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There are many benefits to dental implants
By Dr. Kosmas Kasimatis Coping with missing teeth is not easy, which is why so many people are opting for dental implants to replace them.The reason for this is quite obvious: dental implants last a long time, they replace missing teeth, and people can chew better; overall, people can function better. People smile with confidence…
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Fall allergies are upon us; take steps to ease symptoms
By Philip Pasternak, M.D. They’re back … With rising counts of mold spores and ragweed pollen, so ushers in the sneezing, coughing and sinus congestion of fall allergies. An estimated 35 million Americans suffer from seasonal allergic rhinitis, more commonly known as hay fever. The biggest fall allergy trigger is ragweed pollen.These are tiny grains…
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How you can lower your risk of breast cancer
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women, second only to lung cancer. One in eight women is expected to develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and a recent survey by the Society for Women’s Health Research found that 22 percent of women named breast cancer as the disease they fear most.The specter…
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Candlelight Tours to feature re-enactors
The annual Candlelight Tours of Historic Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Old Bridge Turnpike, East Brunswick, will take place 5:30- 8:30 p.m. Oct. 17 and 18. More than 500 candles will illuminate the cemetery. Costumed re-enactors will tell the stories of local residents who are interred there. Tours, which last approximately 45 minutes each, are designed to…
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Provident donates $100k to institute for small entrepreneurs
A grant for $100,000 from The Provident Bank Foundation will benefit The Ignite Institute at Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City. The grant is the second of three $100,000 “Signature” grants — one in each of its three funding priority areas of community enrichment, education, and health, youth and families — that the foundation will make…
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Grand jury indicts men in burglaries
A grand jury in Middlesex County has handed up a 142-count indictment charging two New York men with taking part in a series of burglaries in nine communities. Felix Bruno, 33, and Anthony Goodwine, 50, both of the Bronx, were charged with committing burglaries between Dec. 12, 2013, and Aug. 18, 2014, and collecting more…
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Woman’s club sets birthday brunch
The East Brunswick Woman’s Club will host its Happy Birthday Covered-Dish Brunch fundraiser Oct. 20 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 133, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Cost is $15 per person. All are welcome to attend. For event time or to reserve, call Sara at 732-698-0380.
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Animal shelter holds fundraising shoe drive
New Beginnings Animal Rescue is conducting a WoofTrax Shoes for Shelters Shoe Drive through Nov. 10. Collection bins are located at the East Brunswick Recreation Department, Dunhams Corner Road, and at New Beginnings, 706R Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. The goal is to collect 2,500 pairs of new and gently used shoes. All donated items will…
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Young artists can enter recycling contest
The Middlesex County Improvement Authority (MCIA) is looking for the next great young artist to pep up the cover of its 2016 online recycling brochure. The MCIA’s Recycling Division’s art contest is open to all Middlesex County youth, fifth grade and younger, who are interested in sharing their artistic interpretation of “The Importance of Recycling.”…
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