• Chamber will hold breakfast meeting

    The Chamber of Commerce Serving Old Bridge, Sayreville and South Amboy will sponsor its next breakfast meeting 8 a.m. Feb. 19 at Friendly’s, Route 9 south, Old Bridge. Guest speaker will be Old Bridge Mayor Owen Henry. Cost is $15 per person. Checks should be made out to the Chamber of Commerce and mailed to…

  • Anniversary gala slated at preschool

    The Goddard School of South Old Bridge, 1480 Englishtown Road, will host an open house 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 9 to celebrate Goddard’s 25th anniversary of learning through play. Guests at the event will have the opportunity to create a birthday card for Ronald McDonald House Charities. For every card created, $1 will be donated…

  • Restaurant event will support OLOL

    Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) School, Milltown, will sponsor a dining fundraiser 3-10 p.m. Feb. 18 at Chuck E. Cheese’s, 1120 Route 1 North, Edison, Diners should tell the cashier they are there to support OLOL. The restaurant will then donate 15 percent of all supporters’ purchases, including food, merchandise and token deals sold at…

  • Tip-A-Pint events, parade slated in S.A.

    The South Amboy St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee has scheduled two upcoming fundraisers. Tip-A-Pint Afternoon is set for 3-7 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Landmark Tavern, 117 N. Broadway, South Amboy. Tip-A-Pint Night is planned for 7-10 p.m. March 6 at the Munck-ee Bar, 113 S. Feltus St., South Amboy. Cost for each event is…

  • Ultra-shortened radiation treatment with novel dosing schedule is tolerated

    Research from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey presented at International Conference Research from The Cancer Institute of New Jersey shows that an ultrashortened, accelerated breast irradiation treatment using a balloon device is both logistically achievable and tolerable. The work will be offered during a poster presentation at the 35th Annual CTRCAACR San Antonio Breast…

  • Don’t let your body’s natural defenses down

    Delta Dental recommends the smart use of antibiotics A ntibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most pressing public health problems, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with an estimated 50 percent of antibiotic prescription use in hospitals being inappropriate or unnecessary. “Other studies have found that dentists also may prescribe…

  • Make the quest for your beauty and wellness a reality at Mosaic Salon & Spa

    new way of life based on health and wellbeing can start with a visit to Mosaic. It offers an oasis for personal care, as Vedana light therapy helps you regains your energy, and brings a feeling of harmony and inner peace. Five therapies are combined in one unique system for daily benefits. Mosaic of Avenel…

  • Fellowship grant provides $92K for metastasis research at CINJ

    A research associate in the laboratory of Edmund C. Lattime, Ph.D., deputy director of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), has been awarded a post-doctoral fellowship grant totaling $92,000 to further explore and better understand how HER2 positive breast cancer metastasizes (spreads) to the central nervous system. Plainsboro resident Keneshia Haenssen, Ph.D., was selected…

  • Does your child suffer from mid school-year blues?

    By Dr. S. Moshe Roth I f your elementary school child is frustrated and struggling in school this year, there may be an underlying visual component that is preventing him from succeeding. Certainly if your child had the flu, you would not accept a “go home, give him a couple aspirin and call me back…

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