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OHI Offers Free Pregnancy Testing in Lakewood and Toms River

The OB/GYN Department of OHI (Ocean Health Initiatives), a federally qualified health center, is offering free pregnancy testing at 101 Second Street, Lakewood, and 301 Lakehurst Road, Toms River. No appointments are required, and patients with a positive test result can see an OB/GYN provider at the same time. Same day appointments are available for…


Arbor Day Ceremony to Take Place at the Lakewood School District Office Building

An Arbor Day ceremony will take place at the Lakewood School District office, 200 Ramsey Ave, Lakewood, at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, April 24. Deputy Mayor Menashe Miller will read a proclamation in honor of Arbor Day. Superintendent Laura Winters chose to plant two Kwanzan Cherry trees in an area that lacks vegetation on both…


Amateur Chefs Needed For Annual Family Planning Fundraiser

Are you an amateur chef who loves to cook? Then show off your culinary skills at the 22nd annual Look Who’s Cooking food-tasting fundraiser and festival, May 29, 2015, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Christ Episcopal Church, Washington Street, Toms River. The annual Look Who’s Cooking fundraiser, sponsored by the Family Planning Center…


Acelleron Medical Products Hires Director of Education

Jan Ferraro, North Branford, Connecticut, has been hired as director of education for Acelleron Medical Products, a New England-based durable medical equipment (DME) company recently acquired by Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, with headquarters in Eatontown, N.J. Acelleron, based in Guilford, Connecticut, has been expanding into New Jersey and Pennsylvania, predominantly selling post-natal…


OHI’s Mobile Dental Unit to Visit Head Start Sites This April

Dr. Theresa Berger, CEO of Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc. (OHI) has announced that the OHI mobile medical unit will be visiting several local Head Start program sites to conduct dental exams, specifically for the children participating in Head Start programs. The OHI mobile medical unit will visit Head Start Program Sites in Toms River OCC,…


Dealing with Toxic and Bullying Employees – May JSAHR Meeting

According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, up to one third of workers may be the victims of workplace bullying. Robert Micera, SPHR, will explain how to deal with toxic and bullying behavior in the workplace, and how to take an active role in ensuring a healthy workplace environment on Thursday, May 14, 2015, at the…


Assemblyman Robert Clifton to Speak at Ocean ELC Meeting

Robert Clifton, Assemblyman for District 12 (Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, and Middlesex counties), will discuss important issues affecting business Friday, April 17, 2015, from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. at the monthly meeting of the Ocean ELC (Employees Legislative Committee), Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 815 Route 37 West, Toms River, N.J. ELC meetings, open to the…


Documentary Produced by Eatontown Man Wins Best International Documentary at Garden State Film Festival

Oro Macht Frei (Gold Will Set You Free), a 70-minute documentary that tells the story of the Roman Jewish experience during the Nazi occupation of Rome, September 1943 through June 1944, won Best International Documentary out of 15 submissions at the 13th annual Garden State Film Festival (GSFF), Atlantic City, on March 22. Joel Markel,…


Tomar Industries Acquires Willgain Enterprises

Tomar Industries, Inc., 300 Commerce Drive, Freehold, N.J., has acquired Willgain Enterprises of Middlesex, N.J. Tomar Industries, a family-owned and operated company in the packaging and janitorial industry for nearly 50 years, are distributors of a wide range of industrial packaging supplies and packaging equipment, janitorial supplies and related equipment, paper products, safety supplies, and…


New Jersey Stage Presents Its First BackStage Pass Show at the Historic Strand Theatre

New Jersey Stage magazine which has been reporting on great events in the Garden State, is hosting one of those great events at the Historic Strand Theater, 400 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood, N.J., on May 2, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. Matt Keating, Arlan Feiles, and George Wirth, known as great singer-songwriters, are performing in a BackStage…