Gary Foley Named GM of iPlay America
Gary Foley, Voorhees, N.J., has been named general manager of iPlay America and Encore Event Center, Freehold, NJ. Scheduled to open this fall, iPlay America will be the largest indoor amusement park and event venue in New Jersey. As general manager, Foley will be in charge of the daily operations, staff, and the coordination of all activities…
So You Think You Can Cook? Amateur Male Chefs Need for Fundraiser
Amateur male chefs who LOVE to cook are needed for the annual Look Who’s Cooking fundraiser sponsored by the Family Planning Center of Ocean County, Lakewood, N.J. Here’s a chance to show off your culinary skills at The 19th Annual Look Who’s Cooking food-tasting festival, Friday evening, June 10, 2011, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m….
Don’t Cut Reimbursement Rate to FQHCs
Dear Editor, We all realize that reducing costs in New Jersey is necessary, and that everyone must “share the pain.” There are those, however, who are already sharing the pain and have been for some time. Federally qualified health care centers, known as FQHCs, have become the medical safety net that helps our uninsured and…
Dr. Mauriello Offers Latest Technology for Ankle Replacement
Dr. Gerald Mauriello, Jr., a podiatric surgeon at AOSMI (Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute), Freehold, and a DPM (Doctor of Podiatric Medicine) of Advanced Foot Ankle Institute, a division of AOSMI, PC, has begun offering treatment for ankle arthritis using the Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement system (STAR™ Ankle), a technology that the F.D.A. approved last year. The STAR…
Challenges of Conflict Coaching and Management – April Meeting of JSAHR
It’s unavoidable. People who work together will have conflicts; however, the unmanaged conflict is said to be the largest reducible cost in organizations and yet it is the least recognized. Don Swanson, a communications professor at Monmouth University, will examine ways to handle conflict between parties or within organizations at the April 14, 2011, meeting…
MMA, Newest Fighting Sport, at First Energy Park this June
MMA or mixed martial arts, one of the newest fighting sports in the world today, will be coming to First Energy Park June 18 presented by Greater Media Radio 95.9 WRAT, Central Jersey Blood Center, Asylum Fight League, and hosted by the Lakewood BlueClaws. “Fights Under the Lights,” 16 separate MMA bouts, begins at 8:15 p.m. General…
Free Business Seminar – “The Five Most Common Mistakes in Business”
Billionaires Warren Buffett, Charles Wiley, and Bill Gates, among others, have determined the five most common mistakes people make in business. Are you making these mistakes? If you are, what can you do to correct them? The Lakewood Development Corporation, the administrative arm of the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), is offering the public a free…
OCBA Speaker Tells All: What Social Media Is and How It Can Benefit Businesses – or Not
Speaker Tells All: The Ocean County Business Association (OCBA) is welcoming nationally known media consultant Deborah Smith, owner of Foxtrot Media LLC, to its annual “Open Meeting,” Thursday, April 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Quality Inn, 815 Route 37 West, Toms River, N.J. Smith, who was recently featured in the New…
Orthopedic Practice Announces Scholarship Opportunity
The orthopedic surgeons at Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute (AOSMI) of Freehold, Monroe, and Wall townships have announced that they will be awarding two (2) $1000.00 scholarships, one to one male and one to a female senior attending a high school in the Freehold Regional School District. Seniors attending Colts Neck High School, Freehold High…
Lakewood Passes a Resolution to Seek Federal Gunds for Anti-gang Program
It’s no secret that Lakewood Township has gangs. What’s important is that Mayor Menashe Miller and Lakewood Township officials are taking steps to institute an anti-gang program by applying for a three-year federal grant of $750,000.00. With grant money, Lakewood officials will develop a program focusing on primary prevention; i.e., looking at children between the…