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Cook's Inspiration

The renovation of an east Hanover kitchen rekindles a mom’s culinary energies and gives her family a gathering place.

His Style Vs. Hers?

It took a designer to bridge the gap between a husband and wife’s diverging tastes, creating a family room that’s truly family-friendly.

After Breast Cancer

Medicine has scored remarkable gains in the battle against this scourge, but patients should understand the challenges treatment brings.

Coastal Calm

A Rumson home wasn’t catching the spirit of the shore —until a renovation achieved the owners’ coastal vision.

Party On!

A sentiment from the 1990s still fit the owners of a six-bedroom Saddle River colonial. A ’90s design? Not so much.

After Breast Cancer

Medicine has scored remarkable gains in the battle against this scourge, but patients should understand the challenges treatment brings.

40 Years Of Cleaning The Coast

The nonprofit clean ocean action can’t say its beach sweeps have cleared Jersey beaches of “everything but the kitchen sink.” (Because they have found that too.)

After Breast Cancer

Medicine has scored remarkable gains in the battle against this scourge, but patients should understand the challenges treatment brings.

You've Got Your Nerve

Tingling fingers? Aching wrists? These symptoms could result from pressure on the median nerve in your arm and wrist—carpal tunnel syndrome.

Nature's Tantrums

It’s only prudent to know which natural disasters are most likely here in Bergen—and to be prepared.

Age With Grace (And Vitality!)

Robust, fulfilling senior years are waiting for most of us—if we do our part. A Monmouth doctor offers tips on how to get there.

Age With Grace (And Vitality!)

Robust, fulfilling senior years are waiting for most of us—if we do our part. A Bergen doctor offers tips on how to get there.

Is My Child Falling Behind?

Developmental milestones to measure kids’ progress were meant to assist families, not scare them, but sometimes a well-meaning parent can’t help but worry.

Strike Out Queen

High School softball pitcher Madilynn Boyce focused on helping her team win games. If she reached a landmark number along the way, that was cool too.

Is My Child Falling Behind?

Developmental milestones to measure kids’ progress were meant to assist families, not scare them. But sometimes a well-meaning parent can’t help but worry.

Students Get Real

In a candid talk, 12 new high school seniors reveal that their feelings are genuine, their thoughts sophisticated—and their “writing” often fake.

Is My Child Falling Behind?

Developmental milestones to measure kids’ progress were meant to assist families, not scare them. But sometimes a well-meaning parent can’t help but worry.

Stranger in the Classroom

For good or ill, artificial intelligence is now a big factor in your kids’ education. How can we make sure it doesn’t cheat them out of true learning?

Summer Is Saved

An outdoor redesign starring a salt-water pool has a formerly restless Oakland family cheering warm weather and saying “Hooray for home!”

Bergen’s Blues

We’re the only U.S. county that still bans shopping for nonessential items on Sundays, via our 321-year-old blue laws. Should the “day of rest” become like all the rest?

You’ve Got Your Nerve

Tingling fingers? Aching wrists? These symptoms could result from pressure on the median nerve in your arm and wrist—carpal tunnel syndrome.

Farming: It’s A Long Story

The Bullocks have been growing crops in cream ridge since Abe Lincoln ran for president. Maybe that’s because they know how to change with the times.

A Yard That Has Everything

In Waldwick, a once-drab outdoor space now boasts roses, hydrangeas, Japanese maples, Adirondack chairs, two staircases, two firepits, a hot tub, couches, a TV—even a putting green.

Living Twice as Large

The once steep, mostly unusable backyard of a Montclair Tudor is now an inviting, multi-tier recreational haven that has doubled the home’s living-space footprint.