• Social skills training for special-needs students

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Ocean Township Special Education PTA (SEPTA) will host a presentation on social skills for special-needs students on Jan. 15. Physical therapist Kerry Walsh and speech pathologist Lynn M. O’Dell Pateman will discuss their unique, collaborative social-skills program for children of all developmental levels and needs at 7 p.m. at the Ocean…

  • Program for ending emotional eating

    EATONTOWN — A six-week group coaching program to overcome emotional eating will begin in Eatontown 7-8 p.m. Jan. 10. The program is led by personal fitness trainer Jenn A. Nocera, of Formula For Excellence, Red Bank. The six-week group coaching program will help participants identify triggers to overeating; develop the physical and mental energy necessary…

  • T’ai chi chih demos to take place Feb. 1

    A free demonstration of t’ai chi chih will be presented at locations in Eatontown and Fair Haven on Feb. 1. This moving form of meditation has garnered attention from national media and is an excellent way to improve health and increase happiness, according to teacher Siobhan Hutchinson, who will lead the sessions. Hutchinson, who teaches…

  • Should government pay?

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN My inbox was overflowing on Jan. 2 with emails from outraged politicians. The source of their displeasure was the failure of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on the Sandy disaster relief bill on Jan. 1. The U.S. Senate had earlier passed a $60.4 billion emergency supplemental funding bill…

  • Avoid neglecting prescriptions

    Superstorm Sandy recently disrupted millions of lives, leaving thousands of area residents coping with damaged properties or displaced from their homes. Understandably, such a disruption can alter normal day-to-day habits, such as taking prescribed medications. However, neglecting to take medications can be costly and even life-threatening. When people forget to fill their prescriptions or neglect…

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    Tim Dillingham, of the American Littoral Society (front), leads walkers at the 35th annual Dery Bennett Memorial New Year’s Day Beach Walk held this year at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch. The event was relocated from Sandy Hook, which was closed due to the impact of superstorm Sandy. FRANK GALIPO

  • I need another woman in my life, and her name is Siri

    CODA GREG BEAN There we were, sitting around on the night before Christmas Eve, shooting the breeze and trying to figure out what to do about dinner. Someone suggested pizza, and that sounded pretty good. Where was the closest pizza place? Did they deliver? My youngest son, who lives in the town where we were…

  • Food and wine event helps homeless animals

    EATONTOWN — Project Animal Worldwide (PAW) invites the community to Sweet Beginning: Dessert Party and Wine Tasting, 7-10 p.m. Jan. 18 at Raven and the Peach, 740 River Road in Fair Haven. The evening will feature light fare and scrumptious desserts, more than 40 gift auction baskets, a jewelry bar by Barking Blue Jay, and…

  • State grant funds repairs to safe homes for abuse victims

    180 Turning Lives Around receives $51K grant HAZLET — Safe havens for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault will receive needed upgrades through a $51,649 state grant to 180 Turning Lives Around. According to Anna Diaz-White, executive director of the Hazlet-based nonprofit, the Department of Community Affairs’ (DCA) Shelter Support grant will be used…

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