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1. New Jersey takes part in National Public Health Week
(Health/Healthquest)

... is the theme of this year's National Public Health Week. The theme highlights the important role individuals, schools and workplaces play in creating healthier communities. Poonam said chronic diseases ...

2. Helping New Jersey’s environment through EarthShare
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... a federation of national and international environmental groups representing more than 450 environmental and conservation charities. Altogether, they reach nearly 6 million employees in over 400 workplaces ...

3. New Jersey legislators have homes, workplaces picketed over same-sex marriage bill
(N.J./State)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM With proponents and opponents of the same-sex marriage legislation picketing the homes, and work places of state legislators or school events involving their ...

4. Gay marriage on Monday’s agenda for New Jersey lawmakers
(N.J./State)

... prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes in indoor public places and workplaces and prohibit the product from being sold to minors. The Senate Law, Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee will ...

5. Bill to combat e-cigarettes approved by New Jersey Assembly health committee
(Health/Healthquest)

Legislation proposed to prohibit the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and include e-cigarettes in the state's Smoke Free Air Act, which prohibits smoking in indoor public places and workplaces, ...

6. N.J. business association to honor 12 companies for excellence
(Money/Economy)

... – Champion has developed alternative energy sources that make its workplaces virtually energy independent. PNC Financial Services Group, East Brunswick-PNC uses green-building techniques in construction ...

7. This time we’re missing the boat on hand sanitizers
(Life/Style)

... years. They seemed, to some, a bit neurotic or odd. Now, sanitizing stations are everywhere: outside grocery stores, restaurants, and theaters, and inside workplaces - including our own here at VOA. Health-club ...

8. Free Swine Flu vaccinations offered for 1.3 million uninsured New Jerseyans
(Health/Healthquest)

... health experts say before, H1N1 influenza is a cause for concern, but not a cause for alarm." Corzine said at a press conference in Newark. "Prevention is the best medicine for ensuring that workplaces ...

9. Books reviewed: Is suburbia dying?
(Life/Style)

... they found that the promise of suburbia didn't quite live up to the reality. To afford a home, many had to purchase property far from their workplaces, causing commuting time to rise. Extreme commutes ...

10. Legal talent at crossroads: N.J. women lawyers head for firms with flexibility
(Money/Economy)

... that women lawyers are taking control of their lives by choosing employers that support flexible workplaces. The report, "Legal Talent at the Crossroads: Why New Jersey Women Lawyers Leave their Law ...