Last February, when Gail Lombardo experienced vomiting and diarrhea while babysitting her grandchildren, she assumed she had picked up a simple stomach virus. It was when she didn’t have the strength to get out of bed the next day that her family began to worry. “It hit me hard,” [...]
Join the Cause at Paulette’s C of Blue Sunday, May 5, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Join the fight against colorectal cancer at this 10th anniversary event featuring a 5K/1K run or walk plus fitness demos, gift raffles, health screenings, fundraising prizes, children’s activities, and vendors. $20 fee for run/walk; festival is [...]
For the past decade, Lorraine Stone of Eatontown has focused her full attention on arts and culture endeavors. In addition to forming her own performance company, she has been acting with another group, performing with a samba band, and volunteering for a historic landmark foundation. Nothing sidetracked her passion [...]
Unbearable, debilitating, and disabling are just some of the ways that Krisda Abene, 43, used to describe her menstrual periods. The mother of three from Jamesburg began suffering from painful periods in her 20s, but it was after she had her third child at age 27 that her symptoms [...]
