Author: Central Jersey
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SOLUTIONS: From student to farmer, professor, advocate
By Huck Fairman How is it that some people become deeply involved in the land and in environmental issues, when so many others find them to be at the low end of their concerns? Is it that our modern education and careers take us away from the land? In talking with Mercer County residents, I…
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HAMILTON: Officials: No hunting on township property
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor Hamilton officials have adopted an ordinance that prevents the discharge of firearms on township property except for the protection of life, persons or property. The township did not have a prohibition for firing guns on township property, which came to light last fall after several residents voiced their concerns…
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HAMILTON: Police search for sunglasses thief
An unidentified male stole several pairs of designer sunglasses from Campus Eye Group Thursday morning. The suspect entered the doctor’s office on the 1,700 block of Whitehorse Mercerville Road and sat down in the waiting room, according to police. When the receptionist left the waiting room, the suspect walked into the optical center and…
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Integra LifeSciences Celebrates 25th Anniversary
By Gianna Sabella Integra LifeSciences Celebrates 25th Anniversary PLAINSBORO, N.J., June 19, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:IART), a world leader in medical technology, today announced that June 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of its founding. Twenty-five years ago, Richard Caruso, PhD, currently a member of Integra’s Board of Directors, established Integra…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Legion baseball has nice mix
Veterans, newcomers playing for playoff spot By Justin Feil, The Packet Group The bright hopes for next year’s Hillsborough High School baseball team are being fashioned this summer. A collection that features several members of the HHS team that won the Somerset County Tournament championship is mixed with some of the rising contributors for the…
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HAMILTON: Two arrested after man found unconscious in lot
A male and a female were arrested after police found a man lying on the ground unconscious and bleeding from the head in a parking lot early Monday morning. Officers Robert Whartenby and David Walls were on patrol at 1:44 a.m. on June 16 when they observed a vehicle in the parking lot of…
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HAMILTON: Retiring the stars and stripes
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor Resident Larry Rosenthal lit thousands of tattered or soiled American flags on fire in Veterans Park on the evening of June 12. A large crowd gathered in the park for Mercer County’s annual flag decommissioning ceremony. Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes and the Mercer County Office of Veteran…
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CALENDAR: JUNE 20
Wednesdays Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience and musicians are welcome. 609-333- 1230. Mondays Free Memoir Writing Classes. All welcome. Every Monday 1:30 –4 p.m., Main floor…
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It’s all about the berries
Pitspone Farm offers small fruits not easily found elsewhere By Faith Bahadurian, Special Writer In a pleasant suburban neighborhood, each front yard presents a well-tended oasis of green grass, shrubbery, and flowers. But a peek into one back yard I recently visited reveals an exuberant collection of plantings that will produce berries and other small…
