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Saddle Brook Grandmother Celebrating Centennial Reveals Secret To Longevity Saddle Brook Grandmother Celebrating Centennial Reveals Secret To Longevity
Saddle Brook Grandmother Celebrating Centennial Reveals Secret To Longevity Agnes Terminiello of Saddle Brook has a perpetually-sunny disposition and one other secret. "Everything in moderation," said the Hoboken native, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends at Portobello restaurant in Oakland. Born on Dec. 6, 1918, Terminiello's parents Santo and Mario immigrated to the U.S. from Sicily and ran a grocery store to support their four daughters. Terminiello has fond memories of a close-knit family who struggled to make ends meet through the Great Depression -- a time when horse carts still carried food in the streets, telephone…

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