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  • ‘Summer Hours’
  • Documentary on Homeless Artists to Premiere in New Jersey

    Documentary on Homeless Artists to Premiere in New Jersey

    By Judith Vogelsang HUMBLE PRODUCTIONS    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  June 8, 2009     DOCUMENTARY ON HOMELESS ARTISTS TO PREMIERE AT NEW JERSEY FILM FESTIVAL     Los Angeles – HUMBLE BEAUTY: Skid Row Artists, a one-hour documentary about talented homeless fine arts painters, will have its Film Festival and East Coast premiere Saturday, June 20th at 7…

  • ‘Summer Hours’

    ‘Summer Hours’

    This work of art, about a family selling their mother’s estate, captures the ebb and flow of a family’s life across generations By Elise Nakhnikian    AT the New York Film Festival premiere of Summer Hours, writer/director Olivier Assayas called it his Cherry Orchard. That’s a bold analogy, but it holds up. By mining the emotions…

  • ‘Summer Hours’
  • Central New Jersey Council to Honor Current and Future Leaders

    Alison Filla Dayton, NJ, June 9, 2009 – The Central New Jersey Council of the Boy Scouts of America will be honoring four recipients of its annual “Spirit of America” Awards, a program designed to celebrate our nation’s current and future leadership by recognizing the contributions of local community leaders and by honoring the achievement…

  • MANVILLE: Graffiti ordinance OK’d

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Despite continued concerns about property owners being forced to pay for the cleanup of graffiti on their buildings, the Borough Council unanimously approved an ordinance Monday to outline an amount of time for removing the markings from private properties.    According to the ordinance, owners must remove graffiti from their properties…

  • NJ Quitcenters Help Break the Cycle of Smoking Addiction For Burlington County Residents Who Want to Quit

    By Dieting, exercise and smoking cessation are typically the top three items on everyone’s list of personal goals, yet without the proper support they too often go unrealized.  The reasons for quitting are as varied as the smokers themselves.  Whether it is the cost of maintaining the habit, the health toll exacted from smoking, or…

  • CASA Seeks Advocates to Help Foster Children

    CASA Seeks Advocates to Help Foster Children

    Judge Lawrence DeBello with new CASA advocates sworn in on April 20, 2009. CASA executive director Lori Morris is first from right, case supervisor Jillian Kreibel is third from right

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Test your diabetes IQ

    HEALTH MATTERS: Test your diabetes IQ

    By Ned M. Weiss, M.D. Princeton HealthCare System     Did you know that more than 23 million Americans are currently living with diabetes and more than a quarter of them don’t even know it?     It’s true. Doctors estimate that nearly 5.7 million people have the disease, but have not yet been diagnosed.     New…