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Area wrestlers shift focus to region competition
By Jimmy Allinder With the conclusion of last weekend’s NJSIAA district wrestling tournaments that featured team and individual results, the scene shifts to individual region matches. Monroe Township High School finished runner-up to Raritan High School in District 20 and sent nine wrestlers to Region 5 at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. East Brunswick High…
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Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center receives award
LONG BRANCH — The Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center at Monmouth Medical Center has been named one of America’s Best Breast Centers by the Women’s Choice Award, America’s trusted referral source for the best in health care. The award signifies that Monmouth Medical Center is in the top 7 percent of 4,789 U.S. hospitals…
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Monroe stumbles in quarterfinals of girls’ GMC Tournament
By Jimmy Allinder Monroe Township High School’s girls had the only area basketball team to advance to last weekend’s Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Tournament quarterfinals, and it didn’t turn out well. The 11th-seeded Falcons (9-16 overall, 7-7 Red Division) were eliminated by third-seeded South Brunswick High School, 60-28, Feb. 18 — the third loss to…
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CentraState names new administrator of rehabilitation center
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Toni Lynn Davis, Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and licensed nursing home administrator, has been named administrator of The Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center, CentraState’s 121-bed skilled-nursing, subacute and rehabilitation center located on the medical center campus. Davis has more than 17 years of experience as a health-care executive…
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Red Bank surgeon aims to improve surgery experience without opioids
America’s struggle with opioids continues to make headlines, as 91 people die every day in the U.S. from overuse of opioids. Recently, Gov. Chris Christie declared the opioid epidemic a public health crisis in New Jersey, which has a death rate from heroin double the national rate. To combat the opioid epidemic in the Monmouth…
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Old Bridge, Sayreville wrestlers have strong showing in District 19
By Warren Rappleyea Host Old Bridge High School boasted a pair of champions at the NJSIAA District 19 wrestling competition, and Sayreville War Memorial High School had one. In all, seven competitors from the neighboring schools will be moving on to the Region 5 event. Bombers heavyweight Mike Porcaro took his title in dramatic fashion,…
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JFK Medical Center nursing team provides gifts to its newest arrivals
EDISON — The nursing staff at JFK Medical Center is gifting newborn babies born in the month of February and their moms handmade red hats in honor of Heart Month in support of the American Heart Association’s Little Hats, Big Hearts program. The Little Hats, Big Hearts initiative from the American Heart Association provides new moms…
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Monmouth County Reliability Project will burden residents
FirstEnergy claims the Monmouth County Reliability Project (MCRP) will address demand and reliability. FirstEnergy said we would have brownouts if lines were not built in 1989. They were not installed and we have not had widespread outages. Neither Hurricane Irene or Sandy caused outages related to transmission lines. Why should we believe their claims now? The…
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Altland named Mater Dei Prep girls’ cross-country coach
By Matthew Rocco Mater Dei Prep’s Christine Altland is taking over the new girls’ cross-country team, as the Seraphs continue to expand their athletic programs. The Seraphs, who have run a co-ed cross-country program, will offer separate boys’ and girls’ teams for the fall season. The Middletown school said Altland, the head coach of the…
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