• Roberts to discuss ‘American Gangster’

    “How Did a Boy From Newark Become the Subject of a ‘Hot’ Movie?” As part of the Jewish Community Center’s Nosh ‘N’ Knowledge series, on Tuesday, Dec. 21, Richie Roberts will discuss the story behind the hit movie “American Gangster,” which focused on Roberts’ work fighting drug dealers as a detective in Essex County. Portrayed…

  • ‘Rented Christmas’ set for Edison stage

    Kids In Production will continued its family holiday show, “Rented Christmas: The Musical,” on Dec. 17 and 18 at 7 p.m. at the Edison Valley Playhouse, 2196 Oak Tree Road, Edison. The sign says “We Rent Anything,” but when a prominent businessman asks for a “rented Christmas,” the shop owner has a big order to…

  • Balance lifts Seton Hall in Dillon hoops

    By: centraljersey.com Theodore Tel’s eight points led a balanced scoring effort to lift Seton Hall to a 30-25 overtime win over Connecticut in the Boys 6th/7th Grade Division of the Princeton Recreation Dillon Youth Basketball League. Liam Parker had five points, while Aidan Shue, Jamar Tucker and Isiah Anagbo added four apiece in the win.…

  • Give the gift of a trash-free new year

    By: centraljersey.com The holiday season is usually full of peace, love and joy. The POST-holiday season, however, is always full of trash cans overflowing with torn wrapping paper, cardboard boxes and plastic packaging. If this orgy of post-holiday garbage is one end of a spectrum, Rose Brown of Charlottesville, Virginia, is the other. She has…

  • The New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents The Ralph Bowen Quartet
  • Faith Bahadurian

    By: centraljersey.com With hundreds of cookbooks already in my collection, I have to admit I pay scant attention to most new ones Sure, I hear about the blockbusters, but I’m not a big fan of most celebrity chefs, or reality TV, which seems to be how most new cookbooks originate these days. But there is…

  • PLAINSBORO: LOOSE ENDS: Nuran Nabi: A tale of war and liberation
  • HEALTH MATTERS: Routine physicals help to reduce the risks of high blood pressure

    HEALTH MATTERS: Routine physicals help to reduce the risks of high blood pressure

    By Muhammad Azam, M.D. Princeton HealthCare System     Did you know that more than 74 million Americans — or 1 in 3 adults — suffer from high blood pressure?     And did you know that — according to the American Heart Association — 20 percent of those individuals are unaware of their condition?     Unfortunately,…

  • Parents’ Best-Kept Secrets To Delivering The Good Stuff To Kids

    by ARAcontent (ARA) – “Eat your vegetables!” has been the mantra of the frustrated parents of picky eaters for generations. And the encouragement is needed now more than ever as recent research from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md. found that 40 percent of the calories children ages 2 to 18 consumed were empty…

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