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Caregiver strong
How to help those who help others By Yuliya Nemykina CTW Features More than 65 million Americans are providing care to a family member, but knowing how to care for the caregiver is of equal importance to knowing how to care for the loved one When Deborah Shouse’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she…
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Vikings’ blanket sale will benefit team trip
The South Brunswick Athletic Association is selling 5-foot-by-5-foot blankets emblazoned with the Vikings’ emblem and mascot for $40 each. The fundraiser will support the 12-U SBAA baseball team’s trip to Cooperstown, New York, next year. Email [email protected].
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Kiddie Academy Fall Fest set for Oct. 22
Kiddie Academy will hold a Fall Fest for the community 7-8:30 p.m. on Oct. 22 at its North Brunswick location, 2400 Route 27. Children should bring their own pumpkin for painting. There will also be pizza, games, cookie decorating and a puppet show. For more information, call 732-422- 2900.
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New Jersey coalition steps up its fight against domestic violence
By CHRISTINE BARCIA Staff Writer October marks domestic violence awareness month. In New Jersey, the call to action to combat domestic violence was marked in part by the renaming of the New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women to the New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence. On Oct. 1 at the steps of the New…
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A walk in the park
Clockwise from above: Jayda Pichardo of North Brunswick meets Tinkerbell, owned by Gail Kotter of Sayreville, during the North Brunswick Humane Association’s 12th Annual Dog Walk-a-Thon and Adoption Day event at North Brunswick Community Park on Oct. 11. Edith Goldberg of East Brunswick shows off Zorro, left, and Bijou. Misty chases a target running in…
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South Brunswick teen makes dancing on ice look easy
By JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Monica Tschang of South Brunswick placed 10th in the nation in the bronze division of the U.S. Figure Skating Association’s Ice Dancing Nationals last month. PHOTO COURTESY OF LAURIENE TSCHANG SOUTH BRUNSWICK — For the past 11 years, Monica Tschang has been perfecting her moves on the ice. Beginning at…
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We should drop labels, have ‘niceness contest’
I agree with Ira L. Levin’s letter (Sentinel, Oct. 1): labels create the attitude of “We against them” that leads to many, if not all, of our conflicts. I would suggest going even one step further and consider ourselves humans by dropping the labels of nationality, too. If a storm hits a ship at ocean,…
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Doctor grateful for 30 years of practice
It is with great joy and gratitude that I celebrate 30 years of medical practice in North Brunswick. While medical care continues to become organized into “physician enterprises” and “accountable care organizations,” patients still seek out a physician who cares for them as individuals, not as “profit opportunities.” I am grateful to the citizens of…
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