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THE BRIDGEWATER-SOMERVILLE CONNECTION
SEPT/OCT/NOV 2015
www.theconnectionsnj.comPUBLISHER
Robin Fand
908-903-1799 • Fax 732-667-8488 •
Connectionsnj@gmail.comOFFICE MANAGER
Anna Petro
PRODUCTION, THE CONNECTORY &
SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATORS
Donna Reina, Jody Varvaro
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Alyson Marks
ADVERTISING EXECUTIVES
Shavaun Gliksman, Patty Herman, Alicia Singman
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Atlantic NeuroSurgical Specialists, Dr. Steven Balestracci,
Patricia Diesel, Gary Fisch, Lidia S. Gabinelli, Carolyn Hanson,
Stephanie Haymaker Ph.D, Prachi Jain, Tatiana Javier,
Nancy Lorince, CSA, CDP, Ellyn Mantell, Dr. Michael Osit,
Rachna Patel, Peak Medical, Linda Seigelman,
Dr. Vincent Sferra, Andrea Strauss, M.D. F.A.C.S.,
Jill Stolz, Jennifer Ellis Walters
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Bridgewater-Somerville Connection has a circulation of
over 31,000, mailed to residents in Bridgewater, Martinsville,
Branchburg, Somerville, Raritan & Hillsborough with
Bonus circulation to the business community.
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www.theconnectionsnj.comTHE CONNECTION
Bridgewater-Somerville Edition
We are delighted to welcome the Fall Season with a fabulous Back 2 School edition of The Bridgewater-Somerville Con- nection. Included in this issue are new and returning advertisers, great editorial content, dedicated sections, community news and much more! Our dedi- cated sections, this issue include: Back 2 School, fea- turing many local learning options and more, Dining Out, Health & Wellness, Home Sweet Home, Shop Downtown Somerville and Spotlights on Hillsbor- ough and Seniors. We are happy to introduce a new section called Rediscover Bound Brook – highlighting the businesses and newly renovated down town area of Bound Brook and of course the Community Calen- dar. In our Community News columns this issue we feature an important event: Keeping Babies Safe An- nual 5K Walk/Run will be held on Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Harry Dunham Park in Basking Ridge beginning at 8:30am with Senator Tom Kean, Jr. as Honorary 5K Chairman. Keeping Babies Safe is a national organiza- tion committed to ensuring safe sleep products for in- fants and providing low-income parents with safe cribs for their babies.We hope you support this important function! Please be sure to keep this magazine in your home this fall as a reference for all of your local needs! Featured this issue from our business/professional community are: Bench Fashion Floors, Black Belt World, Camp Bow Wow, Chicken Holiday, Dutch Country Farmer’s Market, Kiddie Academy, Rhodes & Sons Electrical Contracting, Inc., Temple Sholom, Ultimate Health & Weight Loss of Central Jersey and Wompy’s World of Musical Play. Our tal- ented writers have given us unique insight into these business and their respective owners! Local artist, Medy Bozkurtian, adorns our front cover with a beautiful watercolor entitled, “Grapevine Cascade.“ Classically trained in music and a student of art, Medy expresses her vision through music and paint- ing. She states, “The subject matter for this painting is close to my heart and I have painted it numerous times. As I was growing up in Bulgaria, which is neighboring Greece, grapevines were everywhere. In many back yards where friends and family would sit in its shade and spend time together, playing backgammon or shar- ing stories, we would enjoy the fruit with cheese or use the leaves to make a local specialty of stuffed grape leaves or wine. There is something comforting about this ancient giving vine that has withstood the tests of time.” Medy has a very impressive bio on page 8, please don’t miss it. Look for our FUN contest in this issue: SPOT THE FAKE! Somewhere in this issue is a fake ad. Find it and email us at Spotthefake@theconnectionsnj.com. Please use the subject line: FAKE and include the answer, your name, town and phone number. The Winner will be chosen randomly from a list of those who entered the correct answer and will receive a prize from a local busi- ness. Good luck and have fun SPOTTING THE FAKE! We encourage you to visit our website and read our ON-LINE editions, view YouTube videos on many of the digital ads and click directly on the ad to visit our adver- tisers’ websites. Visit the CONNECTIONS YOUTUBE CHANNEL which features videos from local advertisers at www.youtube.com/user/ ConnectionsNJ in ad- dition to viewing them on their digital ads! Our Digital Magazines can also be viewed on your smart phone and iPad. We are only a “touch” away! www.theconnectionsnj.com . Looking for a Physician, Caterer, Dentist, Fitness Expert, Home Improvement help and much more? Check out The CONNECTORY, our ON-LINE Business Directory, which is growing every day with new businesses joining featuring their respective contact information. www.connectory.theconnectionsnj.com Like us on Facebook at The Connection Magazines, visit our blog at www.blog.theconnections nj.com and follow us on Twitter @ Connectionsnj. We work to keep you updated at all times! And NOW you can follow us on INSTAGRAM @Connectionmag to see pictures of people in your local community who stay “Connected!” STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR COMMUNITY WITH THE CONNECTION MAGAZINES AND REMEMBER TO SHOP LOCAL! Sincerely, Robin Fand, Publisher SCAN THIS CODE TO VISIT THE CONNECTORYMedy Bozkurtian
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Kiddie Academy
.......................................Page 5
Camp Bow Wow
....................................Page 10
Rhodes & Sons
Electrical Contracting, Inc.
................Page 12
Wompy’s World of Musical Play
...........Page 16
Black Belt World
....................................Page 19
Dutch Country Farmer’s Market
...........Page 21
Ultimate Health & Weight Loss
of Central Jersey
...............................Page 22
Temple Sholom
......................................Page 43
Chicken Holiday
.....................................Page 46
Bench Fashion Floors
.............................Page 58
Medical Minutes - Peak Medical
..............Page 14
BACK 2 SCHOOL SECTION
..............Pages 16-20
HEALTH & WELLNESS SECTION
......Pages 22-35
Health Hotline -
Atlantic NeuroSurgical Specialists
......Page 24
Medical Minutes -
Total Health Chiropractic
.....................Page 26
Organize That Column
.............................Page 28
Health Hotline - Andrea Strauss,
M.D.
.....Page 30
Medical Minutes - Stephanie Haymaker
..Page 32
Health Hotline - Dr. Vincent Sferra
..........Page 34
REDISCOVER
BOUND BROOK SECTION
..Pages 36-39
Community News - Bound Brook
............Page 36
SPOTLIGHT ON “SENIORS”
.............Pages 40-42
Senior Health - Nancy Lorince
.................Page 40
Creative Corner Column
...........................Page 41
Senior Corner Column
..............................Page 42
DINING OUT SECTION
......................Pages 44-49
Wine Barrel Column
.................................Page 44
Big Apple Bites Column
............................Page 48
SHOP DOWNTOWN SOMERVILLE
..Pages 52-54
Slice of Life Column
..................................Page 52
Mind The Mind Column
...........................Page 56
HOME SWEET HOME SECTION
.......Pages 58-67
Real Estate Corner Column
......................Page 62
Family Adventures Column
......................Page 67
SPOTLIGHT ON HILLSBOROUGH
....Pages 68-69
“Random” Connections Column
..............Page 68
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
................Pages 70-71
The Fashion Flash Column
.......................Page 72
SPOT THE FAKE!
Somewhere in this Magazine is a
FAKE AD.
Spot it and send your answer, name, city and phone number to:
Spotthefake@theconnectionsnj.comSubject Line: FAKE
More than 200 people took part in our
Spot The Fake
Ad Contest
in the June issue. Congratulations
to everyone who “spotted”
Solor Cap!
The winner,
selected randomly from a list of all those who entered
and provided the correct answer, is Karen Jackson of Manville.
The winner received a gift certificate to
Chicken Holiday-Bridgewater.