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Chocolate & Wine Festival
TOP PICK Greater Media Newspapers’ Chocolate and Wine Festival will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 7 at Branches in West Long Branch. The event is expected to include more than 30 vendors offering a wide array of foods, sweets, beverages and gift items. In addition to wine and chocolate, vendors will offer jewelry, dessert…
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Scalea appointed to council
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Mike Scalea MARLBORO — After considering three individuals they called “very strong candidates,” the members of the Township Council unanimously voted to appoint Mike Scalea to fill the council seat formerly held by Frank LaRocca. At the Jan. 30 meeting, Scalea was sworn into office by Mayor Jonathan Hornik. Scalea…
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Howell resident indicted on child sexual-assault charge
HOWELL — A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a 17-count indictment charging a Howell man with sexually assaulting a toddler and recording the attack, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Kevin Motyka, 23, is named in the 17-count indictment charging him with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, seven counts of…
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Temple to honor rabbi and E Street drummer
MARLBORO — Max Weinberg, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, will receive Temple Rodeph Torah’s Humanitarian of the Year award at a gala to be held Feb. 28 at the Battleground Country Club, Manalapan. The gala will also commemorate Rabbi Donald Weber’s 30th year as…
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Pupils who refuse PARCC will remain in classroom
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Feb. 4 Update: At a meeting held on Feb. 3, Marlboro K-8 School District officials said students who refuse to take the PARCC exam will now be placed in a different location from students who take the exam. This updates the article that appears below. For more details, see the…
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Director relates to play’s immigrant characters
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — When Louis Palermo came across the play “Over the River and Through the Woods,” he knew he wanted to see it performed locally because, in truth, the play mirrored his own journey as an immigrant coming to America from Italy at the age of 17. Palermo,…
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Treating cataracts
By Robert M. Scharfman, M.D. The human eye works much like a camera. Light enters the eye and is focused on the retina. The retina converts the light into an electrical signal, which is sent to the brain and interpreted as sight. The front surface of the eye (the cornea) and the lens work together…
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Are you at higher risk for heart problems as a result of air pollution?
By Robert G. Kayser, Jr., M.D., MBA, F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I. Regardless of where you live or work, you are exposed to elements in the air every second of the day. Some are natural; some are manmade; some can be dangerous to your health. In varying degrees, we all breathe in pollution every day. Air pollutants can…
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Meniscus tear surgery may lead to early knee osteoarthritis
By Jerry Moczerniuk, P.T., D.P.T. In my previous articles I wrote about two distinct knee pathologies, knee osteoarthritis and the torn meniscus. MRI findings reveal a meniscal tear in about 35 percent of people over the age of 50, which is more common than knee osteoarthritis (OA). Research also estimates that knee OA is prevalent…
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