• ANS Center of Hope Foundation picnic celebrates brain tumor patients

    Dr. Brian Beyerl (middle), Atlantic NeuroSurgical Specialists (ANS) neurosurgeon, braces as he prepares to enter the dunk tank and be dunked by staff members Adriana Castano (left) and Elizabeth Gold at ANS’s recent Center of Hope Foundation picnic. Other ANS staff members, patients and their family members threw many shots at Beyerl. Donna Giordano hugged…

  • How can physical therapy help you?

    By Jerry Moczerniuk P.T., DPT Each October, the APTA (America Physical Therapy Association) hosts National Physical Therapy Month. In an effort to help develop PT awareness, it is very important for consumers to be educated on what physical therapy really is, and what benefits it may offer. Despite some popular beliefs, physical therapy is not…

  • Teacher retires and goes into research, as a pioneer in brain tumor vaccine trial

    Rita Coakley of Roxbury is a pioneer of many sorts. For example, as a fifth-grade teacher at Lincoln Roosevelt Elementary School, she didn’t always make her students read from books. Instead, she often taught them by telling stories related to the topic to make learning more meaningful. She just retired from teaching — a few…

  • Community Medical Center to hold evening dedicated to women and their breast health

    One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and every three minutes, another woman is diagnosed. Not only does it affect the person diagnosed, but family, friends, and co-workers can feel its effects as well. That’s why there’s no such thing as being too careful when it comes to your health. Whether you…

  • How you can lower your risk of breast cancer

    Regular exercise can help women lower their risk of developing breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, second only to lung cancer. One in eight women is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and a recent survey by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that 22 percent…

  • Robberies being investigated

    By CLARE MARIE CELANO Correspondent FREEHOLD — Officers from the Freehold Borough Police Department are investigating two armed robberies which occurred during the evening hours of Sept. 20 and Sept. 26. Detective Sgt. Chris Colaner, the department’s public information officer, reported that the incidents, which took place on the street on Bowne Avenue and Stokes…

  • Greater Media sales executives take home top honors at 2015 Radio Wayne Awards

    Greater Media’s Deana Poole and Marc Mustachio were among those honored at the 2015 Radio Ink Radio Wayne Awards. The ceremony took place on Oct. 1 during the annual Radio Show Advertiser Breakfast held at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Ga. Greater Media Philadelphia’s Deana Poole was named “Digital Sales Specialist of the Year.” Greater…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG), a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, has announced the opening of the first public access compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Monmouth County at Shore Point Distributing Company, Route 33, Freehold Township. The construction of the CNG fueling station is part of NJNG’s pilot program, the NGV Advantage. With…

  • Resident supports Hornik, Marder, Scalea in Marlboro

    Over 40 years ago I served as a volunteer staff associate for U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. “Bobby” Ken-nedy set the gold standard for public service, integrity, intelligence, independence, dedication and compassion. Every now and then a public official comes along who meets this high standard. We have such a person in Jon Hornik, Marlboro’s…

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