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Combat negative self-talk
I f you beat yourself up whenever you eat something that’s not part of your diet, you could be dooming your weight-loss efforts.You’ve decided you have no control over your body, so you give up. Snap out of it. Block those dark thoughts. Overeating at one meal isn’t the end of your diet, and it…
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Health&Fitness
By Bev Bennett CTW Features A t some point in your diet, you’ll overeat. Maybe you won’t resist an extra piece of cake at a birthday celebration, or you’ll dive into a family-size bag of potato chips when you’re stressed. It’s not the slip however, but how you recover — if you do — that’s…
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Lecture to explore secret Jewish fleet
The Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Middlesex County will host a lecture by Bruce Tucker at 1:30 p.m. July 8 at the JCC, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison. Tucker will discuss the true story of a rescue operation by a secret Jewish fleet to deliver refugees from the Holocaust. In time, these refugees and ships…
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Metuchen church plans vacation Bible school
The Metuchen Reformed Church, 150 Lake Ave., will offer vacation Bible school for children ages 5-11. “Riding with Jesus” will run 9 a.m. to noon July 21-25. Children will encounter Jesus and the Apostles through the adventures of the West. A registration fee of $25 per child — with a $50 maximum per family —…
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Edison receives $148K grant
EDISON — The nonprofit New Jersey Clean Communities Council has awarded the township a $147,896 grant under its 2014 Clean Communities program, according to Mayor Thomas Lankey. Edison officials intend to use the grant money for a local “quality-of-life initiative” to monitor and enforce property maintenance and management throughout the 32- square-mile community, Lankey said.…
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Edison Academy students showcase inventions
Middlesex County Academy for Science, Math and Engineering Technologies seniors, from left, Kipsy Quevada, Gregory Goldshteyn, Shrey Medniratta, Varun Gupta, Inderdeep Grewal and Maulik Doshi are part of a team that won a $10,000 grant to develop an airborne drone for spraying crops on small farms. EDISON — A voice-activated robbery alarm for convenience stores…
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Newly designed app helps owners find missing pets
A n interactive smartphone app is expected to help pet owners find their lost animals. Developed by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the app — labeled “ASPCA,” — provides owners with a personalized recovery kit that includes step-by-step instructions on how to best search for and recover a lost…
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Seven nonprofits merge to form Literacy New Jersey
By THOMAS CASTLES Seven literacy nonprofits across the state have joined forces to form Literacy New Jersey, an advocacy group that serves the 17 percent of New Jersey residents who are low-literate or functionally illiterate. According to Literacy New Jersey CEO Elizabeth Gloeggler, the merger was born out of a desire to make the state’s…
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Affordable housing going up at former Camp Kilmer site
EDISON — Years in the making, the affordable housing project at the township’s former Camp Kilmer military base is coming to fruition. A groundbreaking ceremony on June 30 commemorated the recent kickoff for construction at the site, located at the corner of Truman Road and Road 2. The 120 new affordable apartments will include 30…
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