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Managing Sleep and Weight During Menopause
By Shyama S. Mathews, MD If you’re going through menopause and finding it harder to sleep — or harder to zip up your jeans — you are not alone. Hormonal changes during this transition can affect many areas of your health, but for a lot of women two of the most common and frustrating symptoms […]
Submitted Content – Tue, 06 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Preserve our disappearing open space before it’s too late
by Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation As we witness unprecedented efforts at the federal level to rollback regulations protecting our land, water, and air, it’s easy to feel powerless and lose sight of important opportunities to protect New Jersey’s environment through actions here at home. The battle to preserve the largest remaining privately owned forested parcel of land […]
Submitted Content – Mon, 05 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000
‘Positive encounters’: Somerset County launches Blue Envelope initiative
The Blue Envelope initiative launches in Somerset County in efforts “to assist any law enforcement officer in the county when they encounter an individual that has special needs during a motor vehicle traffic stop,” said Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. The initiative was launched across the Garden State during Autism Awareness Month in April. […]
Submitted Content – Thu, 01 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000
Sixteen porches on tap for annual PorchFest
The fourth annual Bordentown PorchFest is set rain or shine Saturday, May 3. It’s a free, family-friendly event featuring musicians of different genres, playing free mini-concerts on porches throughout Bordentown City. Sixteen porches are on tap. PorchFest is a day-long celebration from noon to 5 p.m. of music, art and community where people can stroll […]
Submitted Content – Thu, 01 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000
School board adopts $105 million budget
The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education adopted a $105.8 million budget that includes a 7-cent tax increase for property owners in all three valley municipalities. Board President Anita Williams Galiano, Vice President Jacquie Genovesi and board members, Dhruv Kapadia, Mike Wilson, John Slotman, Mark Peters and Amanda Stylianou voted “yes” to adopt the budget […]
ANDREW HARRISON, Staff Writer – Thu, 01 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000