• Adult Day Care Center celebrates National Adult Day Services Week

    Adult Day Care Center celebrates National Adult Day Services Week

    The dates of Sept. 17-23 mark National Adult Day Services Week, with this year’s theme being “Celebrating Diversity”. Every year, this important week is recognized to honor the beneficial services Adult Day Care Centers provide to numerous seniors and overwhelmed caregivers. It’s a week to celebrate, learn more about local Adult Day Care Programs and…

  • Jackson Library debuts new sign

    Jackson Library debuts new sign

    JACKSON – After three years of hard work by the Jackson Friends of the Library, the Jackson Branch of the Ocean County Library has a new electronic sign. On Aug. 17, members of the Friends held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new sign at the library, 2 Jackson Drive, off West Veterans Highway. The…

  • Red Bank Charter School students take learning outside

    Red Bank Charter School students take learning outside

    Three recent graduates from the Red Bank Charter School had the opportunity to gain professional work experience. As part of the charter school’s service learning program, incoming high school freshmen Lucas Dostie, Maya Williams and Matthew Blankley worked at nearby businesses during their final school year at Red Bank Charter. All three students will attend…

  • Health fair provides medical exams to dozens

    Health fair provides medical exams to dozens

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – More than 100 people attended a free health screening and disease awareness and prevention fair geared toward people of South Asian descent. The Indian Health Camp of New Jersey (IHCNJ) organized the fifth consecutive fair at Durga Mandir in South Brunswick on Aug. 13, and the 19th event overall, for anyone over age…

  • East Brunswick Library to hold diabetes care workshops

    East Brunswick Library to hold diabetes care workshops

    Quality Insights Quality Innovation Network is partnering with Middlesex County Office of Health Services to provide free diabetes workshops as part of the “Everyone with Diabetes Counts” program. The free six-week workshops will take place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fridays, Sept. 15 to Oct. 27, excluding Sept. 22, at the East Brunswick Library,…

  • Dey rejoins Jackson school board

    Dey rejoins Jackson school board

    JACKSON – The Jackson School District Board of Education has appointed former board member Sharon Dey to fill a vacant seat on the panel through the end of 2017. Dey, who previously served on the board from 2007-16, was appointed during the board’s Aug. 15 meeting. She will take the seat previously held by Barbara Fiero,…

  • Get your physical ASAP to be your team’s MVP

    Get your physical ASAP to be your team’s MVP

    Immediate Care is conducting a fundraiser to give $10 back to the sports or camp program of your choice for each $30 physical performed at one of their numerous locations. Any self-paying patient is eligible for the physicals program for the remainder of 2017. “Providing sports and camp physicals is just one of the many…

  • Middle school principal: Children are not standardized

    Middle school principal: Children are not standardized

    Not every educator believes in standardized testing because not every educator believes students can be standardized. Carl Perino, the principal of the Carl W. Goetz Middle School in Jackson, performed his spoken word poem “Children Are Not Standardized” at a recent TEDxAsbury Park event with the hope of changing how people view standardized tests in…

  • Live life well

    Live life well

    Are you ready to feel fit, focused, energized, and healthy? Then you are ready to live live well! With wellness experts to coach and motivate you, you can get the tools you need to feel great – body, mind, and spirit! Learn how to make changes that change everything at an educational Seminar at Bartley…

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