• Taste of Hope fundraiser to benefit youth with mental health disorders

    Attitudes In Reverse (AIR), a Princeton-based nonprofit organization, educates youth about mental health disorders and encourages them to seek help, rather than suffer in silence or self-medicate with alcohol or illicit drugs, if they experience symptoms for any length of time. To support its mission, AIR will hold its first Taste of Hope fundraiser from…

  • Remembering those ’80s crazes

    Remembering those ’80s crazes

    By Lucie M. Winborne, ReMIND Magazine Half the enjoyment of living through a decade is looking back at it later, whether it’s with a nostalgic or jaundiced eye, and the ’80s provided their fair share of fodder. Yes, there were important advances in medicine and technology. There were global shakeups, losses and victories. But if…

  • Rutgers, Fiddle Foundation announce endowment fund for adult autism

    Rutgers, Fiddle Foundation announce endowment fund for adult autism

      NEW BRUNSWICK – The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation (DJFF), the nation’s first not-for-profit organization to focus exclusively on adult autism, will launch a groundbreaking endowment fund at Rutgers University, adding to DJFF’s existing endowed program initiatives at Brown University, Yale University and the University of Miami. With a gift of $100,000, The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation…

  • Did you know?

    Did you know?

    NBC will premiere the new season of its high-octane drama Chicago Fire on Tuesday, Oct. 11 from 10 to 11 p.m. This is an edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, as they risk their lives week in and week out. The Firehouse 51 cast is…

  • Michael Weatherly on ‘Bull’ — ‘He looks for the truth’

    Michael Weatherly on ‘Bull’ — ‘He looks for the truth’

    By Kellie Freeze After leaving NCIS in May, Michael Weatherly is back on CBS starring in Bull (Tuesdays), a new courtroom procedural loosely based on the pre-TV career of Dr. Phil McGraw. “While this isn’t a biographical show,” explains Weatherly, “Phil is an inspiration for a very complex and super-intelligent guy who understands how simple…

  • Community lifesaver needs help saving his own life

    Community lifesaver needs help saving his own life

    By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — On June 7, Christopher Gianotto was ready for his life to change. Having been diagnosed with diabetes at age 17, the now 42-year-old discovered his kidneys were failing about six years ago due to complications from diabetes. “It really sucks,” he said. “You spend four hours a…

  • Police officer joins Freehold Township department

    Police officer joins Freehold Township department

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A new officer has joined the Freehold Township Police Department. At the Sept. 20 meeting of the Township Committee, Justin Paul Nunno was sworn in as an officer with Freehold Township’s law enforcement agency. According to information provided by the township, Nunno, 28, previously was a Class…

  • School administrators try to iron out enrollment issues

    School administrators try to iron out enrollment issues

    By Matthew Sockol Staff Writer MILLSTONE – More than 1,100 students entered the three buildings that make up the Millstone Township K-8 School District for the beginning of the 2016-17 school year. According to administrators, enrollment for the new academic year stands at 1,141 pupils, which is slightly less than the 1,173 pupils who were…

  • Collier Youth Services receives grant from Provident Bank

    Collier Youth Services receives grant from Provident Bank

    Collier Youth Services, a nonprofit organization that empowers at-risk youth to grow toward their potential in an environment of belonging, dignity and hope has been awarded a $10,000 grant from The Provident Bank Foundation. Collier Youth Services operates two residential programs — Collier Group Home in Red Bank and Collier House in Keyport. The grant…

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