Tag: Freehold
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NJ Connect for Recovery offers assistance for substance use disorder
Lynda McDonald of Jackson, who works with NJ Connect for Recovery to provide resources to families dealing with addiction, is trying to bring more recovery to her own community. According to its website, NJ Connect for Recovery is a free, confidential call line focused on helping individuals and families coping with substance use disorders. A…
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Former CFO sentenced to prison
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal has announced that the former chief financial officer of a nonprofit organization was sentenced to prison on March 22 for stealing nearly $115,000 from the organization for his personal use. Peter Pflug, 56, of Freehold, the former chief financial officer of New Horizons in Autism, was sentenced to…
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‘Emperor’s New Duds’ comes to Freehold
FREEHOLD – Center Players Dessert Theater will present a family friendly production of “The Emperor’s New Duds” at Center Playhouse, 35 South St., Freehold, from Dec. 7-16. A musical adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Emperor’s New Duds” was written by Bernice Garfield-Szita, who will co-direct the production with Enid Bush,…
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Center Players announces 2018-19 season at Freehold theater
Center Players Dessert Theater has announced its upcoming 2018-19 season to be performed from October through August at Center Playhouse, 35 South St., Freehold. Kicking off the season from Oct. 12 through Nov. 4 will be a production of “Italian Funerals and Other Festive Occasions,” written by John Miranda. Faced with the loss of his…
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Amboy Banks offers complimentary seminars on caring for parents
Amboy Bank will hold a number of complimentary Caring for Aging Parents seminars throughout September. Covered topics will include estate planning, long term and in-home healthcare options, Medicare/Medicaid, and reverse mortgage facts and fictions. The seminars are planned for 6 p.m. on Sept. 20 at Sayrewoods, at 1 p.m. on Sept. 22 in Freehold, at…
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Able Hands offers rehabilitation in three locations
By Shirish Godbole OTR/CHT Able Hands Rehabilitation P.C. The hand is probably the third most important part of human body after the heart that drives us and the brain that guides us. Certified Hand Therapy involves caring for wounded and disabled hands in a very specialized and methodical way. The goal is to make hands…
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Reasons to reconsider vaping
By Robert Pedowitz, DO When a patient asks if vaping is safer than smoking, I tell them that neither is safe, potentially pose health risks, and that both habits should be broken. While vapes—also called vapor cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes—have been marketed as a safer alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes, there hasn’t been enough…
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CentraState’s Nuclear Medicine Department granted ACR accreditation
CentraState Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in nuclear medicine as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material, ingested by the patient, to diagnose and treat a variety of disease, including many types of cancers,…
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CentraState awarded Monmouth County Business Partnership Award
CentraState was recently awarded the Monmouth County Workforce Development Board’s (WDB) 2018 Business Partnership Award. The awards were established in 1992 to recognize leaders from business, community service, education, government and organized labor who have contributed to Monmouth County’s social and economic successes. The Business Partnership Award was accepted on CentraState’s behalf by Ken Reilly,…