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You Had To Be There

If you’ve been doing all your buying online lately, you’ve missed the big new thing in brick-and-mortar retail: “experiences.”

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.

Why Ever Leave Home?

Now that warm weather’s here, a backyard swimming pool in Tenafly gives all the world’s vacation spots a run for their money.

The Challenge Was Steep

It took ingenuity and pooled expertise to turn a forbidding Woodcliff Lake yard into a multilevel entertainment zone.

Do You Understand Prostate Cancer?

If you’re a man—or have a man in your life— it may be time to clear out the cobwebs in your knowledge of this common, potentially deadly disease.

A Fix For Ticks?

It’s prime season in Bergen for these tiny blood suckers. Learn how to protect yourself, your family and your pets.

Do You Understand Prostate Cancer?

If you’re a man—or have a man in your life— it may be time to clear out the cobwebs in your knowledge of this common, potentially deadly disease.

The Skin You’re In

A benign bump or a cause for alarm? A Monmouth dermatologist explains when to see an expert if something changes on your epidermis.

Riders' Lament

For the many Bergenites who still (or again) travel to work each day, getting there has become a headache. How do we fix it?

The Skin You’re In

A benign bump or a cause for alarm? A Bergen dermatologist explains when to see an expert when something changes on your epidermis.