• Appendicitis: when it’s more than a total pain

    Health&Fitness By Ayotunde Adeyeri, M.D. A ppendicitis is a medical emergency resulting from an inflammation of the appendix, a small pouch attached to the large intestine.This part of the body serves no useful purpose in the adult patient other than to cause significant pain should it become inflamed. In the worst-case scenario (usually as a…

  • Six habits that are aging you prematurely (and what to do about them)

    Take aging into your own hands by avoiding these six harmful habits By Rachel Graf CTW Features I t’s true:Age is just a number. But wouldn’t it be nice if that number would get smaller instead of larger with time? Raymond Francis, author, radio host and health maintenance expert, is 76 years old.A Doppler ultrasound,…

  • Church hosted youth ministry celebration

    Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank recently hosted its annual Youth Ministry Celebration, which featured presentations from Vacation Bible School and Youth Showcase students. There was also a review of the ministry’s year-long and summer activities. Inspirational messages were preached by Minister Charles Cox and Elder Antonius Thigpen. For more information about the Youth Ministry…

  • Event will include food, fellowship

    All Saints Memorial Church, 202 Navesink Ave., Atlantic Highlands, will host an evening of home cooking, a family friendly movie screening and fellowship for all ages on Aug. 16. Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. Support services and resource specialists from the Monmouth County Long-Term Recovery Group will be present and ready to help those…

  • Solar-powered, high-tech bus shelters in the works

    By ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer Many riders of NJ Transit’s bus service will soon be able to keep out of the elements in style, as approximately 100 new bus shelters fitted with modern amenities are slated to be installed within the year. Sun Pacific Power Corp., a solar-energy company based in Freehold, has been working…

  • Animal rights advocate says vegan option saves lives

    Most Americans are rightfully upset about the fire that killed more than 120 people at a slaughterhouse in China. Almost all of the fire exits were blocked, and panicked workers were forced to trample one another to escape. While many people are calling for the company that operates the plant to be held accountable for…

  • Community living benefits those with disabilities

    To the concerned families and guardians of those with developmental disabilities who insist that the aggregate institutionalized setting of developmental centers provides unmatched care for our vulnerable citizens, I argue, why not open up the facility to the general public? With the closing of the Woodbridge and North Jersey developmental centers in 2017, why not…

  • Open space should replace fort

    For over 10 years I have monitored and criticized the National Park Service’s (NPS) attempt to restore Fort Hancock’s buildings. The NPS’s ill-conceived, terribly executed and fatally flawed initial attempt resulted in an award to Sandy Hook Partners (SHP), which had neither the experience nor funding to do the work. This venture wasted more than…

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    Sunflowers along Pension Road, Manalapan. IRENE P.

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