• Time for better Ambulatory Surgery Center oversight

    Anyone having surgery should expect the highest quality standards at their facility. Thanks to the Health Error Accountability Law (HEAL), patient safety in New Jersey hospitals is tracked through the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). Yet, over 43 percent of surgeries occur in Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)s, free standing facilities specializing in outpatient…

  • Legislature urged to act on brain injury bill package

    The New Jersey Legislature is considering the development of a task force that would help develop best practices for education professionals who work with students with traumatic brain injury. The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey respectfully calls on the state Legislature and the governor to approve of this Special Education and Traumatic Brain Injury…

  • Allentown Art Guild hosts exhibit at winery

    The Allentown Art Guild will host Visions of Hope, an art exhibit that will run through Jan. 7 at the Laurita Winery, 35 Archertown Road, New Egypt. The exhibit will feature works of art that will include paintings in oil, watercolor and acrylic as well as mixed media, mobiles, stained glass, jewelry, photography and ceramics.…

  • The Upper Freehold Regional School District is not Shangri-La

    Is the Upper Freehold Regional School District (UFRSD) Shangri-La? Your recent article about the district seemed to state this as a fact. I had always enjoyed reading articles in the Examiner, but even this article stretches the last vestiges of journalistic integrity beyond credulity. During the Bush years, the Fox News Channel was referred to…

  • Agency extends thanks to supporters during 2009

    Saying the words “thank you” just doesn’t seem sufficient to express our gratitude to all those who have assisted Prevention First during this year. Providing programs and services that work to keep our children drugfree continued to be the focus of our mission. In 2009 our dedicated staff and volunteers worked with over 10,000 children…

  • Rescue groups should offer lifetime support

    As hard as this is to write, sadly it is long overdue. The total years in the rescue community of the individuals contributing to this email is well over 100, so please listen with an open mind. As a fellow rescuer who has been active since 1967, I ask the following: How could you adopt…

  • Coastal conservation trailblazer: Dery Bennett

    Most of us view the Jersey Shore as a place for a summer vacation or a day at the beach. But to Derickson W. Bennett, the coast was much more: a complex ecosystem, a habitat for wildlife and a way of life. Our coast lost what may have been its greatest advocate when Dery passed…

  • Helen V. Scheffling

    Mrs. Scheffling of Little Silver died Dec. 15, 2009. She was employed in the media center at Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver, from the 1970s until the early ’80s. Prior to that, she was employed at Prudential Insurance, Newark, and the U.S. Department of the Navy during World War II. She was predeceased…

  • Rufus Rucker

    Mr. Rucker, 75, of Tinton Falls, died Dec. 16, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a mechanical engineer at University of Medicine and Dentistry of N.J., Newark, retiring in 1992 after several years. He was predeceased by a sister, Mattie; two brothers, Frank and Willie J.; and a son, Rufus Shields. He…

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