Author: Greater Media
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Embrace each other’s traditions, holidays
This letter is in reference to two previous letters to the editor commenting on the article titled “Interfaith Families Embrace Holidays” that appeared in the Dec. 18 issue of the Sentinel. While some religious Jews and Christians frown upon mixing traditions, everyone should know that both Hanukkah and Christmas originated from the pagan solstice celebration.…
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Keep vision in your future
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month.There’s so much more in life to see. Don’t let glaucoma take your sight away. For seniors, the best years are yet to come.With more free time, you can set your sights on wonderful places to go and people to see. Just make sure you keep an eye on glaucoma. Glaucoma…
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Assistive listening devices can help with quality of life for those with hearing loss
By Dr. Jennifer J. Adams Many people often feel their answer to hearing loss will be solved when they purchase and wear hearing aids.This may not always be the case.A hearing aid purchase and fitting should always be accompanied by the proper counseling for use, care, as well as setting realistic expectations. Recently, as more…
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Treating cataracts
By Robert M. Scharfman, M.D. The human eye works much like a camera. Light enters the eye and is focused on the retina.The retina converts the light into an electrical signal, which is sent to the brain and interpreted as sight. The front surface of the eye (the cornea) and the lens work together to…
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$1.8M grant enables Rutgers CINJ scientist to explore role of protein in lung cancer development
A protein associated with poor survival in lung cancer patients will be further explored by investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey to uncover its role in lung cancer development and metastasis.A recentlyawarded $1.8 million grant (R01CA190578) from the National Institutes of Health to Cancer Institute of New Jersey researcher Sharon R. Pine, Ph.D.,…
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Give Kids A Smile Day to provide free dental care for hundreds of children in South Amboy
Dr. Peter L. DeSciscio’s office will be sponsoring its annual Give Kids A Smile event on Feb. 6 at 210 Augusta St. to provide 50 to 100 underserved children with free dental services. Nearly one in four children ages 2-11 years old have untreated cavities in their baby teeth, according to the U.S. Centers for…
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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares donates $110,000 to local charities
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares, the philanthropic arm of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y., has donated $110,000 to 11 local charities following the success of its recent Blue and White Gala, Casino Gala and Casino Night fundraising events. “It is the continuing mission of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares…
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Ocean Township bonds for parking lot expansion
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Township Council has approved the purchase of a small piece of land adjacent to Town Hall in order to expand the existing parking lot and improve safety. During the Dec. 30 meeting, the council authorized a $120,000 bond ordinance to fund the purchase of a small…
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Zielinski steps down as Raiders football coach
VARSITY REPORT By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent A North Brunswick Township High School hurdler sails over the hurdle during the shuttle hurdles relay at the Middlesex County Relays on Jan. 10 at the John Bennett Indoor Athletic Complex in Toms River. MATT DENTON For 12 years, Mark Zielinski led the North Brunswick Township High School football…
