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Reformed Church Home offers tips to help seniors downsize
Will you be downsizing your parents’ home for a move to assisted living? If so, knowing where to start can be difficult. For most seniors, the move can be challenging.With your understanding and help, the downsizing need not be a paralyzing experience. Here are some suggestions to help with the process. Communicate with your…
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Assessing your abilities as an aging driver
When a person first earns a driver’s license, they’ve earned more than just the right to legally operate an automobile.To many drivers, a driver’s license is symbolic of freedom and self-sufficiency. The significance of a driver’s license never truly dissipates, which makes it difficult for aging men and women to address their abilities as a…
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Bone up on knee and joint health
By Jeff Schnaufer CTW Features More than a million people undergo a hip or knee replacement surgery every year. What are the best, most effective ways for the 50-plus set to keep their knees and hips in good shape? H ere’s a little-known fact: For some people, with every pound they gain, it can feel…
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Musicians to rally for friend at Freehold VFW
When some Freehold-area musicians know that someone needs a hand, they get together and show up to do whatever they can to help. Such is the case with Dan Barkalow, 52, of Freehold Borough, who recently suffered a heart attack and is now on a waiting list for a heart transplant. A fundraiser will be…
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Disney legend to speak at area library
The Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library, 101 Washington St., Toms River, announced that Disney legend and former President and Principal Creative Executive of Walt Disney Imagineering Marty Sklar will be presenting and signing his new Disney Editions book “Dream It! Do It!: My Half-Century Creating Disney’s Magic Kingdoms” on Oct. 21 at…
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Two organizations will lease space in public building
HOWELL — The Township Council has adopted a pair of ordinances that will allow the township to lease space in a building that is owned by the municipality. The operators of the Howell Police Athletic League and the Howell Emergency Food Pantry are expected to lease space from Howell in a building at 449 Adelphia…
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Conspicuous consumption
Last month, millions of individuals lined up to buy Apple’s two new smartphones: the iPhone 5s and its less-popular little brother, the iPhone 5c. Customers paid anywhere from $100 to $850 to own one of the most drooled-over darlings of the tech industry, depending on the model, the specs and the wireless plan. They racked…
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County master plan to be discussed
The Monmouth County Planning Board is kicking off a new Comprehensive Master Plan initiative with several public information sessions. The first session will take place at 2 p.m. Oct. 21 as part of the regular Planning Board meeting at the Monmouth County Hall of Records Annex, 1 E. Main St., Freehold. The Planning Board will…
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Online surplus auction set
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has announced that the fall 2013 Monmouth County surplus auction will begin on Oct. 19 and continue through Oct. 23. “The online surplus auctions continue to serve the county well,” Freeholder Gary J. Rich Sr. said. “It provides a greater benefit in terms of revenue and makes it easier…
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