Category: Tri-Town News
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Honors to be presented at annual Kimball gala
LAKEWOOD- Kimball Medical Center Foundation’s annual gala, “A Night on the Red Carpet,” will be held on May 3 from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at Woodlake County Club, Lakewood. This year, four area residents will be honored as outstanding humanitarians who provide extraordinary leadership to Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. Lakewood Township Committeeman and former mayor Charles Cunliffe;…
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Clinics offer procedures for pets
Pet lovers can help control the overpopulation of unwanted dogs and cats by having their animals spayed or neutered. “Each year animal shelters around the country receive more dogs and cats than can be adopted, which stretch available resources,” said Edward Rumen, the Ocean County Health Department’s public information officer. Dr. Ella Boyd, public health…
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Grant aids construction of GCU wellness center
LAKEWOOD – Georgian Court University announced that the university has received a $350,000 challenge grant from the private nonprofit Kresge Foundation to support completion of the new university Wellness Center Complex. In accepting the $350,000 grant, Georgian Court agreed to raise the remaining $450,000 needed to complete the campaign. “We are pleased that the Kresge…
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Young woman learns to live with Crohn’s
Freehold Twp. resident will walk to raise funds for research BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Caryn Powers FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – For most people, the dawning of a new day is fairly predictable, but for Caryn Powers and others like her who have Crohn’s disease, a new day may bring an element of comfort or…
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Howell seeking ways to rein in health costs
BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer HOWELL – The cost of health insurance is rising in Howell, just as it is almost everywhere else. Members of the Township Council discussed the issue recently and said that since February, the municipality has experienced a 12.5 percent increase in the cost of its health benefits. According to information…
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Council takes step to return to police chief
Public hearing on ordinance set for April 22 meeting BY DENNIS JORDAN Correspondent The township of Jackson may soon be welcoming back an individual who is a mainstay in many towns throughout New Jersey and in thousands of towns around the United States – a chief of police. At the April 8 meeting of the…
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Summer at PNC: Changes in concert lineup, tailgating
State police will use video surveillance, plainclothes officers BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer HOLMDEL – Festival-type concerts and tours are off the summer concert roster for the PNC BankArts Center, according to Kevin Morrow, president of Live Nation New York. Morrow made the announcement to a small audience at a forumheldMarch 18 at HolmdelHigh…
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Alicia Washington and Kevin Chalners from Young Audiences New Jersey perform folk tales in a story-theater format during an “Out of Africa” assembly at the Greenville Elementary School, Howell, on April 11. CHRIS KELLY staff
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RetireeWeb site aims to be an instrument of change
BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent HOLMDEL – Joseph J. Scalice is far too young to retire, but this energetic and risk-taking CEO wants to create opportunities for what he deems an often overlooked demographic. "I want to change the perception of baby boomers and retirees. They are reliable and have a wealth of life experience,…
