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  • Tria Deibert will be one of the honorees at the May 31 Party for Pink.

    May is the Month for Pink

    By Michele J. Kuhn Meridian Health’s campaign fosters message of annual mammogram importance Paint the Town Pink, a 23-town, two-county effort to increase awareness of breast cancer detection – particularly though the use of mammography…

  • Volunteer Lawyers Lend a Hand to Sandy Victims

    Volunteer Lawyers Lend a Hand to Sandy Victims

    By John Burton HAZLET – Cathy Keenan and her colleagues see lots of people seeking legal assistance for Super Storm Sandy matters. They know the storm was only the beginning of what has been an overwhelming…

  • Aaron Rassas is closing his Buick dealership in Red Bank later this month. “It’s time. It really is,” he said.

    Rassas Buick to Close After 83 Years

    By John Burton RED BANK – Aaron Rassas sat behind his desk in his office with its walls covered with plaques of recognition, family photos and sepia-toned pictures of the business in days long gone.…

  • Five-year-old Tyler Blewitt, his dad Jay Blewitt and mom Kathryn Rodgers of Union Beach smile in their newly refurbished living room supplied by Room in Our Hearts.

    From the Heart

    By Judy O’Gorman Alvarez Group Offers Hope and a Room Redo Five-year-old Tyler Blewitt and his family were greeted by friends, well-wishers and dignitaries, as they moved back to their Union Beach home last month.…

  • Little Silver’s Seven Bridges Road to Reopen Monday

    Little Silver’s Seven Bridges Road to Reopen Monday

    By John Burton LITTLE SILVER – It’s been a long time coming for area residents and local police but Seven Bridges Road, closed to traffic for about nine months, is scheduled to open Monday, April…

  • Paint the Town Pink committee members and volunteers 
gather for the First Annual Girls Night Out in 2008 at The Downtown in Red Bank in support of the Paint the Town Pink campaign. The Sixth Annual Girls Night Out is scheduled for May 9 this year.

    Meridian Health Presents Paint the Town Pink

    By Tom Paolella If you knew a test could save your life, would you put it off? Mammograms are proven to save lives, yet many women put off getting their annual mammogram screening for a…

  • Gathering at the Donate Life flag-raising ceremony at Monmouth Medical Center are, from left, hospital chaplain 
Tony Cinardo; donor mom Erin DeVivo; Sharing Network 
representatives Oscar Colon and Amanda Abramo; heart transplant recipient, Kevin Quinn; Frank J. Vozos, M.D., president and chief executive officer of Monmouth Medical Center; and Maureen Bowe, R.N., clinical director of critical care.

    Heartfelt Ceremony Honors Donors; Marks Donate Life Month

    Seven Barnabas Health facilities across the state, including Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, simultaneously raised the Donate Life flag recently to pay tribute to organ and tissue donors and to raise awareness of the…

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    Tough Year For Impatiens

    Favorite summer flowering plant hit by disease   Lush, beautiful impatiens in pinks, purples, brilliant white and deep oranges are a favorite annual of almost any gardener with a shady growing area. But this year,…

  • Meridian Health Gets Ready To Paint 23 Towns Pink

    Meridian Health Gets Ready To Paint 23 Towns Pink

    In just a few short weeks, Meridian Health will host its annual “Paint the Town Pink.” For the seventh straight year, volunteers, committees, businesses, physicians, and local officials will make this event a reality. Everyone…

  • The Navesink River overtakes the Monmouth Boat Club at the start of Super Storm Sandy.

    Down But Not Out

    By Art Petrosemolo Member tells how boat club recovered for Sunday’s 134th-season opening   It wasn’t that the Monmouth Boat Club (MBC) hadn’t experienced and survived powerful storms in its 134-year history. Small indicator arrows…