• WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT …

    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…

  • Horse month activities planned at library, farm

    New Jersey’s standardbred horsemen will celebrate June, the Month of the Horse in New Jersey, with donations of the new book, “Standardbred Old Friends,” a personal appearance by the retired racehorse Indy, and an open house at Fair Winds Farm. According to a press release, the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey is…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    Lori Clinch Knowing is not the same as remembering 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…

  • DATEBOOK

     A senior citizen celebration for those age 50 and over will be held from 1-3 p.m. June 29 at the Allentown United Methodist Church, 23 Church St., Allentown. The free event will include a meal, live entertainment and fellowship. Parking is ample and handicapped accessible. Details: 609-259-7392, from 8:30 a.m. to noon Monday through…

  • Writers invited to conference at Brookdale Community College

    Writers and readers of all ages and experience levels are invited to attend the first Aspiring Writers Conference at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, on June 27. Four Brookdale faculty members and the founder of the Red Bank Blogging Club will give a series of lectures about memoir writing, blogging, narrative medicine and the personal and…

  • ON CAMPUS

    Mat Goldberg, son of Harlene and Marc Goldberg of Port St. Lucie, Fla., formerly of Millstone Township, is one of two students headed to South Korea after receiving a Fulbright award upon graduating from Elon University, Elon, N.C. Mat was the recipient of several leadership awards during his time at Elon. He was an Isabella…

  • Allentown to bid seniors farewell

    By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent Graduation ceremonies will be held at the War Memorial in Trenton for the Allentown High School Class of 2014 on June 20 at 6:30 p.m. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Parents of seniors can pick up tickets for graduation in the main office of the high school. The theme of…

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    Sandy Hook Lighthouse in northern Monmouth County, the nation’s oldest operating lighthouse, celebrated its 250th anniversary on June 14. FRANK GALIPO

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