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BUSINESS BRIEFS
The Howell Chamber of Commerce together with the Howell Police Athletic League will hold its first Community/Business Expo from 5-8:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Southard School, 115 Kent Road, Howell. The event will include a variety of vendors and the presentations “How to Protect Your Home/Business From Intruders” by a PAL representative and “How…
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Ruth Marie McNulty
Mrs. McNulty, 87, of Jackson, died Aug. 25, 2013, at home. She was employed by Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., as a senior’s aide. Prior to that, she worked for Barbaro’s Bakery, Brooklyn. She was predeceased by her husband, Everett F.D. McNulty; and three brothers, George Berlund, Morton Berlund and Norman Berlund. Surviving two sons,…
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Veronica Tietjen
Mrs. Tietjen, 78, of Jackson, died Aug. 29, 2013, at home. Prior to retiring, she was employed as a counter manager for Macy’s, Staten Island, N.Y., for 20 years. Surviving are her husband of 56 years, Gerald Tietjen; a son and daughter-in-law, Michael A. and Sharon Tietjen of Mountain Lakes; three daughters and sons-in-law, Kathleen…
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W.J. Eugene Gene Kelsey
Mr. Kelsey, 87, of Howell, died Sept. 19, 2013. He was a U.S. Marine, serving in the South Pacific in World War II and stateside during the Korean War. After his military service, he worked to help a wounded World War II Marine receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. For his actions, he was honored…
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Howell board will take close look at redistricting policy
By GREG KENNELTY Staff Writer HOWELL — Members of the Howell K-8 School District Board of Education have initiated a discussion about the possibility of changing an existing policy concerning redistricting. In redistricting, a neighborhood or area of a municipality that sends its students to a particular school is changed to become a sending neighborhood…
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How to get rid of that annoying pain in the neck
By Michael Sheynin, P.T. Neck pain affects close to 60 percent of people, being second only to a lower back pain. It can range from mild discomfort, soreness and stiffness to severe neck spasms, headaches and migraines, radiating pain to the shoulder and the arm, and tingling and numbness in the hand. What causes neck…
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Preventive mastectomy to avoid breast cancer
People around the world were shocked to learn that actress and activist Angelina Jolie opted to have a double mastectomy in 2013 to reduce her risk of breast cancer. Jolie, who was 37 years old at the time of the procedure, reportedly learned that she carries a mutation of the BRCA1 gene, which sharply increases…
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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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Jane Austen to be topic of discussion
MANALAPAN — This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s landmark novel “Pride and Prejudice.” To celebrate the book, professor Mary Bly, Shakespearean scholar and New York Times best-selling romance novelist under the pen name of Eloisa James, will present “Channeling Jane: Creating the Lizzy of Today (and Tomorrow)” on Oct.…
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