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Choosing Your Funeral Home
STAFFORD, NJ - Many times when I sit with someone and the subject of final disposition is discussed, I usually start by explaining who has the legal right to authorize the funeral arrangements of their loved one or friend. In New Jersey, you cannot preauthorize your own final dispostion. You can certainly prearrange the details and prepay for services but the final arrangements, after death, must be signed by the legal next of kin as described below by the New Jersey Funeral Directors Association: Unless a court of ...
Family Fun
I’ve been celebrating Halloween with my kids for over a decade now, and as a result, I’ve got a few Halloween hacks for parents to share. 1. Go to the pumpkin patch early. Some might take this advice a step further and skip heading out to the over-crowded pumpkin-slash-apple-slash-pony-ride-slash-corn-maze extravaganza entirely, but not me. Those fall pumpkin photos with the kids are just too amazing to miss. But go early. Most farms are pretty empty the first few weekends in October, but not so much as ...
Health News You Can Use
In a review of over 600,000 people with cancer, the Centers for Disease Control and the National Cancer Institute found that 13 cancers representing 40% of all cancers, were associated with obesity. The 13 cancers include: cancer of the brain, esophagus, thyroid, gallbladder, stomach, liver, pancreas, kidney, ovaries, uterus, colon, postmenopausal breast cancer and multiple myeloma (cancer of bone marrow cells). Full report: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6639e1.htm?s_cid=mm6639e1_w National Institute of Health -Medline ...
Know Your Nest
Get your ghoul on in Northern New Jersey this Halloween with everything from parades, dinner theater and bowling to fun runs, haunted houses and trunk or treats. Team Nest Builder knows there’s Halloween fun for everyone! Saturday, October 21 5th Annual Dog Walk of the Dead, Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Rd, Augusta New Jersey's premiere Halloween canine event involves “shuffling hordes of the undead and their dogs”, vendors, raffles, classic cars, Halloween pet photos, food, animal adoptions, hourly ...
Shopfunding for a Cause
Jenny’s Hope Rescue was founded in honor of Jenny, an adopted adult puppy mill rescue dog. As a puppy mill pup, bred over and over again, her health was precarious. Her owners knew Jenny was very sick, but there was a great chance of survival and a very happy life filled with the love she never knew. With some care, dollars spent, and lots of love, Jenny lived a healthy, wonderful life. The founders of Jenny’s Hope Rescue hope to provide other dogs with the care and love that Jenny received. Through their work they hope ...
Southern Regional Accolades and College Commitments
STAFFORD, NJ - This column is to recognize Southern Regional athletic accomplishments and college commitments. College Commitment Abigael Coughlin has recently committed to Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ to continue her academic and swimming career. Coughlin is having a tremendous senior year on the Southern Regional Girls Swim Team. She is pictured with her coaches Dan Dreher, Head Coach Bill Entrikin and parents, Cindy and Chris. Athletic ...
TAPinto Featured Franchisee
This week's feature will focus on TAPintoSouthPlainfield.net franchisee Darlene Cullen. Find out what she enjoys covering the most, why she decided to franchise with TAPinto.net and how a regional Vice President of a bank became one of the most successful TAPinto franchisees... Q: When did you join TAPinto.net? A: I joined TAPinto four years ago. At that time it was the 11th site in the TAPinto network. I was looking for an outlet to give back to the community in the form of news media. TAPinto was exactly ...
The Mommy's Review
Well, the kids are firmly back in school, and one of my priorities this year is for everyone to stay dry! No, not in the potty training sense! What I mean is that I’m tired of taking out soggy folders and wet assignments from their backpacks! I can’t tell you how many times my kids came home with wet lunchboxes and school bags this past school year. Their reusable water bottles just were not reliable. So, I embarked on a quest to find leak-proof water bottles for the 2017-2018 school year, preferably ones that are both BPA free ...
The SMBDigital
STAFFORD, NJ - Creative Click Media has announced the start of “Lunch n Learns,” a series of monthly informational sessions designed to help small business owners stay on top of current digital marketing trends. Each Lunch n Learn will be held on the first Thursday of the month from 12:00pm to 2:00pm at Creative Click Media’s office, located at 20 N. Main Street in Manahawkin, NJ. Lunch n Learns will combine networking, lunch, and business advice in a small group setting in order to give participants the opportunity ...
Your Family Matters
Many of you are sending your kids off to college soon, and maybe for the first time. I’ve been there, twice. And now my daughter lives overseas! Most of the time I’m okay with it… you get used to it, you know? But sometimes when she sends me little notes, or we chat on Skype, I miss her again. She’s clever and loving and generous, and so very courageous — and you really can’t do hugs on Skype. And then, when we actually visit, it hits hard. It sounds strange, but I don’t ...