• Top 10 reasons to celebrate National Sleep Awareness Week

    By David Goldstein, M.D. March 3-10 is the National Sleep Foundation’s annual campaign celebrating the health benefits of sleep. The gap between enough sleep and too little sleep may affect your health, your mood, your weight, and even your sex life. Here are 10 reasons to go to bed a little earlier tonight. 1. Better…

  • Are you at risk? Find out with a free test on American Diabetes Association Alert Day

    By Dr. Reema Patel The American Diabetes Association Alert Day is a one-day “wake-up call” asking the American public to take the Diabetes Risk Test to find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes, a condition characterized by high blood glucose levels caused by either a lack of insulin or the…

  • Cystic Fibrosis Center receives national Quality Care Award

    The Cystic Fibrosis Center at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has been selected by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) for the foundation’s prestigious Quality Care Award for 2012-2013. Instituted in 2008, CFF’s Quality Care Awards recognize centers that have continuously demonstrated a commitment to improving the quality of…

  • Forever Zumba

    Sure, fitness crazes come and go. But then there is Zumba, which beats on and on to lasting success. But why? “I think it’s hot because of the music,” says Meg Jordan, editor-in-chief of American Fitness Magazine, who has taken the classes herself.“When you add a Latin downbeat with lively passionate music, people want to…

  • Get fit, 2014 style

    By Jeff Schnaufer CTW Features Looking for the best exercise program to get in shape? Check out the latest trendy sweat-inducers that will keep you toned and healthy. Flywheel. Pound. CrossFit. Fusion. The Bar Method. Don’t recognize any of these names? Well, you will. These are among the top fitness trends this year. But are…

  • Ladies auxiliary offers bus trip to Showboat

    The Morgan Hose and Chemical Company Ladies Auxiliary, Morgan section of Sayreville, will sponsor a March 22 bus trip fundraiser to the Showboat Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 10 a.m. from the firehouse, 1 Old Spy Road. Return will be at approximately 8 p.m. Cost is $35 per person, with a $20…

  • Teenagers organize fundraiser in memory of late fourth-grader

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — A community is working to support a local family that has suffered a tragic loss. South Amboy Elementary School fourth-grader Ryan Schaaf passed away at Raritan Bay Medical Center on Feb. 17. According to a GoFundMe page established in 10-year-old Ryan’s honor, Ryan was born with heart problems…

  • Peace signs

    PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHY MAZUR First-place winner Raigan Stokes-Carter, left to right, second-place winner Blessing Akeju and third-place winner Chloe Santiago display their artwork from the 2013-14 Sayreville Lions Club Peace Poster Contest. This year’s theme was “Our World, Our Future.” The Sayreville Middle School sixth-graders were recently honored by the Sayreville Lions Club with…

  • Sayreville youngsters invited to Egg Hunt

    The Sayreville Recreation Department will sponsor its annual Easter Egg Hunt 10 a.m. April 12 at the Borough Hall football field, Main Street. The event is open to Sayreville residents ages 1-12. For information, call 732-390-7092.

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