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For those interested in changing careers or moving up the ladder professionally, the Department of Continuing and Professional Education at Ocean County College (OCC) will host a Career Night from 6-8 p.m. Aug. 18 at OCC’s Arts and Community Center, main campus, Toms River. Career Night offers an opportunity to learn about technical training and…

If you are out of work or want to change jobs, Ocean County College Career, Employment and Counseling Services sponsors a weekly job seekers support club. Meetings are held on Monday mornings from 9-10 a.m. in Room 104 at OCCs Center for Business Education and Training, 150 Brick Blvd., Brick. Admission to club meetings is…

Congregation B’nai Israel, a conservative synagogue located at 1488 Old Freehold Road, Toms River, is holding an informal open house for prospective members, including interfaith couples, from 10 a.m. to noon July 26. The open house will offer a meet and greet with Rabbi Ellen S. Wolentz-Fields and other congregation officials and an opportunity to…

The Rev. H. Regine Harding has retired as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Laurelton, Brick. The congregation celebrated her ministry of over 12 years with the church with a retirement dinner and a special church service. Rev. Regine was the first woman senior pastor in the Brick area. Under her ministry, the church…

Betty Lou Cox (l-r), Gene-Ann Pesano, Diane Kozlowski and Christine Caggiano. On June 25, the Brick Morning Rotary held its Officers and Directors Installation Dinner at Jack Baker’s Lobster Shanty in Point Pleasant. Betty Lou Cox was installed as president. Also installed were: Gene-Ann Pesano, presidentelect; Diane Kozlowski, treasurer; Christine Caggiano, secretary; and Carl LaGrotteria,…

The Brick Chamber of Commerce has awarded 10 scholarships, for a total of $13,500, for continuing education in a variety of disciplines. An award for a student pursuing a career in medicine or dentistry was donated by Princeton Dental and was awarded to Melanie Caruso; Arlene Esquilin received a scholarship donated by Briarmill Pharmacy for…

The Brick Morning Rotary Club seeks participants for its third annual car show and garage sale sell-a-thon. Both events will be held June 20 at Brick High School, 346 Chambers Bridge Road. The fee for an 8-by-10 foot space at the sell-a-thon is $20. Participants must supply their own tables and no liability insurance is…

For those who have a bachelor’s degree and would like to become a teacher, the Alternative Route to Teaching program offered at Ocean County College (OCC) can help them to become licensed without completing a traditional teacher-training program. Students may choose to take the program as either a teacher certification requirement to become a teacher…

Ocean Medical Center, Brick, now offers an open bore MRI system that combines a larger bore, or opening, for obese and claustrophobic patients with the ability to capture high-field quality diagnostic images. Since two-thirds of American adults are overweight, the health-care industry is challenged to accommodate these larger patients with imaging systems that were designed…