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May 16, 2024 | 
citylifestyle.com | Adam Bulger
Moe Jaffal’s passion for cars was obvious early. As a boy, the future owner of Wayne’s German Motors would take apart every toy car he could get his hands on. And from the moment he started tinkering with his first real engine, it was obvious he was a natural. “I started turning wrenches when I was 14 with my father,” Jaffal says. “He taught me how to do regular maintenance on the car, oil changes and stuff like that.
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May 16, 2024 | 
citylifestyle.com | Adam Bulger
Want to start a publication? Learn More Featured ArticleThe specialty holistic medicine practice sees people as more than just their symptoms. Article by Adam BulgerPhotography by John Agnello Originally published in Wayne LifestyleThe moment patients enter Integrative Holistic Center's offices, they can immediately tell that it’s a different kind of medical practice.
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May 16, 2024 | 
citylifestyle.com | Adam Bulger
For his first Halloween in Wayne in 2013, Rich Martorana set up three spooky inflatable decorations in his yard. Most people would’ve ended the Halloween lawn decorating there. But Martorana and his wife aren’t most people. At 10, Martorana learned how fun being scared can be from classic black and white Universal Studios monster movies. Bela Legosi’s Dracula and Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein’s monster hooked him on thrills and chills.
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May 15, 2024 | 
citylifestyle.com | Adam Bulger
At Brightview Wayne, every day is an opportunity to find new possibilities. “The key word in what we do is vibrant,” says Steve McElfresh, Executive Director of Brightview Wayne senior living community. “We look at that as full of life. That’s how we approach everything in the community.”Make no mistake: Brightview is not a nursing home designed for people who can’t care for themselves.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
citylifestyle.com | Adam Bulger
For years, the Carbone family dreamed of opening their own restaurant. In the decades the family lived in Pompton Plains, every time they drove down Newark Pompton Turnpike, they kept thinking they saw a terrific restaurant space that wasn't living up to its potential.It was the perfect spot to make their dream reality. “It was a cute little place on the turnpike,” Tavern 5 owner Debbie Carbone says.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
citylifestyle.com | Adam Bulger
If you talked to him a decade ago, Smokin’ Scoops owner Jon Goodhind would have laughed at the suggestion he’d run an ice cream parlor. Back then, the fifth-generation West Springfielder couldn’t imagine spending his days scooping out vanilla into waffle cones. At the time, he was happy with his career as a wholesale florist. He thought that if he ever opened a business, the store would be much cooler than ice cream. Maybe something like a tattoo studio.
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Oct 9, 2023 | 
fatherly.com | Adam Bulger
For the last five years, Consensual non-monogamy (CNM), also referred to as Ethical non-monogamy, has been having a moment. While hard data is somewhat elusive, some estimates say upwards of five percent of Americans engage in forms of CNM, from swinging to polyamory to open relationships. Americans are clearly curious about adopting a more modern open style of relationship, with internet searches for CNM spiking over the last decade.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
fatherly.com | Adam Bulger
No matter the context, it’s frustrating to have your words fall on deaf ears. The feeling is compounded when the deaf ears belong to your partner. It’s more than just a failure of communication; it casts doubt on the emotional connection that should be at the heart of the relationship. Psychological research indicates that people are happier and healthier when they’re confident they’re being understood in day-to-day social interactions.
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Aug 11, 2023 | 
fatherly.com | Adam Bulger
Talking about your feelings with your spouse can sometimes feel like attempting to do carpentry while blindfolded. You have no idea whether you’re using the right tools and if your wild hammer swings connect with something substantial, you don’t know if you’re repairing or hurting it. Emotions are abstract, complicated and subjective. Putting language to them is tricky business. Despite the difficulty, communicating feelings is of critical importance to your relationship.
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Aug 7, 2023 | 
yourtango.com | Adam Bulger
By Adam BulgerAmerica’s divorce rate did a surprising thing over the last decade: it fell. More surprising was that the fall was led by millennials, a generation that should, according to a preponderance of social science data, be extra prone to divorce. Children of divorce tend to view love and healthy relationships differently than those whose parents stayed together, but the millennial generation is changing that.
