Author: Greater Media
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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Weichert, Realtors appoints new regional vice president
Weichert, Realtors has announced that Carlo Siracusa has been named regional vice president. Siracusa will be responsible for the management and growth of Weichert sales offices throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties in New Jersey. Siracusa brings 13 years of real estate experience to his new role, most recently serving as sales manager of Weichert’s Corporate…
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Bulletin Board
– Jersey Coast Sport Fliers to present Aviation Day By Peter Elacqua The Jersey Coast Sport Fliers (JCSF) are set to take off for their third annual National Model Aviation Day. The event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 15 at Dorbrook Park, Route 537, Colts Neck. National Model Aviation Day will…
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A hand up, not handout for working families in need
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Founder Brant Holmes, right, and his wife and Executive Director Dorothy Stearns work together to put away a donation of eggplants at Bentley Community Services in South Brunswick on Aug. 8. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Bentley Community Services is certainly not a typical food pantry. Walking into the main building of Bentley,…
