• Monmouth Medical Center held ‘Dance for Your Heart’ at mall

    Monmouth Medical Center held ‘Dance for Your Heart’ at mall

    Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch and Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus in Lakewood, both RWJBarnabas Health facilities, held the fourth annual dance-themed American Heart Month event, “Dance for Your Heart,” at the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown on Feb. 11, providing a host of cardiac screenings to nearly 100 people. The annual event celebrates heart…

  • Matawan’s Kalieta hopes to recover in time for MOC

    Matawan’s Kalieta hopes to recover in time for MOC

    By Wayne Witkowski Matawan Regional High School senior Thomas Kalieta Jr. was all set to return to the NJSIAA indoor track and field boys’ Meet of Champions (MOC) as he was moving up to the lead in the closing steps of the 400-meter dash at the NJSIAA Group II championships Feb. 18 at the John…

  • High school musicals take the stage in FRHSD

    High school musicals take the stage in FRHSD

    The auditoriums of the Freehold Regional High School District schools are alive with the sound of musicals. Upcoming performances include the following: • Manalapan High School presents “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories…

  • RWJUH achieves recognition for kidney transplant outcomes

    RWJUH achieves recognition for kidney transplant outcomes

    NEW BRUNSWICK — Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital’s (RWJUH) Kidney Transplant Program has been named one of 53 hospitals in the United States with the best organ transplant outcomes, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). Using data collected from other organizations, SRTR assesses outcomes of centers that perform liver, heart, lung, kidney…

  • Newbury pupils get taste of real world in Biztown

    Newbury pupils get taste of real world in Biztown

    HOWELL – On Feb. 17, 64 pupils from the Newbury School participated in the Junior Achievement program JA Biztown in Edison. The event was the culmination of 13 financial literacy lessons that provided fourth and fifth grade students with a real life financial foundation, according to a press release from the Newbury School. The students…

  • Voters approve Plumsted fire district budget

    Voters approve Plumsted fire district budget

    By Michael Benavides Staff Writer PLUMSTED – Residents who went to the polls on Feb. 18 voted to approve the 2017 budget put forth by Plumsted Township Board of Fire Commissioners, which oversees the Plumsted Township fire district. According to unofficial results posted on the fire district’s Facebook page, the budget passed in a vote…

  • More homes sold

    More homes sold

    Percentage increase in existing home sales forecasted for 2017: 1.7. Source: National Association of Realtors © CTW Features

  • Bad close

    Bad close

    Ask Our Broker with Peter G. Miller By Peter G. Miller CTW Features Question: I went to a closing recently and it was a miserable experience. I expected a 3.5 percent rate but wound up with 4 percent. The lender asked for the same paperwork several times. I did not seem to get any benefit from…

  • Not in my backyard! vs. No big deal!

    Not in my backyard! vs. No big deal!

    Low-income housing likely won’t affect your property’s value — here’s why. By Erik J. Martin CTW Features Many homeowners fret about affordable housing in their neck of the woods, worrying that new subsidized rental housing construction earmarked for low-income tenants will depreciate property values and gradually bring down the neighborhood. But a new report by…

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