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Fundraiser Cruise for the Cure – Combat Ovarian Cancer
Teal Tea Foundation – Mary Jane Crawford, Publicity Event Location: 7-day Exotic Western Caribbean Cruise Date: February 21 – 28, 2010 Fundraiser: Benefits Ovarian Cancer Research and Awareness – The Teal Tea Foundation Cruise for the Cause – Combat Ovarian Cancer – Enjoy a 7-Day Exotic Western Cruise from Miami to Costa Maya, Belize,…
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HEALTH MATTERS: Single-port laparoscopy uses a single incision
By Henry Davison, M.D., Princeton HealthCare Henry Davison, M.D., Princeton HealthCare Patients facing gallbladder and other abdominal surgeries are benefiting from an increasingly popular technique that is enabling physicians to perform these procedures safely with a single incision that leaves virtually no visible scar. Known as single-port laparoscopy, the surgery is an important…
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Princeton Farmers’ Market to Open July 7th!
By Stephanie Wood Enjoying freshly-picked summer produce and locally-produced foods will be easy one-stop-shopping when the Princeton Farmers’ Market opens on Tuesday, July 7th at the intersection of Pine Street and Nassau Street in Princeton, right across the street from the Blue Point Grill and Nassau St Seafood & Produce Co. Continuing through the growing…
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Red Tent Hike/Service Rescheduled to July 10
By Har Sinai WOMEN’S RED TENT SERVICE & HIKE RESCHEDULED HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP – Har Sinai Temple’s first Annual Red Tent Shabbat service for women has been rescheduled for July 10 at Titusville’s Baldpate Mountain. Participants will meet in the parking lot of Baldpate Mountain on Fiddler’s Creek Road for a 5:30 p.m.…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Heartstone residents take temporary fix to open pool
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer A temporary fix will have Heartstone at Hillsborough residents enjoying a new pool as the township works toward a more permanent solution to eliminate mosquitoes at a nearby detention basin. Residents of the Weston Road development spoke before the Township Committee on Tuesday to discuss a Board of Health determination…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Flu season for canines sparks concern, action
by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer Flu season has gone to the dogs. An outbreak this year of at least nine confirmed cases of canine influenza has put veterinarians statewide on alert for additional cases of the flu, which is highly contagious and if left untreated is fatal, according to state and local officials. Those…
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‘Food, Inc.’
The movie illuminates what’s wrong with our food chain by Elise Nakhnikian Food, Inc. ought to come with a warning label: This movie may change your life. Michael Pollan, one of the main talking heads and sources for this brisk documentary, changed mine 10 years ago. His vivid, detailed descriptions of the mechanistic, inhumane and…
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MILLSTONE: Township native named Miss New Jersey
by Melissa L. Gaffney, Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Ashley Shaffer won the title of Miss New Jersey 2009 last month, but the township resident lost something, too, during her time participating in pageants: 40 pounds. Ms. Shaffer, 23, has been in the statewide contest four years and always has run on her platform, “Enhancing Children’s…
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