Author: Greater Media

  • Pedestrian struck and killed by Jeep on Route 33

    REGIONAL INTEREST By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer MANALAPAN — Once again, the mix of a vehicle and a pedestrian has proven deadly on Route 33. Just after 10 p.m. Aug. 25, a 60-year-old male Manalapan resident was struck by a vehicle as he was standing in the right lane of Route 33 eastbound near the…

  • Jackson Memorial grad marks publication of ‘Damage Done’

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON – As Amanda Panitch was growing up, she knew she wanted to be a writer. Everything she wrote — novels, short stories and more — that remains in her parents’ Jackson home can attest to that. Her professional goal came to fruition in July when her novel “Damage Done”…

  • Music and food fest will assist veterans

    MARLBORO – The fifth annual Marlboro Music and Food Festival and New Jersey Wounded Warrior Motorcycle Rally will once again assist local veterans. In previous years, the Music and Food Festival was known as the Blues and BBQ Festival. This year’s festival will be held at the Marlboro Recreation Community Center, Recreation Way, off Wyncrest…

  • Exploring the risk factors for prostate cancer

    In the United States, one in six men can expect to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, while there is a one in seven chance that a Canadian man will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during his lifetime. Those elevated incidence rates could be a byproduct of an aging population, as age is…

  • Brain cancer symptoms can be overlooked or even ignored

    By Dr. Seth S. Joseffer, M.D., FACS Brain cancer will impact nearly 17,000 people in the United States this year.While other types of cancer have increased or decreased over the past 25 years, brain cancer cases have remained fairly constant. In all, there are more than 120 different types of brain tumors, but glioblastoma (the…

  • No surgery required; uterine fibroids can be treated through the wrist

    By Vivek V. Patil, M.D. Fibroid tumors of the uterus are a common problem facing many women over the course of their lives. By age 50, about 70 percent of women will have these non-cancerous tumors that grow along the wall of the uterus, although many of them cause no physical symptoms. But for some,…

  • Get jazzed about N.J. wines at the Jazz It Up Wine Festival

    TOP PICK The Jazz it Up Wine Festival will be held Sept. 5 and 6 at historic Allaire State Park. New Jersey’s largest wine festival will feature 17 Garden State Wine Growers Association wineries, nearly 300 locally produced wines to sample, live jazz performances, kids’ activities, and delicious food and craft vendors. The festival will…

  • Jersey Blues in search of 3rd straight national championship

    STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Brianna Penix, middle, from Ocean Township is one of Brookdale Community College’s five returning starters from last year’s women’s national championship soccer team. The Jersey Blues are seeking an unprecedented third straight National Junior College Athletic Association Division III title.

  • Redbirds work to play as a team in rebuilding year

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent In a preseason of uncertainty amid total rebuilding, Allentown High School boys soccer coach Andrew Plunkett finally is getting a read on his team and whether it can be competitive as it has been over the past three seasons. “We’ve got some talent. It’s just a matter of them playing together,”…