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    Buying a generator Storms and power failures go hand-in-hand in many neighborhoods at any time of year. Antiquated power grids and substations — many designed more than 50 years ago — can’t keep up with increased consumer electricity consumption, especially during the hot summer months. Mature trees tower precariously over power lines, often toppling onto…

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    Choosing an assisted living community Reformed Church Home It is vital for your family member that you spend a considerable amount of time researching the assisted living community before you send them to the home. It is much easier to pick a good home in the beginning than it is to choose a poor home…

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    Brain training vs. tutoring Is tutoring what your child really needs? Your child has difficulty in third-grade math. You send her to a tutor. The tutor works diligently for several weeks with her on her grade-level math concepts and assignments. She goes on to pass the third grade with Bs. So far so good. Summer…

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    Choosing an MRI facility MRI of head/neck What is an MRI? Magnetic resonance imaging is a state-of-the-art technology that uses a magnetic field and radio waves to show detailed pictures from within the body. Used most commonly to show the brain, spine, and joints, this painless technique also helps to uncover tumors or other abnormalities…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    Knowing is not the same as remembering Lori Clinch I had a stark realization the other day. I was scooting around the house with frenzy, doing this and cleaning that. I took towels to the laundry, brought socks back to the bedroom, then arrived in the kitchen on a dead run and had no idea…

  • Road work pact awarded

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer COLTS NECK — Municipal officials are once again waging a campaign to improve township-controlled roads. During its May 28 meeting, the Colts Neck Township Committee awarded a contract of nearly $684,918 to Meco Inc. to upgrade seven streets. The township will pay for the work with cash from a 2013…

  • ON CAMPUS

    The following area residents recently graduated from Georgian Court University, Lakewood: Paula G. Alexander, Morganville, MA; Kayla Auci, Howell, BA; Andrew Albert Barone, Manalapan, BS; William Michael Beck, Manalapan, MA; Florence Berman, Marlboro, MA; Tiffany Berryman, Freehold, MA; Melissa Bialick, Manalapan, MA; Nicole Balas Blacker, Howell, MA; Jennifer Brennan, Howell, BA; Marissa Ann Capper, Howell,…

  • K-9 works while fighting cancer

    Sheriff’s Officer Kurt Kroeper and K-9 Evan Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office narcotics detection officer K-9 Evan has been working as a police dog in the fight against drugs for five years. Now, the 7-year-old Labrador retriever is fighting for his life after recently being diagnosed with lymphoma. Despite Evan’s illness, oncology specialists from the Red…

  • Bell Labs honors past by moving forward

    By KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson visit the Bell Labs research site in Holmdel on May 20. In 1964, the scientists used the Horn Antenna to identify cosmic background radiation, a key piece of evidence supporting the Big Bang theory. KEITH HEUMILLER/STAFF HOLMDEL — Hundreds of current and former Alcatel-Lucent and…

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