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My great-grandson, Scotty, is now six months old and his father, John McFarlane, was trying to pick a time when the whole family would be able to visit us in River Edge. John and his family live in …
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June Donohue
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4/19/24
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My actual birthday was on February 21. When people hear my name they sometimes ask me if I was born in June and my answer is “No but my parents didn’t like the name …
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June Donohue
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3/8/24
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To continue with my story about my friends the Orrs, I will be writing about Willy who was a boy they took in from the fresh add fund and continued to do so throughout the years. When Willy grew …
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June Donohue
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2/9/24
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When I was a kid, a popular expression was DRY UP if you wanted to shut someone up. Well apparently I was asleep at the wheel because for days now I have had very dry skin despite …
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June Donohue
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1/3/24
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As I mentioned in my last column, my friend Maria was a firm believer in Miracles. Even though a doctor had told her that her son, Eddy should be institutionalized because he’d never …
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June Donohue
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12/29/23
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I first met Maria at a special nursery school for developmentally disabled children. It was obvious right away that her son, Eddy was seriously disabled. We mothers were going for coffee after …
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June Donohue
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12/15/23
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I was entitled to a free turkey from Shoprite but I didn’t want to cook so I sent my friend, Leisha to deliver it to the Center for Food Action in Hackensack in plenty of time for the recipient …
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June Donohue
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12/1/23
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Scotty is now one month old. I haven’t seen him in person yet because he lives in Tom’s River, which is about two hours from here, but I get a lot of pictures of him, courtesy of …
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June Donohue
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11/17/23
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I remember going to Mrs. Maulick’s house, as a child, on Halloween. She lived just up the street from us and my friends and I would be falsely accused, by her, of coming back a second time so …
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June Donohue
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11/3/23
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My son, Michael often points out to me that I keep interrupting him when he speaks to me. In fact it’s an every day occurrence. What I tell him is that when I die, I will leave him one …
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June Donohue
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10/20/23
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The following are TV commercials that I find annoying because they are outrageously inaccurate. When my developmentally disabled son, Jimmy, was young and he saw a commercial about a product …
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The following are TV commercials that I find annoying because they are outrageously inaccurate. When my developmentally disabled son Jimmy was young and he saw a commercial about a product he liked …
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June Donohue
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9/22/23
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