Category: Examiner News

Local hospitals are scheduling the following events to raise awareness of heart health:  Wear Red Day will be held 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Feb. 6 outside Monmouth Medical Center’s SeaBreeze Café, located on the hospital’s first floor at 300 Second Ave., Long Branch. In recognition of the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” movement…

By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Monmouth County Tax Administrator Matthew Clark provided Millstone Township residents and Township Committee members with an explanation of the county’s property assessment program during a presentation at the Jan. 21 meeting of the governing body. The property assessment program was mandated through state legislation. Township officials said they did not wish…

By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Guitarist Sean Hurwitz of Smash Mouth has donated two guitars to The Project Matters, an organization that seeks to put instruments into the hands of young musicians. Accepting the donation from Hurwitz is The Project Matters founder Karen High. Bill and Karen High lost their 19-yearold son Benjamin in…

By TAYLOR M. LIER Staff Writer Faith Miller UPPER FREEHOLD — Several equestriennes in Cream Ridge have been trading in their saddles for yoga mats and practicing ways of channeling positive emotions with classes offered at a business in town. Rick’s Saddle Shop, 282 Route 539, has introduced yoga classes for all levels on Saturday…

By Bev Bennett CTW Features Knowing your cholesterol numbers says you’re in charge; you’re the master of your heart health.What more do you need to track? Plenty. Your age, race, gender, weight, diet and exercise habits and whether you have diabetes could determine your potential for a heart attack or stroke, according to new guidelines…

If you have certain risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), your physician will most likely discuss statins, a family of medications recommended for heart disease or stroke prevention. In writing the new guidelines, experts from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology identified four groups of individuals who could benefit from…

TOP PICK Greater Media Newspapers’ Chocolate and Wine Festival will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 7 at Branches in West Long Branch. The event is expected to include more than 30 vendors offering a wide array of foods, sweets, beverages and gift items. In addition to wine and chocolate, vendors will offer jewelry, dessert…

UPPER FREEHOLD — A resident of Hamilton Township has been charged in connection with his alleged involvement in three burglaries in Upper Freehold Township. The New Jersey State Police charged Benjamin C. Evans, 53, with burglary, theft and criminal mischief. Evans was arrested on Jan. 16. Police provided information about the following incidents:  On…

The Monmouth County Audubon Society will host a bird walk on Sandy Hook in northern Monmouth County at 10 a.m. Feb. 7. Interested participants should meet in the parking lot near the visitor center, which is closed. The parking lot is just north of the Sea Gulls’ Nest. The trip, which is open to members…