Tag: Holmdel
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The Growing Tree Children’s Academy, Holmdel
The Growing Tree Children’s Academy is openly enrolling for summer camp. Children through 6 years old will enjoy weekly field trips, daily visitors, activities and lots of splash time! The summer is split into fun weekly themes consistent with visitors and activities. The staff is excited to work with all of the children and always…
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Young Rockets, veteran Colts ready for SCT wrestling
By Matthew Rocco Raritan High School’s young wrestlers have made a big impact on the team, and the Rockets are looking for more of the same in the Shore Conference Tournament (SCT). The Rockets, seeded seventh in the SCT, are a young squad this season with five sophomores and two freshmen sitting first on the…
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Park System schedules events Feb. 13-25
The Monmouth County Park System has announced the following free events in Feb. Pine Cone Bird Feeders will be held at 2 p.m., Feb.13, and at 11 a.m. ,Feb. 14, at Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center, Howell. Make a pine cone bird feeder to bring home. Roses are Red, Violets are Blue – Valentines at Walnford…
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Hundreds attend local vigil to honor slain Dallas police officers
By Gloria Weg Staff Writer Local police, fire and EMS personnel along with civilians attended a candlelight vigil held Monday evening, July 11, at the Monmouth County Police Academy in Freehold Township. The ceremony honored the memory of five police officers who were killed July 7 in Dallas, Texas. Hundreds of emergency personnel in uniforms,…
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Teens need more exercise in school
By Dr. Leonard J. Somarriba, D.P.T., C.S.C.S. On school days, young adolescents (12 to 16 years) get 55 percent of their physical activity on school grounds. But recent research suggests that’s not enough. As reported by the Los Angeles Times (“More exercise at school may be key to improving teens’ health” – December 2015), only…
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Initiating physical therapy at the onset of low back pain is better than ‘wait and see’ approach
By Dr. Erik Hums, DPT, FAAOMPT, CSCS Lower back pain is a condition that plagues an astonishing 61 percent of Americans, according to a 2012 survey by the American Physical Therapy Association. For years, many people who visit their physician while experiencing back pain have been told to follow the “wait and see” approach to…
