Open since March, the casual eatery keeps the earth in mind with every slice, serving pizzas and other fare made in-house with about 75 percent organic ingredients.
FLIPME is an innovative new dating service that involves passing a card with a catchy pick-up line to someone who catches your eye in person, then allowing the connection to kindle online.
The Cassilianos were in good hands. When Monmouth Medical Center opened its Regional Newborn Center in 1968, the hospital made perinatal history by becoming the first hospital in New Jersey and the first community hospital in the nation to establish a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Now a state-designated level III regional perinatal center, it has consistently attained one of the highest infant survival rates among NICUs in the country.
Decadent 2¼-ounce Jersey Girl chocolate bars by Chester-based Jersey Brands (908-879-3072, www.jerseygirlchocolate.com), retailing for about $2 each, promise to leave your taste
buds in a blissful state indeed.
Looking to help families in need this season? Check out operation sleighbells/holiday giving, the century-old program run by Long Branch-based Family & Children’s Service (732-222-9111, www.fcsmonmouth.org).
When a pregnant mother or her baby is in danger, surgical intervention in the form of a Cesarean section (C-section) can be a lifesaver. but far too many C- sections are performed in this country. that’s why Monmouth medical Center is leading the way in cutting the number of these operations.
When people need immediate medical care, emergency departments must act quickly and efficiently. But what happens when an ED outgrows its capacity? That was the challenge at Monmouth Medical Center until a recent renovation, because the number of patients using the facility was sharply on the
rise. “The last time the department had an overhaul was back in 1987, when we saw just 27,000 patients a year,” says Catherine Hanlon, M.D., Monmouth’s chair
of emergency medicine. Now that number has soared to a record 54,000 patients a year.
If you decided today to eat one omelet daily from Amy’s Omelette House in Long Branch (732-222-1206, www.youramys.com), you should make it through the menu by next Easter. Add another month if you’d like to tackle the pancakes too.
Don Draper and the rest of TV’s Mad Men would feel right at home at Corazza in Asbury Park (732-361-3179, www.corazzamodern.com), a mecca for classic mid-century furniture and accessories.
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