Dear Joel, I am a 54-year-old woman who lives in California. I am writing because I have heard of Preferred Home Health Care and listen to WOBM on the Internet (I am formerly from Ocean County). My question is this.…

Dear Joel, I am a widow in my late 80s and live alone. My income is relatively small and I’m starting to feel anxious as I may need home health care from a company such as Preferred Home Health Care…

Dear Readers, Although most of the column is usually dedicated to advice, sometimes I run across material that I think is worth sharing. I loved the following helpful remedies. Burned Fingertips: Should you accidentally get a minor burn on your…

  Dear Joel: I have a situation and don’t know how to handle it. I work in a hotel in Ocean County. I referred a good friend of mine to my supervisor for an opening we had at the reception…

  Dear Readers: We have all had our days where anger seems to take over. We lash out at the ones we love and feel guilty afterward. They don’t happen too often, here’s hoping, and we usually apologize and forgive…

  Dear Joel: I am a man in my mid-50s. About 18 months ago, I had little choice but to take a buyout package from the company I had worked with for nearly 30 years. It was a smart decision…

  Dear Joel: “Ed” and I are going to be married in six months. This will be a second marriage for both of us. We are both in our 30s, neither one of us ever having had children. We are…

Dear Readers: It is with much excitement that I am returning to Micromedia publications with “dear Joel” my weekly advice column. It has been many years since I wrote my last column and having received many requests am honored that…

Dear Joel I am seriously overweight. As a 43 year-old woman, I can’t believe what I have done to myself. When I was younger I had a beautiful body and now look like an inflated balloon. My husband doesn’t seem…

Dear Joel, One of the ladies in my group of friends copies just about everything I do. Once I showed her a glittery blouse I bought for a party and she showed up wearing almost the exact same thing. Another…