• Remodel for resale

    Agents and sellers agree, smart home improvement choices can speed up a sale A new survey by Realtor.com, which polled hundreds of real estate agents and homeowners, shows that the two groups agree on the best home improvement strategies to sell a home. The top three areas that sellers are remodeling and agents are recommending…

  • Send us your summer photos

    It’s back to school and back to work for nearly everyone, but you don’t have to let summer go just yet. Greater Media News/StringFly wants you to submit your photos of people having fun in the summertime. Consider submitting your photos of your family picnic, splashing in the pool, building a sandcastle at the beach,…

  • Baykeeper names 2012 clambake honorees

    The NY/NJ Baykeeper will hold its 16th Annual Clambake at the Fort Hancock Chapel on Sandy Hook on Sunday, Sept. 23. The clambake honors the accomplishments of environmental leaders and public servants whose work benefits the environment. The 2012 awardees are:  Bayshore Recycling Corp., for the Spirit of Baykeeper, environmental excellence award;  Col.…

  • Holmdel Girl Scouts earn Bronze Award

    Junior Girl Scouts with Troops 650 and 903 in Holmdel landscaped the entrance to Memorial School in Union Beach to complete requirements for the Bronze Award. FRANK GALIPO HOLMDEL — In May, Junior Girl Scout Troops 650 and 903 completed the requirements to earn their Bronze Award, the highest award a Junior Girl Scout can…

  • World War II veterans receive final resting place at cemetery

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer Marcel Matthew Mazedier, George Furek and Robert Edwards Jennings are finally resting in peace. Almost three decades after their deaths in 1980, 1982 and 1987, respectively, the cremains of the three honorably discharged veterans of the United States armed forces have been interred at the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle…

  • Back to the landscape

    BY MARIE NAPLES MABER Correspondent “Bridging the Gap,” oil on canvas Sidney Godwin has taught in the art department at Brookdale Community College for 35 years. The retiring professor was awarded a transitional sabbatical for the fall 2011-spring 2012 academic year, ending his teaching career and sparking a return to his life as a full-time…

  • Creating a new experience at Bayshore Community

    By Timothy J. Hogan, FACHE Within the last year we’ve used this column to outline how we’re “Creating a New Experience,” at Bayshore Community Hospital.We’re excited to now “Create a New Community Day,” a tradition at Bayshore, updated for this year with new activities and ties to Meridian Health through the Heart and Sole Cup.…

  • Delta Dental Finds American children need to brush more often, longer

    Survey reveals gap between reported and recommended dental hygiene habits Poor and infrequent brushing may be the biggest obstacle keeping children from good oral health. That’s one of the key findings from a recent survey of American children’s oral health, conducted on behalf of Delta Dental Plans Association, the nation’s leading dental benefits provider. While…

  • Grandma’s fitness and nutrition wisdom

    By Joe Stein How could our ancestors possibly know the things they did? I’m not talking about how the Aztecs built their pyramids. I’m thinking about how our parents and grandparents acquired the fitness and nutritional insights we generally accept as true today. For example: Grandma said:“Eat fish, it’s brain food.” Today:There is strong evidence…

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