• Center issues appeal for blood donations

    New Jersey Blood Services, New Brunswick, a division of the New York Blood Center, has issued an appeal for blood donations as hospital demand for blood has increased beyond seasonal expectations. New York Blood Center and its regional operations, including New Jersey, require 2,000 blood donations daily. Eligible donors must be age 17 or older,…

  • Optimists offering scholarships in FRHSD

    The Noontime Optimist Club of Freehold is offering two $1,000 scholarships to any graduating senior in the Freehold Regional High School District who will be attending college. The Community Service Scholarship focuses on students who have excelled in volunteerism in a leadership capacity. The Special Education Scholarship focuses on classified students. Applications and details are…

  • Fresh Air Fund host families being sought

    Volunteers are being sought to help make a difference in a Fresh Air child’s life. Interested parties can volunteer with the Fresh Air Fund’s local committee or apply to become a host family and ensure that summer 2010 is special for New York City children. Each summer, close to 5,000 children ages 6 to 18…

  • business briefs •••

    Dr. Alan Nasar and Dr. James F. Cozzarelli, orthopedic surgeons at Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institutes, Freehold Township and Monroe Township, have been granted medical privileges at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, allowing them to offer a comprehensive range of orthopedic services, including surgery, to patients there. Nasar is fellowship trained in joint…

  • The spin cycle of life …

    AROUND TOWN AMY ROSEN When life gets frustrating, sometimes taking a glimpse into the life of another person can help us put things into perspective. For instance, I was recently frustrated because my “Washing Machine from the Black Lagoon” had given us years of grief when the spin cycle would not work. We decided it…

  • Reinstating ‘millionaire’s’ tax might make sense for state

    GUEST COLUMN KENNETH J. O’DOWD Iam writing in response to a recent Your Turn guest column (“Even the Playing Field in School Negotiations”) by Marc Gaswirth, Ed.D., assistant superintendent of the Marlboro K-8 School District, that appeared in the News Transcript (Feb. 10) and a number of other Greater Media Newspapers publications over the past…

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    Our online Facebook and Twitter pages are up and running, and we invite our readers to check out this faster way of keeping up with what is going on in their region. Let us assure anyone who is thinking “I don’t text and I don’t tweet” that we’ve made accessing these online sites very simple.…

  • These folks are giving New Jersey a bad name

    CODA GREG BEAN No matter where you go, you can’t ever escape New Jersey. Take, for example, a little over a week ago when I was waiting at the swim-up bar in a beautiful tropical resort for the bartender to finish blending my pina colada. The guy standing next to me had a scowl on…

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