show is about two diverse couples – Mitch (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, “Saved by the Bell”) and Tracy (Vanessa Lachey, “Dads”), and Russell (Tone Bell, “Bad Judge”) and Angie (Bresha Webb, “Hung”) – a fearless foursome who are both…

  • REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    RE/MAX Dreams in Sayreville announces the addition of agent Melissa Mazzullo. She specializes in residential properties in Middlesex and Monmouth County. She is excited to work for RE/MAX alongside broker/owner Susan Giacchi. To speak with Mazzullo, call 718-666-1387 or 732-903-9145. Visit her website, www.mmazzullo.remax-nj.com.

  • Red Bank Crop Walk will fight hunger locally and globally

    By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — For more than three decades, participants in the 5-mile Red Bank Crop Walk have provided food and donations for local nonprofits and food pantries in Monmouth County. “New Jersey is a very expensive place to live, and many people can be working two or three jobs in…

  • Support group can help children, families

    Rainbows is offering a free support program for children age 5-14 and their families who are grieving from a life-altering crisis due to death, divorce, separation, illness or other painful family transitions. Sessions will be held 6:45-7:45 p.m. Mondays at the Precious Blood Parish Center, 72 Riverdale Ave., Monmouth Beach. The program is open to…

  • CBA, RBC cross-country teams win at Shore Coaches Invitational meet

    Christian Brothers Academy harriers are running in a pack at the start of the New Balance Shore Coaches Invitational cross-country meet held on Oct. 3 on a soggy Holmdel Park course. The conditions couldn’t slow the Colts, who won the Varsity A1 race. FRANK GALIPO Christian Brothers Academy’s and Red Bank Catholic’s cross-country teams were…

  • Bulldogs looking to bounce back from 13-6 loss at St. John Vianney

    Rumson-Fair Haven home to Long Branch Oct. 9 Following a tough defeat to St. John Vianney in rain-soaked Holmdel on Oct. 2, the Rumson-Fair Haven High School football team seeks to rebound with a home game against Long Branch on Oct. 9. With its 13-6 victory, St. John Vianney is 4-0 overall and 3-0 in…