Tag: parents
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Panelists discuss issues facing the transgender community
OLD BRIDGE — Seventeen-year-old Anthony Mazakas identifies as transmasculine, a person who was born female, but identifies with masculinity. His journey started when he was 14 years old and it is still evolving. “I had a boyfriend at the time, and for myself, I became increasingly jealous of his presence, his Adam’s apple and his…
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Old Bridge school achieves Blue Ribbon status
OLD BRIDGE — Already a National School of Character, the Old Bridge School District can now add a National Blue Ribbon School to its list of honors. Cheesequake Elementary School is the first school in Old Bridge to be recognized as a Blue Ribbon School. “The selection of Cheesequake Elementary School as our first National…
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Adoptees can apply to access birth records
TRENTON — In the second phase of implementing New Jersey’s new adoption law, the Department of Health has made forms available for adoptees to apply for their birth certificates and potentially learn more about their family’s demographic, medical and social/cultural histories. Applications are now being accepted, and records will be released beginning Jan. 1, 2017. “The availability…
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Tips parents should know about safe driving for teens
HACKETTSTOWN – A National Safety Council (NSC) poll found that 76 percent of parents are unaware that the biggest risk to their teens’ safety is the vehicle sitting in the driveway. In observance of Global Youth Traffic Safety Month that runs throughout the month of May, which is the height of prom and graduation season, the…