• HEALTH: Migraines: Triggers, treatment and prevention

    By John Vester, M.D.    The onset of a headache can stop you in your tracks and leave you hunting around for medication to make the pain go away.    If it’s just a mild headache, aspirin or ibuprofen can often provide quick relief.    But for the millions of Americans who suffer from the debilitating pain of…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ forum goes smoothly

    Democrats field five student questions, five from audience By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    TV cameras whirred, and stage lights bore down.    But only two candidates for Township Committee stood behind lecterns Tuesday night as students posed questions for the first local political forum hosted by high school AP government students.    Democrats Aldo Martinez and John…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Strength gym will sponsor kickball for charity

       The Newell Strength gym will hold a “old-school” kickball fundraiser for breast cancer research at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 23.    ”My gym is primarily comprised of men and top-level athletes, so I thought it would be interesting to do a charity for females,” said Kyle Newell, owner.    Players, who are asked to wear pink colors,…

  • Memory Loss Basics with The Alzheimer’s Association

    Memory Loss Basics with The Alzheimer’s Association

    By Toby Ehrlich Alzheimer’s Association Holds Workshop At the Martin and Edith Stein Residence  on The Wilf Campus for Senior Living Somerset, NJ – November 3, 2011 – The Martin and Edith Stein Assisted Living Residence will be hosting an Alzheimer’s Association educational workshop on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2011 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.  The workshop will…

  • UPPER FREEHOLD: Stone Bridge hosts debaters

    Community invited to serve as judges or spectators By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    UPPER FREEHOLD — Middle-schoolers are known for their penchant for arguing, but these students have the facts to back it up.    Stone Bridge Middle School is hosting the fledgling Garden State Debate League’s first tournament Saturday, Oct. 22, and is inviting public…

  • MANVILLE: Police blotter for week of Oct. 20

        A man wearing a hospital gown and walking over the Van Vegthen Bridge was stopped by patrol and taken to a Rabens Avenue address at 8:22 a.m. Oct. 10. He had been released by Somerset Medical Center.     At 1:15 p.m. Oct. 10 Eric Chernesky of Boesel Avenue turned in some shotgun shells for…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Garden club president wins flower show award

       The 16 member of District IV garden Clubs held its “In the Spirit of the Garden” show at Willowwood Arboretum and Bamboo Brook Education Center in Chester Township on Sept. 17.    There were 48 individual design exhibits, along with four in club competition. Also there were 128 individual horticulture exhibits along with four in club…

  • PRINCETON: Dining by Design: ‘It’s a Wrap!’

    PRINCETON: Dining by Design: ‘It’s a Wrap!’

    Arts Council of Princeton’s annual gala to reflect aChristo & Jean-Claude sensibility    The 10th anniversary of the Arts Council of Princeton’s annual fall fundraiser, Dining by Design: “It’s a Wrap!,” is coming up on Saturday, Nov. 5. Event tickets start at $185 per person and include a Gala Reception at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies…

  • PRINCETON: In the Pink: A special robe could play a role in achieving wellness

    PRINCETON: In the Pink: A special robe could play a role in achieving wellness

    By Euna Kwon Brossman Special Writer    Anyone fighting an illness knows the power of a loving message to lift their spirits and help them through a difficult time in their lives. As a breast cancer survivor herself, Toby Israel, Ph.D., of Princeton, knows just how important the right message at the right time was to…

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