Category: Sentinel-EBS News

  • MCFOODS moving to East Brunswick

    By MICHAEL NUNES Staff Writer Volunteers at the MCFOODS distribution center, which is moving to East Brunswick from New Brunswick. The center is staffed by volunteers as well as employees of the Middlesex County Improvement Authority. COURTESY OF MCFOODS EAST BRUNSWICK — Having served the community for 21 years, the Middlesex County Food Organization and…

  • Get jazzed about N.J. wines at the Jazz It Up Wine Festival

    TOP PICK The Jazz it Up Wine Festival will be held Sept. 5 and 6 at historic Allaire State Park. New Jersey’s largest wine festival will feature 17 Garden State Wine Growers Association wineries, nearly 300 locally produced wines to sample, live jazz performances, kids’ activities, and delicious food and craft vendors. The festival will…

  • Edison hosts state’s first Pakistani parade

    Festive floats, marching bands and a variety of enthusiastic participants comprised New Jersey’s first Pakistan Day Parade, which made its way through Edison and Iselin on Aug. 16. PHOTOS BY FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI The state’s inaugural Pakistan Day Parade drew 7,000 attendees from across the state and beyond, according to organizers. Making its way along Oak…

  • Pure beauty

    PHOTOS COURTESY OF RONI SALKIN The Robert Fiance Beauty School in Perth Amboy offered salon services to women of The Women’s Center at Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County, which has offices in Milltown and Monroe, on Aug. 4. Senior students with more than 600 hours of salon experience treated women to a Day of…

  • Exploring the risk factors for prostate cancer

    In the United States, one in six men can expect to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, while there is a one in seven chance that a Canadian man will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during his lifetime. Those elevated incidence rates could be a byproduct of an aging population, as age is…

  • Recognizing the signs and symptoms of prostate cancer

    Prostate cancer is a deadly disease that forms in the tissues of the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system that is found below the bladder and in front of the rectum.According to the Canadian Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian men (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers), while the National…

  • Hearing aid technology has come a long way

    By Jennifer J. Adams, Au. D., CCC/A Hearing loss in the United States affects approximately 32 million people. Out of this 32 million people, research studies have shown that more than 24 million people in the United States have never tried hearing aids as a solution to their hearing loss. With the rapid changes in…

  • Back to school: five backpack safety tips

    By Ken Freedman, D.C. It’s back to school time, and for many students that means they’re back to carrying heavy backpacks filled to the brim with textbooks, laptops and other learning materials.A study alluded to this startling calculation:A child carrying a 12-pound backpack, lifting it 10 times per day for the entire school year, has…

  • There is help for your child’s social, emotional and behavioral well-being

    By Heidi Scanlon, Certified Reiki Master/Instructor With a new school year upon us, as with any new life experience, children and teenagers may feel stressed and anxious.There is always the pressure to do well and fit in. Depending on what is going on in their life, they may also feel depressed. Maladaptive behaviors such as…