Author: Greater Media

  • Planet Fitness offers low prices, brand name equipment, unlimited fitness training and more

    Planet Fitness prides itself on offering affordable memberships and a unique Judgment Free Zone unlike any other gym, where members experience a hassle-free, non-intimidating environment. Each club also features the brand’s iconic “Lunk Alarm” — a purple and yellow siren on the wall used to gently remind people that grunting, dropping weights or judging others…

  • Indoor tanning among teens shows correlation with smoking and social media use

    Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers School of Public Health shows more than a third of New Jersey high school students who engage in indoor tanning do so frequently and many would find it hard to stop the practice. The research letter, Frequent Indoor Tanning among New Jersey High School Students,…

  • Public welcome to free health fair hosted by Eric B. Chandler Health Center

    Eric B. Chandler Health Center, New Brunswick, will host the Good Health and Wellness Fair on Aug. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., as part of a national, week-long campaign to raise awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s health centers, the largest and most successful system of primary health care. Free blood…

  • Sunburn, poison ivy and bug bites — taking the sting out of summer

    By Dr. Sandra Arango-Fahmy Summer is in full swing and hopefully your fun hasn’t been jeopardized by anything that causes itchiness, redness or swelling.There are a few summer-specific skin conditions or, as they are known to physicians, “summer dermatoses,” that we should all keep on our radar. Of course, the most common summer skin ailment…

  • Shore Chef Crab Cake Cook-Off

    TOP PICK Does anything scream summer at the Jersey Shore more than fresh seafood? The Shore Chef Crab Cake Cook-Off will feature several seafood restaurants and eateries from the Jersey Shore. The event will take place from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 15 and 16. Monmouth Park celebrates the best the ocean has…

  • Garden Field Day is Aug. 15 at EARTH Center

    The Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will host its Garden Field Day/Open House 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 15 at the EARTH Center, located in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. Rain date is Aug. 16. The day will be filled with activities for the whole family, including garden tours; presentations; a…

  • Drive to the hoop

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN North Brunswick Township High School’s Basit Khan closes the driving lane on Freehold High School’s Ashante Worthy during a Monroe Sports Complex Boys Summer Basketball League game. North Brunswick used the summer league to get a head start on the 2015-16 high school season.

  • SBAA has seen improved turnout, play from younger players

    By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent In an effort to increase the number of younger participants, Jeff Cohen and Jim Clooney of the South Brunswick Athletic Association (SBAA) began a 7U boys travel team in the fall of 2013. Both men had been long-term board members of the SBAA and had plenty of previous coaching experience, and…

  • Exchanges with a lot to ‘like’

    In real estate, it does not get much better than a like-kind exchange. The exchanges, which are part of the tax code going back to 1924, allow property owners to defer capital-gains taxes on a property as long as the sale proceeds go toward the purchase of a similar property; the replacement property must be…