• Lavan a key part of Hawks’ push for NCAA tourney berth

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Monmouth University goalkeeper Sydney Lavan of Jackson has been a key player in the Hawks’ push to earn a berth in the NCAA Division I Tournament. Monmouth plays Siena College in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals on Nov. 6. MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Monmouth University goalkeeper Sydney Lavan, a junior…

  • Jaguars clinch playoff berth, Lions remain in hunt

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Jackson Memorial High School’s Connor Testa, second from left, gives a teammate a celebratory hug after Testa returned a blocked punt for a touchdown during the Jaguars’ 30-0 victory over Toms River High School East on Oct. 30 in Jackson. REBECCA NOWALSKI Jackson Memorial High School’s football team clinched a return…

  • World Pancreatic Cancer Day will be observed on Nov. 13

    By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer Efforts to bring attention to pancreatic cancer are stepped up every November during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Progress is “desperately needed in the fight against pancreatic cancer,” said Jill Rothstein of Freehold Township, who lost her father to the disease in 2008. Many towns across New Jersey have joined the…

  • ON CAMPUS

    Joe Mayerski, son of Joe and Kathy Mayerski of Jackson, graduated with a bachelor in audio engineering from the Art Institute of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Joe, who is a graduate of Jackson Memorial High School, is employed as part of the audio engineering team at ESPN, Bristol Connecticut. Ashley Potkulski of New Egypt will perform in…

  • Affordable housing gets site off Freehold Road

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer JACKSON – Fears of possible discrimination in housing at the Jackson Twenty- One development took center stage during a Planning Board meeting. On Oct. 19, the board unanimously approved a major subdivision and preliminary site plan that impacted where 88 affordable housing units will be built. Jackson Twenty-One is a…

  • Howell High School student to be featured in ‘Peter Pan’

    By P.J. CANDIDO Staff Writer Micheal Friedman Howell High School student Michael “Mikey” Friedman, 16, will travel to Neverland when he appears in a featured role in Phoenix Productions’ upcoming revival of “Peter Pan.” Mikey, who lives in Freehold Borough, will be playing the role of John Darling in a production of “Peter Pan” that…

  • How to manage the emotional roller coaster after a diabetes diagnosis

    By Saima Farghani, M.D. While I’ve done it thousands of times, it never gets easier for me to tell a patient he or she has diabetes. For some, it comes as a complete shock; for others, the news confirms what the patient already suspected. Regardless of the response, living with diabetes is life-changing and it…

  • Why you shouldn’t overdo: the downside of overtraining

    Dr. Leonard J. Somarriba D.P.T., C.S.C.S. We have all heard the phrase “No pain, no gain.”When it comes to the human body, discomfort is acceptable, but pain is not. In fact, there is a threshold of pain tolerance that is unique to each individual. It’s important to understand and respect this limit. When the body…

  • Eradicating early-stage breast cancers without surgery

    By Kenneth Tomkovich, M.D. I started my career as a breast radiologist when radical mastectomies (breast removal) were one of the few breast cancer treatments. Thankfully today, we’re on the verge of successfully treating smaller breast cancers without the need for any surgery at all. FDA-approved cryoablation (a treatment to kill cancer cells using extreme…

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