Author: Greater Media

  • Sports eyewear shopping tips

    Thousands upon thousands of sports-related injuries affect children and adults each year. Prevent Blindness estimates that water and pool activities, followed by basketball and then baseball/softball account for more sports-related eye injuries than any other sports. Male athletes are twice as likely to suffer from sports-related eye injuries than female athletes, but all athletes should…

  • You’ve found a deer tick on your body—now what?

    By Alfred DeLuca, M.D. New Jersey is unfortunately home to an abundant number of deer ticks. Our mid-Atlantic region has by far the highest tick (also called blacklegged tick or Ixodes scapularis) population in the nation. Regardless of the precautionary measures you take, you will more than likely discover one on your body this summer…

  • Mild cognitive impairment is not so mild

    By Joel S. Ross M.D. Mind cognitive impairment (MCI) is a very common ailment of older adults (ages 50 and over). What is MCI? Very simply defined, it is a condition where an individual’s memory is impaired greater for what can be expected for their age. When loved ones tell you the forgetfulness is serious…

  • Jon Voight on playing Mickey Donovan in Showtime’s hit series

    By Lori Acken, channelguidemag.com “Whenever things get bad, they could always get worse: Mickey could show up,” says Ray Donovan star Jon Voight — who thrills audiences weekly as Clan Donovan’s hustling patriarch. So now that his fortunes have changed, Mickey with money is even more of a loose cannon than he was perpetually chasing…

  • Wait, it has “Fantastic” in the title?

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Reed Richards (Miles Teller) and Sue Storm (Kate Mara) harness their daunting new abilities to save Earth. ALAN MARKFIELD As I settle in to see the new Marvel comic book origin story, Fantastic Four, I assume that the movie will be good and quite possibly great. Marvel has…

  • 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…

  • Cartnicks help their teams reach Little League regionals

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Tommy Cartnick and his Jackson Little League Major League all-star teammates won the state championship and are playing in Bristol, Connecticut, for the Mid-Atlantic Regional championship this week. MATT DENTON It has been a golden summer for Little League players in Jackson, especially the Cartnick brothers. Tommy and Chris Cartnick were…

  • Weber has 3-month stretch filled with titles

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Few players anywhere can have a stretch of three major softball championships in fewer than three months, but Faith Weber accomplished that. In May, Weber pitched and batted New Egypt High School to a repeat NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group I title, only to lose the next game in the Group I…

  • Bruno named an assistant director with the NJSIAA

    By TIM MORRIS Staff Writer It was only fitting that Bill Bruno was visiting the Steve Prefontaine shrine when the phone call came. As he was looking over the shrine to one of America’s greatest distance runners near his home tack at the University of Oregon, the call Bruno received was to inform him that…