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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Barnabas Health Medical Group has announced the addition of Dr. Smita N. Kargutkar, a board-certified endocrinologist, to its network of multispecialty physicians. Kargutkar is affiliated with Monmouth Medical Center and is available to see patients at offices in Long Branch, Tinton Falls and Middletown. Kargutkar previously served as a family physician at a private practice…
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Health officials urge prevention in virus scare
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer With a confirmed case of enterovirus D68 reported in New Jersey, school and hospital officials in Middlesex County are urging preventative measures. “This is a virus we see every year in health care. There are 100 types of enteroviruses — this just happens to be a variation that we have…
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Fair Haven near closing on historic Robards property
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Fair Haven Borough Council is moving forward with plans for a passive park on DeNormandie Avenue, the site of the Robards family home for more than 150 years. FAIR HAVEN — After a series of delays, the borough is taking the final steps to convert the property of the…
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Golf legend to attend brunch at Forsgate
Ryder Cup legend Colin Montgomerie will be the guest during the Ryder Cup Roundup Brunch and Golf Clinic Oct. 6 at Forsgate Country Club, Forsgate Drive, Monroe. Montgomerie, who serves as Forsgate’s professional touring ambassador, sports the Forsgate Country Club logo on his visor when competing on the European and Champions tours. He competed as…
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Cancer center breaks ground in Middletown
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is building a facility in Middletown. MIDDLETOWN — Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center officially kicked off work on a 304,000-square-foot outpatient cancer treatment facility known as MSK Monmouth in Middletown last week. The building that will house the center, which was approved by…
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Tower Hill Church to conduct rummage sale
RED BANK — A rummage sale will be held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Tower Hill Church, 255 Harding Road, Red Bank. The sale is open to the public. All proceeds will benefit Lunch Break in Red Bank. Early admission to the 8-9 a.m. preview sale is available to early birds for $20.…
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Garden club to host talk on growing roses
The Little Silver Garden Club will meet at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 9 at the Women’s Club of Little Silver, 111 Church St., Little Silver. The guest speaker will be Diane Wilkerson, an American Rose Society consulting rosarian, who will present at 10:30 a.m. the illustrated lecture, “Rose Growing in New Jersey.” This is a change…
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Wildlife photographer to speak at meeting
The Monmouth County Audubon Society will present noted wildlife photographer Alan Leckner, who will discuss, “Challenges of Wildlife Photography: Butterflies, Birds, Bugs and Babies,” at its 8 p.m. Oct. 8 meeting at the Church of the Nativity, 180 Ridge Road, Fair Haven. The public is welcome, and admission is free. The audio-visual program will feature…
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Elected positions are not supposed to be ‘jobs’
A s the important midterm election approaches, desperate and powercrazed politicians seeking re-election resort to their same pathetic tricks to give the economy an artificial stimulus and make us feel better so we will be conned into voting again for them. The most obvious examples are the various highly visible road-related projects, including resurfacing that…
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