Author: Greater Media

  • 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…

  • Make fire sprinklers mandatory in all new construction

    The week of Oct. 4-10 is the 93rd annual Fire Prevention Week. The theme this year, which is changed every year, is “Hear the Beep When You Sleep.” It is intended to raise awareness of the fact that nearly half of all home fire deaths occur overnight when residents are asleep. The call to action…

  • 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…

  • High school teacher introduces hunger project

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer ABERDEEN – A local high school art teacher is hoping to have an impact on hunger in Monmouth County through a project aimed at raising awareness and funds for those in need. “The Empty Bowls Project is an international grassroots organization that helps raise awareness and money for world…

  • 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…

  • How you can lower your risk of 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 of women named breast cancer as the disease they fear most.The specter…

  • Breast cancer and the benefits of exercise

    By Joe Stein Maybe you lived a healthy lifestyle, ate moderately, exercised regularly, had mammograms, and read the latest research. Maybe you didn’t. Maybe you had a family history of breast cancer, maybe not.At this point, these things don’t matter.What counts now is you were diagnosed with breast cancer, received successful treatment, and are ready…

  • 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…