The Alternative Press

JLOSH Volunteers Pack ...

By: Kate Lee, JLOSH President 2012-13

For 100 years, the Junior League of the Oranges and Short Hills, Inc. (JLOSH) has been making a difference in the ...

What's the Secret?

By: Danna Markson, LCSW

What’s the secret ingredient to a Fabulous Life?  I’ve been studying this over the past 18 years ...

When Stroke Strikes

By: Overlook Medical Center

The message is simple, and worth repeating: When it comes to stroke, time is brain. Here's why: In an isch...

Lice and Bullying: The...

By: Lisa Rafal

In September 2011, in a school in Tenafly, NJ, a boy announced to a small table of children that a 9 year old girl...

Casualty Losses

By: Roy Levine

Question:  My wife and I lost our house during Hurricane Sandy.  We paid $350,000 for it many years ago ...

College Expenses: Is T...

By: Marina P. Kennedy

Families who do not qualify for need based financial aid can still feel the pinch of escalating college expenses. ...

Productive Spaces

By: Virginia Liberato

Let’s face it: appearances matter.  From the cars we drive to the food we eat, images play a central ro...

The Summer Before High...

By: Carol Barash, PhD

  Junior spring is pretty much the worst time in all of high school. Between standardized tests, AP exams...

Helping Children in an...

By: Marilyn Joyce Lehren, Livingston Public Schools

My favorite book growing up was Harriet the Spy, the aspiring writer with a notebook full of everything she knows ...