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Dating With Dentures: NJ TikTok Star Finds Reasons To Smile Dating With Dentures: NJ TikTok Star Finds Reasons To Smile
Dating With Dentures: NJ TikTok Star Finds Reasons To Smile Most of the time, Lily Magno isn't wearing her dentures. The 25-year-old New Jersey native feels comfortable without them, so she doesn't see the need to wear them. Not even when she films a TikTok for the world to see. But a year ago, Magno didn't want anyone to know the truth about her smile.  In the spring of 2020, the dance teacher and social media guru lost three of her top teeth due to a gum infection -- 12 years after the skateboarding accident that caused it. Magno was insecure. She was embarrassed. She was depressed. It wasn't until she embraced her dentures and new smile that…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ College Student Aims To Inspire On TikTok After Video In Mom's Classroom Goes Viral NJ College Student Aims To Inspire On TikTok After Video In Mom's Classroom Goes Viral
NJ College Student Aims To Inspire On TikTok After Video In Mom's Classroom Goes Viral A North Jersey college student is hoping to be one of the brighter lights in the TikTok community. Liam Cassidy first downloaded the video-sharing app during quarantine as a way to pass the time, and began filming his own videos shortly thereafter. It wasn't long before they starting going viral.  "Everything that happens in my head I try to capitalize on," said Cassidy, a 21-year-old Montville native, and bio major at Seton Hall University. "I keep a note page in my phone and I just keep adding to it with whatever funny things come in my head." And later, he translates those ideas into…

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Swimming Advisories Effected At 3 NJ Beaches Where High Bacteria Levels Found Swimming Advisories Effected At 3 NJ Beaches Where High Bacteria Levels Found
Swimming Advisories Effected At 3 NJ Beaches Where High Bacteria Levels Found A swimming advisory was issued Tuesday for three New Jersey beaches where elevated levels of meningitis-causing bacteria was found. Enterococci turned up in water samples from Trenton Avenue Ocean Beach in Lavallette, 5th Avenue Bay Beach in Seaside Park, and 16th Street Bay Beach in Surf City. The bacteria can cause urinary tract infections, bacterial endocarditis and more. Swimming advisories are effected when samples exceed 104 colony forming units (cfu) of enterococci. The water will be tested again and, if the second test exceeds the first limit, the beaches will be closed for swimmi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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These NJ Natives Were Nominated For 2020 Golden Globes These NJ Natives Were Nominated For 2020 Golden Globes
These NJ Natives Were Nominated For 2020 Golden Globes Several New Jersey natives have been nominated for a 2020 Golden Globe award. The 77th show will be held on Jan. 5, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and will be hosted by Ricky Gervais. Here are the New Jersey talents to watch for: Ramy Youssef of Rutherford for his performance and production of the first season of “Ramy” on Hulu, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy Kirsten Dunst of Brick Township and Point Pleasant, for her role as Krystal Stubbs in "On Becoming a God in Central Florida" on Showtime, Best Per…

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by Cecilia Levine