• What is urgent care medicine?

    By Dr. Min Cha Urgent care and walk-in centers are becoming very popular these days, but many people are not familiar with exactly what urgent care centers do. When you are sick, injured, or in pain, waiting for a doctor can be the last thing you want to do.The emergency room is an option, but…

  • Amazing facts about the human heart

    Every Valentine’s Day homes and businesses dress up the décor with cupids and hearts to celebrate a day all about love and affection.The heart shape has been used to symbolically represent the human heart as the center of emotion and romantic love. Hearts symbolizing love can be traced back to the Middle Ages. Those familiar…

  • Monroe schools slate kindergarten sign-ups

    Monroe Township Public Schools will hold kindergarten registration on Feb. 27-28, and March 3-4 and 6-7. A child must be 5 years old by Oct. 31 to be enrolled in kindergarten. Parents should bring their child’s original birth certificate and current immunization record; four proof-of-residency forms, including a deed, tax bill, HUD-1 statement or lease,…

  • Game on

    PHOTO COURTESY OF RUSS MENSCH/MENSCH & COMPANY INC. Michael Kohler of Spotswood, second from left, won two tickets to Super Bowl XLVIII, courtesy of Quick Chek’s Great Taste Touchdown promotion, Entenmann’s and Coca- Cola. A regular store customer at the Route 130 location in Dayton, Kohler purchased a made-to-order breakfast sub in mid-December that had…

  • Kenneth A. Totten

    Mr. Totten, 74, of Old Bridge, died Jan. 1, 2014. He was a helicopter mechanic from 1958-61 for the United States Marine Corps. After his enlistment, he played semi-pro football for a number of years. He co-founded the Old Bridge Recreational Basketball League in 1974. He was an accomplished sports official and umpired high school…

  • Irene Ploskonka

    Mrs. Ploskonka, 84, of Sayreville, died Jan. 13, 2014, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. She was predeceased by two grandchildren, Christopher and Jeffrey Howarth; a sister, Helen Tommy; and a brother, John Krzeszewski. Surviving are her husband, Louis W. Ploskonka; three children and their spouses, Karen and Sam Howarth, Susan Lang, and…

  • Daniel Colella

    Mr. Colella, 55, of East Brunswick and Spotswood, died Jan. 2, 2014, at home. He was an insurance account executive for Travelers in New York City for the past five years and held a CPCU Certificate, one of the insurance industry’s highest awards. Surviving are his wife, Joanne Maio Colella; two sons, Nicholas and Joseph,…

  • Robert J. Tomori Jr.

    Mr. Tomori, 56, of Monroe, formerly of South River, died Jan. 16, 2014, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was employed as a machine operator at SMI Inc., Spotswood, where he worked for 12 years. He was predeceased by his mother-in-law, Helene Deniken. Surviving are his wife, Diane Deniken Tomori; two sons,…

  • Alfred R. Singer

    Mr. Singer, 85, of Jackson, formerly of Sayreville, died Jan. 8, 2014, at home. Prior to his retirement, he and his late wife, Fran, were the owners of Singer Flower Shop, Sayreville. Before that, he was employed by the Sayreville Board of Education for 25 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Frances Bartlinski Singer;…

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