Author: Central Jersey

  • U.S. should pare back its chemical weapons

    Mary Ellen Marino, Princeton To the editor: It is outrageous that Barack Obama and Senator Menendez can so blatantly lie to the entire world about chemical weapons. Almost everyone knows that the U,S, used Agent Orange in Vietnam in the ‘60s and ‘70s and gave or sold chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein to use in…

  • Reducing Nervousness in Public Speaking is Topic for MCCC Distinguished Lecture Sept. 25

    Reducing Nervousness in Public Speaking is Topic for MCCC Distinguished Lecture Sept. 25

    By Jim Gardner WEST WINDSOR – Comedian Jerry Seinfeld once famously said: “According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death…This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.” That need not be the case, according…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Stephanie Berman 5K: A run to remember

    HIGHTSTOWN: Stephanie Berman 5K: A run to remember

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    Stephanie Berman was a 16-year-old Hightstown High School junior when her life was taken in a tragic accident in 2000.    ”Stephanie got into a car after her prom and due to drinking and driving she is now no longer with us,” her father, Keith Berman, said. Mr. Berman remembers…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Monmouth Junction Stop&Shop closing

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Monmouth Junction Stop&Shop closing

    Ed Birch photo The Monmouth Junction Stop&Shop on Route 1 in the South Brunswick Square Mall will close Oct. 24, according to company officials.

  • Paul Chehade – Simple Solutions to Improve the United States Economy.

    Paul Chehade – Simple Solutions to Improve the United States Economy.

    By 1888PressRelease 1888PressRelease – Our manufacturing is done mostly overseas because of the high cost of our services. the trade agreements must be revised. Paul Chehade. Paul Chehade – Simple Solutions to Improve the United States Economy. For the last decade, US has lost more than U$ 7 trillion in very bad trade negotiations. We…

  • Civilian Art at Small World Coffee

    Civilian Art at Small World Coffee

    By Val Sivilli I am pleased to announce an exhibit at Small World Café Gallery, in Princeton, NJ. Please include the following details in your events calendar; "Civilian Art’s T-Shirt Designs will be hanging and for sale at Small World Coffee on Witherspoon Street in Princeton from Oct. 5 – Nov 3. Come and meet…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Youth football kicks off its season

    HILLSBOROUGH: Youth football kicks off its season

    Varsity and JV both blank North Plainfield    In the Skyland Conference opener, the Hillsborough Jr. Raiders Varsity (7th and 8th grades) opened its season with a 41-0 blowout of North Plainfield on Saturday night at Hillsborough High School.    The Jr. Raiders drove down field in five plays on their first drive behind blocking of Ryan…

  • PRINCETON: Church makes donations to nonprofit group

    It was 10 a.m. on a recent Sunday morning and members, visitors and friends of the historic Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church (WSPC) had gathered for their weekly service at the corner on Witherspo    It was 10 a.m. on a recent Sunday morning and members, visitors and friends of the historic Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church (WSPC)…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Stephanie Berman 5K: A run to remember