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Outdoor Living & Wellness Fall Festivals

Are you passionate about health & wellness, being active and enjoying the outdoors? River Street Entertainment, LLC invites everyone to attend the 2014 Outdoor Living & Wellness Festivals, which will be held on September 14 in Verona Park in Verona and on October 5 at the Flemington Elks Lodge in Flemington. Both festivals are from 10am-4pm and free to attendees.

The festivals are sponsored by Gold Sponsors—Hunterdon Healthcare System, Jersey Paddlers, Nationwide Imaging Systems, Q-Crew BBQ; Silver Sponsor—JDT Rehab; and Bronze Sponsors—Verona Animal Hospital and Coastal Sports.

These family-friendly festivals will feature over 100 vendors promoting Outdoor Living, Health & Wellness, Holistic Health and more, plus Juried Crafts for sale, Food, Live Music\DJ, Lectures, Interactive Fitness Sessions, Screenings and activities for the children! Attendees will also have an opportunity to win passes for the Battleship NJ, Field Station Dinosaurs, Restaurant Gift Cards, Reiki & Massage Sessions and more!

Bring your yoga gear, to Verona Park and take part in a Mass Yoga Session, amongst the tranquil sounds of waterfalls and the serenity of the tree-lined park.

For information visit RiverStreetEnt.com; “River Street Entertainment, LLC” on Facebook, or contact us at [email protected].

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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