Author: Greater Media
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Caregiver strong
How to help those who help others By Yuliya Nemykina CTW Features More than 65 million Americans are providing care to a family member, but knowing how to care for the caregiver is of equal importance to knowing how to care for the loved one When Deborah Shouse’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she…
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Here come the crossovers
By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Now the best-selling rides on the road, a bounty of new crossover SUVs are coming to market as roomier and more practical alternatives to both small and midsize sedans Car-based crossover SUVs are the hottest items in the auto business these days. Crossover sales were up by 14.3 percent over…
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How to eat after 50
As people age, their dietary needs begin to change. Foods that were once staples of your diet as a youth may be restricted once you hit a certain age, while other foods you may have always avoided may now be necessary to fuel and support a healthy body. Eating healthy foods and exercising may not…
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League opposes proposal for pipeline
The League of Women Voters of Western Monmouth, with the full support of the New Jersey League of Women Voters State Natural Resource Committee, opposes a 22-mile-long pipeline in one of New Jersey’s largest and most unique areas: the Pine Barrens. This area comprises 1.1 million acres and is located in the Cohansey Aquifer which…
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Reformed Church Home offers residents attention, compassion, personalized care
Kate Shepard accepts the Excellence in Leadership Award for her role as executive director and administrator at Reformed Church Home. The award was presented by Leading Age NJ, a state-wide organization representing not-for-profit senior living communities. Reformed Church Home … family caring for family. That’s not just something they say. It’s their defining difference. When…
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Perspective offered on today’s solar energy
I need to correct a recent letter to the editor about home solar panels which contained inaccuracies and generally cast them in an unfavorable light. Here is the way the most popular plan works: Unlike the old days when you had to fund all the costs yourself and get the power for free, now you…
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Helmetta resident to join lung cancer 5K in honor of mother
Sande Peterson had scoliosis, broke ribs and her pelvis in a car accident, and got a triple bypass surgery at age 50. When she was diagnosed with Stage 1 lung cancer in January 2014, a biopsy was performed and the doctors confirmed they extracted all the cancer, and chemotherapy and radiation were not necessary. That…
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Resident objects to cost of school referendum
The Marlboro K-8 School District is going forward with a referendum for additional construction to create a full-day kindergarten for the district, while also attaching other school building maintenance to it, in the hopes that will create the support necessary for passage. At the same time, I read about Toms River beginning their full-day kindergarten…
