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Dear Annie: He won’t introduce her to his female friends as his girlfriend and says her jealousy is ‘a turn-off’

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June 2, 2024

Dear Annie: He won’t introduce her to his female friends as his girlfriend and says her jealousy is ‘a turn-off’

DEAR ANNIE: I’ve been in an on-and-off relationship with a guy for four years. He has a lot of female friends, and I’m not really sure how I am supposed to feel about that. He goes to dinner with them for their birthdays and meets them out for drinks, and yet he won’t introduce me to them as his girlfriend. He tells me that my jealousy is a turnoff, but I feel like some boundaries are being crossed here. Please help. — Jealous and Confused

DEAR JEALOUS AND CONFUSED: You have every right to feel jealous and confused. But there is not much confusion, really. He is dismissing your feelings and shutting you out of a part of his life. I say move on and find someone who is better for you.

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DEAR ANNIE: This is the first time I’ve ever written to an advice columnist, but I recently read your column with the letter from “Baffled Daughter,” whose mother was a 77-year-old woman who admitted to having an affair with a young male nurse who is married with children.

You gave sound advice about reporting it to the rehab facility, but I just wanted to suggest one possibility: She could have dementia. My mother is now 90 years old and has been in a nursing home for 12 years with dementia (bedridden now), but 14 years ago, she told me she had been kidnapped by a neighbor on the block and that he had taken her keys and had a priest marry them. This was my first sign of realizing that my mother was mentally off; the neighbor had died six months earlier of the same disease, so she had not seen him that day but she thought that she had.

It’s just a thought — that the 77-year-old woman also has a form of memory loss and therefore has problems with reality.

I enjoy your column, so keep up the great work! — Dementia Advice

DEAR DEMENTIA ADVICE: You bring up a great point. She should have her mother checked for memory care, as the whole affair might have been something she imagined because of dementia. Thanks for writing.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.

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12 New Jerseyans won big playing, Powerball NJ Lottery games last week

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2 hours ago

November 25, 2024

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12 New Jerseyans won big playing, Powerball NJ Lottery games last week

A dozen lottery players in New Jersey won $10,000 or more last week playing Powerball and New Jersey Lottery games.

The New Jersey Lottery announced its weekly winners on Monday. Here’s a look at where these tickets were sold from Nov. 18 to Nov. 24 as provided by the lottery agency:

Powerball winners

$150,000, Powerball, Nov. 18: sold at HC Good Neighbor Pharmacy on Route 37 in Toms River (Ocean County)
$50,000, Powerball, Nov. 23: sold at Stew Leonard’s in Paramus Park Mall in Paramus (Bergen County)

New Jersey Lottery winners

$500,000, Winter Green, Nov. 19: sold at Red Bank Mart on Newman Spring Road in Red Bank (Monmouth County)
$500,000, 50X Cash Blitz, Nov. 22: sold at Deli Works on Berkshire Valley Road in Oak Ridge (Passaic County)
$200,000, Plu$ The Money, Nov. 19: sold at Road Runner Convenience Store on Ridge Road in Lyndhurst (Bergen County)
$100,000, Candy Cane Cash, Nov. 18: sold at A & M Convenience on South Clinton Avenue in South Plainfield (Middlesex County)
$50,000, Super Crossword, Nov. 23: sold at Akar IV Auto on South Orange Avenue in Newark (Essex County)
$25,000, Crossword Bonanza, Nov. 22: sold at Speedy Mart on Ridgedale Avenue in Florham Park (Morris County)
$20,000, Crossword, Nov. 18: sold at MPM Services Corp. on Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City (Hudson County)
$20,000, $250,000 Crossword, Nov. 22: sold at Krauszer’s Food Store on Meadowland Parkway in Secaucus (Hudson County)
$10,000, $10,000 Loaded, Nov. 22: sold at Country Farm on Route 530 in Whiting (Ocean County)
$10,000, $10,000 Loaded, Nov. 22: sold at ShopRide on Shrewsbury Avenue in Shrewsbury (Monmouth County)

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NJ lottery bonanza: There were 12 big winners that hit jackpots last week

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November 25, 2024

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Ocean County was lucky last week, but not quite as lucky as Monmouth County. Both had big New Jersey Lottery winners.

A Winter Green ticket, sold at the Red Bank Mart in Red Bank, won $500,000 on Nov. 19. That was one of two winning tickets sold in Monmouth County. The other, a $10,000 Loaded ticket worth $10,000, was sold Nov. 22 at Shoprite in Shrewsbury.

There were also two winners in Ocean. A Powerball ticket hit for $150,000 after it was sold at HC Good Neighbor Pharmacy in Toms River on Nov. 18. The other, a $10,000 Loaded ticket, was sold at Country Farm in Whiting on Nov. 22.

Overall, there were 12 people who won at least $10,000.

On Nov. 18, a Candy Cane Cash player won $100,000 at the A&M Convenience in South Plainfield, Middlesex County. On the same day, a Crossword ticket worth $20,000, was sold at MPM Services Corp. in Jersey City.

On Nov. 19, a Plu$ The Money ticket, worth $200,000, was sold at Road Runner Convenience Store in Lyndhurst, Bergen County.

On Nov. 22, a 50X Cash Blitz ticket worth $500,000, was sold at Deli Works in Oak Ridge, Passaic County. The same day, a Crossword Bonanza worth $25,000 was sold at Speedy Mart in Florham Park, Morris County.

On Nov. 23, a Super Crossword ticket worth $50,000 was sold at Akar IV Auto in Newark. Another ticket worth $50,000, a Powerball slip, was sold at Stew Leonard’s in Paramus, Bergen County.

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Thanksgiving Tail: NJ Mom Says Anxious Dog Saved Her Son's Life

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November 25, 2024

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Thanksgiving Tail: NJ Mom Says Anxious Dog Saved Her Son's Life

NORTH JERSEY — Ella the dog, a poodle-St. Bernard mix, is not an emotional support animal, says her owner, Beth Fitzgerald of Hoboken.

“She needs support,” Fitzgerald joked during a recent interview. She said Ella, who’s eight years old, has stomach problems and anxiety.

But this Thanksgiving, Fitzgerald, her husband, and her four adult children are thankful that Ella saved one of their lives.

Fitzgerald said that last May, she and her husband moved into an apartment in Maxwell Place in Hoboken. Three of her adult children also live in that city.

The family grew up in Montgomery, N.J., in Somerset County, but have since moved north.

In May, the family decided to travel to Boston for a ceremony for their oldest child’s graduation from graduate school.

Fitzgerald’s son Liam, 26, decided to stay behind for a day. He slept in his mom and dad’s relatively new rental in Maxwell Place that night and watched Ella, who was going to go to a sitter the next day.

But Ella started acting unusual that day.

At the same time, Liam was having headaches and didn’t feel well.

Since moving into Maxwell Place on May 1, Beth had smelled gas each day, but decided it was a slight smell and thought it disappeared when she got close to the oven. So she had dismissed it.

But when her son called and said he didn’t feel well — and Ella was acting unusual — she put it all together and knew the gas might be causing a problem.

Beth told Liam to immediately call the gas company, PSE&G, and not just the building supervisors. She also told her son to leave the apartment.

Luckily, PSE&G came and found the source of the leak. It was the oven after all. It’s since been replaced.

Fitzgerald said she’s been beating herself up a bit over leaving her son in an apartment with a gas leak. She said part of the reason she never called was that she didn’t want a big deal with fire trucks coming and the like. But she said she wanted people to learn from the incident.

“If you smell gas, don’t do what I did,” she said. “I keep thinking, what if it had been midnight [and Liam was asleep]? What if Ella didn’t act weird? Don’t hesitate. You call PSE&G immediately.”

She noted that chemicals are added to natural gas to give it an odor, so people can detect if there’s too much.

“If anything had happened to my son or my dog, I would have never been able to forgive myself,” she said.

Brian Clark, a vice president for PSE&G Gas Operations, said, “We’re so glad Beth took action and told her son to leave the house immediately and call PSE&G. She did exactly the right thing to ensure their safety, and the neighbors’ safety. If you ever smell gas, leave the area immediately.”

IF you have an emergency, you can call PSE&G at 1-800-880-PSEG (7734) or 911. You can learn more at PSEG.com/gassafety.

Meanwhile, Patch asked Ella herself for a comment on her heroic actions in May.

Ella looked away, licked her lips, then ran and hid behind her mommy.

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