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‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’

In calling for the "preservation" of "half" of New Jersey's land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation are misleading your readers. What they're including as "preserved land"...

Common calendar, Packet papers, May 17

Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which...

Hillsborough Township creating a Community Equity and Diversity Profile

Hillsborough Township officials are taking a "deep dive" to create a Community Equity and Diversity Profile. Township Planning director...

An ‘ode’ to New Jersey’s dragonflies and damselflies

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If you're near a pond, stream, or marsh on a...

Depression and suicide risk can intensify in spring and summer

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Intense symptoms for individuals with depression are commonly associated with the winter...

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LOOSE ENDS 5/15: Cranbury Station Gallery virtual classes ‘help keep it together’

by Pam Hersh The good news is that artist and business entrepreneur Kathy Morolda, the owner of Cranbury Station Gallery (CSG) in Princeton and Monroe,...

Eating organic foods could have benefits for one’s health

By Michele S. Byers A trip to the supermarket, or to a local farmers market or farm stand, offers a dazzling array of fruits and...

Learn about how to handle lung cancer treatment during COVID pandemic

The East Brunswick Public Library’s Lunch ’n’ Learn with the Doctor Series will feature Cancer During COVID: Lung Cancer from noon to 1 p.m....

NAMI NJ offers webinar in English and Spanish about benefits programs

NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will offer a webinar from 11 a.m. to noon on May 13 about the federal and state...

LOOSE ENDS 5/8: The upsides of a virtual gala

By Pam Hersh My friends are worried that the COVID-19 social distancing has made me go off the deep end – into a pool of...

Learn about how to handle prostate cancer treatment during COVID pandemic – seminar today at noon

The East Brunswick Public Library’s Lunch ’n’ Learn with the Doctor Series will feature Cancer During COVID: Prostate Cancer from noon to 1 p.m....

Greater Somerset County YMCA offers virtual fitness opportunities

The Greater Somerset County YMCA now offers a series of virtual fitness opportunities to keep communities strong and healthy throughout the ongoing pandemic. A highlight...

Opinion: Chelsea Senior Living has 30-year history of caring for seniors

Chelsea Senior Living operates 21 assisted living residences in New Jersey and New York. During the horrific COVID-19 pandemic, our senior population has been...

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