Tag: Monmouth University

  • Old Bridge Police Department promotes two veteran officers; hire six new officers, including a female, to its ranks

    Old Bridge Police Department promotes two veteran officers; hire six new officers, including a female, to its ranks

    OLD BRIDGE – The Old Bridge Police Department promoted two veteran officers and welcomed six new officers, including a female, to its ranks. Rich Higgins was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant and Aaron Matikonis was promoted from patrolman to sergeant before the Township Council meeting on Jan. 4. “These officers served the Old Bridge Police…

  • Hackensack Meridian Health celebrates inaugural year of Nurse Practitioner Residency Program 

    Hackensack Meridian Health celebrates inaugural year of Nurse Practitioner Residency Program 

    Hackensack Meridian Health celebrated the first cohort of its Nurse Practitioner Residency Program – one of the first primary care nurse practitioner residency programs in New Jersey and one of only 36 programs in the United States to have received a grant from Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) Advanced Nursing Education (ANE) to support…

  • Holmdel, Rumson residents serve on Monmouth University board

    Holmdel, Rumson residents serve on Monmouth University board

    At its June 18 meeting, the Monmouth University Board of Trustees elected its new slate of officers and four members with terms beginning July 1. The private university is in West Long Branch. Holmdel resident Jeana M. Piscatelli ’01 ’02M was elected chair of the board, the first woman in the university’s 87-year history to…

  • Free archaeological dig in Woodbridge open to the public on Sept. 28, 29

    Free archaeological dig in Woodbridge open to the public on Sept. 28, 29

    The Middlesex County Office of Arts and History invites the public to tour an active archaeology dig from noon to 4 p.m. on Sept. 28 and 29 at 650 Rahway Ave., Woodbridge. This open house archaeology project will be conducted by the Middlesex County Office of Arts and History in conjunction with the Archaeological Society…

  • Previte’s ‘Calling All Divas’ to be performed at Monmouth University

    Previte’s ‘Calling All Divas’ to be performed at Monmouth University

    Academy Award-winning songwriter Franke Previte (“Dirty Dancing”) will return to his Jersey Shore roots to host a “Divas Night Out” and debut his new all-star musical, “Calling All Divas,” a pop, rock, soul and country hit parade that celebrates music, friendship and the power of sisterhood. “Calling All Divas” comes to the Jersey Shore for…

  • Parents need to be aware of drugs ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’

    Parents need to be aware of drugs ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – A toddler is seen clumsily walking over, alone, to the kitchen table. On her tippy toes, she reaches up and feels her way around. A sharp steak knife is at the edge, which the curious youngster pulls off the table. Not hurt at first, the child keeps looking at the knife on…

  • On Campus

    On Campus

    Rachel E. O’Neill of East Brunswick graduated from Monmouth University’s School of Education with a bachelor of arts in Anthropology, Special Education. She is a 2014 graduate of East Brunswick High School.

  • Former DEA officer to address South Brunswick community on how children hide illegal substances

    Former DEA officer to address South Brunswick community on how children hide illegal substances

    The final South Brunswick Parent Academy workshop for the school year, “Hidden in Plain Sight,” will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. on April 16 at Crossroads North Middle School, 635 Georges Road, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. The workshop is presented by a former DEA officer and Monmouth University Professor of Criminal Justice, Douglas Collier, on…

  • Freehold High School team wins programming competition

    Freehold High School team wins programming competition

    Monmouth University’s Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) hosted its annual High School Programming Competition on Feb. 23 at the university’s West Long Branch campus and a team of students from Freehold High School, Freehold Borough, excelled. According to a press release, 72 high school students from area schools joined their teachers and…