Carteret Plans Upgrades to Tennis and Basketball Courts

CARTERET—Mayor Dan Reiman joined with Parks Commissioner Randy Krum last week to announce that the borough has earmarked funds for soft costs to prepare for improvements to Carteret Park’s tennis and basketball courts.

Made possible by Carteret’s local Open Space fund and Community Development Block Grant funds, $50,000 has been earmarked for pre-construction costs such as surveying, planning, base mapping, core sampling, and engineering.

Adjacent to Carteret Middle School, the courts were first constructed in the 1960s. Both the tennis and basketball courts are used extensively by the middle school and high school, along with the number of recreational leagues the town hosts, and residents who use the park. Time, usage, and poor drainage have contributed to the deterioration of the courts, according to the Borough Engineering Department.

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Cancer Institute Studies Survivors’ Needs

NEW BRUNSWICK—According to the National Cancer Policy Board, it is estimated that by the year 2050 there will be more cancer survivors in the United States than those newly diagnosed with the disease. That is why researchers at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) are taking a closer look at the specific needs of cancer survivors as they transition from specialty care back to their primary care provider.  CINJ is a center of excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

A research study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, CINJ and the U.S. Department of Defense will look at how breast and prostate cancer survivors view their medical needs as they no longer need to be under the care of an oncologist and go back to their regular family doctor, internist or gynecologist for follow-up care.  Breast and prostate cancer survivors were chosen as the focus of this trial, because those groups represent the most common forms of cancer in survivors and screenings such as mammograms or blood work to see if the cancer has returned are often performed in a primary care setting.

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Benefit Ball Tickets Now On Sale

CLARK – Tickets for the Clark Benefit Fund’s 16th Annual Benefit Ball are now on sale.  The Ball will be held at the Gran Centurions on Madison Hill Road, on Saturday, Feb.7, from 7 p.m. until midnight.

Tickets are $75 per person and include cocktail hour and a premium open bar, a choice of chateaubriand or chicken oreganato for dinner, music by “Michael Roselli – Mr. Entertainment,” exquisite gift baskets, and a chance to win prizes or participate in a 50/50.

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