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Fitness and nutrition trick or treats
By Joe Stein Oh! October can be a scary time of year.The time between Halloween and Thanksgiving is as dangerous as walking through a haunted forest on your way to grandma’s house with a basket of doughnuts.There are lots of things that go bump in the night. Just as every cloud has a silver lining,…
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Are you prepared for parenting? Exciting new practice offers help
Pregnancy and parenthood is no joke. Many times couples get married and naturally feel their next step is to start a family. Often this occurs without them really thinking about the long-term affects this will have on them as an individual or as a couple. Feelings of anxiety and depression arise and often they do…
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Strengthen your weekend
Here’s how to live it up on the weekends without the extra pounds By Jeff Schnaufer CTW Features When the weekend used to roll around, Julia Griggs Havey would walk to the freezer and pull out a pint of Baskin and Robbins Expresso ’n Cream Light — over and over again. “I would have a…
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Mater Dei school hosts open house
Mater Dei Prep High School (MDP) will host its annual Open House for area seventh and eighth-graders 12:30-3:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at 538 Church St., Middletown. Planned activities include student-led school tours and an information session with Principal Craig Palmer and the Rev. Jeff Kegley, director of St. Mary’s campus schools. Faculty, staff and coaches…
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Health officials urge prevention in statewide enterovirus scare
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer With a confirmed case of enterovirus D68 reported in New Jersey, school and hospital officials in Middlesex County are urging preventative measures. “This is a virus we see every year in health care. There are 100 types of enteroviruses — this just happens to be a variation that we have…
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Poricy Park Conservancy slates weekend events
The Poricy Park Conservancy will host “Antique Appraisals and Backward Glances” 1-4 p.m. Oct. 5 at 345 Oak Hill Road, Middletown. Bring antique treasures for review by professional appraiser Ina Giardina, owner of Summit Antiques Center. Preregister by sending an email to [email protected] or faxing a request to 732-842-6833. The email or fax must include…
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Beck will seek answers on Arc funding cuts
By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer State Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth) said she is ready to intervene on behalf of The Arc of Monmouth, which is slated to lose the majority of its funding for health services at the end of the year. In an interview last week, Beck said she reached out to representatives of…
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Red Bank considers BYOB for arts venues
By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer RED BANK — A year after public discussion centered on the borough’s bringyour own-bottle (BYOB) policies, officials are considering the creation of BYOB guidelines for arts venues. Mayor Pasquale Menna encouraged the Borough Council at the Sept. 24 meeting to consider a policy that would permit a BYOB situation at…
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Golf legend to attend brunch at Forsgate Country Club
Ryder Cup legend Colin Montgomerie will be the special guest at the Ryder Cup Roundup Brunch and Golf Clinic Oct. 6 at Forsgate Country Club, Forsgate Drive, Monroe. Montgomerie, who serves as Forsgate’s professional touring ambassador, sports the Forsgate Country Club logo on his visor when competing on the European and Champions tours. He competed…
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