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Determining if you need cataract surgery
Dr. Robert Scharfman of Atlantic Medical Eye Care What is a cataract? The lens of the eye is normally a clear, transparent structure that is located just behind your pupil. Every eye has a lens, just like every camera has a lens. The lens of the eye focuses incoming light onto the retina. A cataract…
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Choosing an assisted living community
Reformed Church Home It is vital for your family member that you spend a considerable amount of time researching the assisted living community before you send them to the home. It is much easier to pick a good home in the beginning than it is to choose a poor home and have to go through…
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Choosing a chiropractor
Dr. Ira Shapiro of Plaza Chiropractic Center poses with Shani Davis What is a chiropractor? Chiropractors are well-trained doctors specializing in the structure and function of the spine and joints of the body. Chiropractors receive a doctor of chiropractic degree and their training involves intensive studies of spinal adjusting or manipulation techniques and advanced radiology.…
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Remodeling a kitchen
If you have ever had even one party you know: The kitchen is the most important room in your house. That is where all the guests congregate. The kitchen is also where the most homework is done, and where important family meetings are held. Also, as any Realtor will tell you, remodeling your kitchen is…
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EARTH Center to host ice cream event
Elijah’s Promise Culinary School will host its Farm to Table event at 6:30 p.m. July 16, rain or shine, at the EARTH Center, located in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick. The event will feature ice cream and frozen goods. Attendees will first tour the EARTH Center’s gardens, then experience the culinary…
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Greater Media New Jersey named a New Jersey Smart Workplace
Keep Middlesex Moving Inc. presented 25 Middlesex County companies with the prestigious 2013 NJ Smart Workplaces Award at its annual meeting on May 22. The award honors companies for their outstanding achievements in creating programs that provide and promote commuting alternatives for their employees, thus reducing traffic and congestion and improving air quality. Platinum-level recipients…
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Seniors may freeze property tax under New Jersey program
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer The filing deadline for the 2012 senior freeze tax program for property tax reimbursements has been extended from June 3 to Sept. 16. According to Bill Quinn, a spokesman for the state Department of the Treasury, the deadline was pushed back due to a low rate of participation. “This has…
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Praise goes out to OBMUA workers
I would like to submit my opinion concerning the Old Bridge Municipal Utilities Authority (OBMUA) workers who did work for me and two of my neighbors at the Society Hill townhouse complex in Old Bridge. A problem developed a few weeks ago when my neighbors appeared to have an underground pipe leak in their front…
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