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Choosing the right outpatient radiology center Your physician has ordered a series of radiology procedures. Your physician gives you a prescription for the examinations and a list of radiology facilities in your area. Which one to choose and why? Important questions to ask Facility — Is the facility accredited by the American College of Radiology…
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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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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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MRI of head/neck Choosing an MRI facility 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…
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Turning Point patrons donate money to brain tumor research
Turning Point restaurants around the area have raised more than $30,000 for pediatric brain tumor research. The fifth annual Great Food for a Great Cause event raised $33,420 combined — a 20 percent increase over last year’s collection — at the Little Silver, Long Branch, Manalapan, Brick, Hoboken, Westfield, Holmdel and Marlton locations on the…
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Jersey Shore Girl Scouts earn Gold Awards
The Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore presented 25 Girl Scouts from Monmouth and Ocean counties with the Girl Scout Gold Award during a June 2 ceremony at Woodlake Country Club in Lakewood. In order to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award, participants must utilize the leadership skills learned through Girl Scouting to address and…
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Marine Science Camp taking registrations
The Marine Science Camp for children in grades K-12 is currently accepting registrations for its hands-on, feet-wet marine and environmental learning experience. The camp experience is offered at 18 locations along the Jersey Shore. Activities will include seining, sieving, kayaking, plant and animal identification, water quality sampling and testing, study of tides, marine ecology and…
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State redistributes funds given to allegedly fraudulent charity
Funds totaling $100,000 donated to an allegedly fraudulent superstorm Sandy charity have been distributed to Habitat for Humanity of Monmouth County and the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that the remainder of the funds collected by the Hurricane Sandy Relief Foundation (HSRF) would be used by the…
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‘Ransomed’ to be staged this month
Lighthouse Productions, a nonprofit Christian theater company, will present a free musical, “Ransomed,” at 8 p.m. June 19-21 and 2 p.m. June 22 at 404 Broadway, Long Branch. Written by the local father-daughter team, Russ Scalzo of Oceanport and Rachel Ryan of Tinton Falls, the musical is about seven hostages who find themselves in a…
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