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Jazz great shares music history
By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Herbie Hancock Fifty years of performances, recordings and jam sessions later, Herbie Hancock remains the maverick of the music business he set out to be at the age of 14. It was then that Hancock, already a child prodigy on the piano, witnessed his first jazz performance during a student…
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Doctors from Ocean Orthopedic to hold lectures
Do you have joint pain or back pain? Do you want to get back to your normal routine without the holdups? Join the doctors of Ocean Orthopedic as they educate you on solutions to your ongoing pain. Three lectures will be offered at Victoria Healthcare Center Sub- Acute and Rehabilitation Center, 38 Freneau Ave., Matawan.…
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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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Vendors needed for November craft show
The North Brunswick Woman’s Club is seeking participants for its annual craft/vendor show, which will be held Nov. 9 at Our Lady of Peace Parish Hall, 1740 Route 130, North Brunswick. Call 732-853-7189 or email nbwcnj@ gmail for more information and application.
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
The Learning Disabilities Association of New Jersey invites parents, people with learning disabilities, and professionals to a conference 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center, Piscataway. “Navigate the Maze From Pre-K to College and Career” will feature keynote speaker Peter W. Riffle, a nationally recognized educator and a person…
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Paranormal Expo set Oct. 5 in E. Brunswick
The fifth annual Paranormal Expo/Psychic Fair will be held 1-6 p.m., Oct. 5 at the “Haunted Lodge on the Lake,” Elks Lodge 2370, 21 Oakmont Ave., East Brunswick. There will be unique vendors, psychic readings, local authors who have written about UFOs and ghosts, free lectures and music by the acoustic duo Gypsy Moon. New…
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Halloween-costume collection underway
The Junior Woman’s Club of the Greater Brunswick Area and New Rave Cleaners of Milltown are sponsoring their third annual Children’s Halloween Costume Drive. Donations of cleaned and gently used Halloween costumes for infants to teens may be brought until Oct. 7 to New Rave Cleaners, 112 Ryders Lane, Milltown. New costumes also are appreciated.…
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Bake sale on Oct. 16 to benefit Buddy Ball
The Byron Foundation will hold the Ned’s Memory bake sale 3:30-8 p.m. Oct. 16 at the North Brunswick Municipal Building, 710 Hermann Road. The late Ned Geiger was a longtime coach for the North Brunswick Buddy Ball program. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Buddy Ball. Bakers are needed and can drop off any items…
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