Author: Central Jersey
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EAST WINDSOR: A checkmate champ at age 7
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor Damon M. Copeland just started learning chess six months ago and he’s already a force to be reckoned with. The 7-year-old East Windsor resident took second place in the Let’s Play Chess Tournament in Princeton on Aug. 16. His father, Raph, started teaching him how to play the game…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton Ljubomir Stojanov, 71, of Princeton, was arrested Aug.24 on a warrant. A female shoplifter allegedly stole two scarves worth $62 from a store on Nassau Street at 6:31 p.m. on Aug.23. The suspect was described as an Asian woman in her mid 40s who was last seen walking north on Nassau Street. A Trek…
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BORDENTOWN CITY: Chef brings heat to college kitchen
Chef Matthew McElmoyl starts third year as culinary instructor Chef Matthew McElmoyl has a considerable résumé as a chef/restaurateur and popular adjunct instructor at Mercer County Community College’s Trenton campus. The owner and executive chef of Oliver A Bistro in Bordentown began a culinary connection with the college when Trenton Campus Provost Monica Weaver…
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HAMILTON: Helping Hand
From left, Family Guidance Center staff members Michelle Palmer, Akia Bethea, Dianna Figueroa, Toni Vaughn, Ed Forbes and Risa Brehon, Courtney Kiley of Bank of America, and Beth Hart, Family Guidance Center’s Development Director. For more information visit the website at www.fgccorp.org. Courtesy photo
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CRANBURY: Area schools get ready
Summer is quickly winding down and with summer’s end comes back to school. By Nicole M. Wells, Special Writer Summer is quickly winding down and with summer’s end comes back to school. At Cranbury School, new parent orientation for grades 1-3 will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 2-3 p.m. For grades 4-8, orientation…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Seniors chime in at sing-along
Senior Corner club columns, week of Aug. 29 CHAPTER A Chapter A sang and enjoyed refreshments with Mitch Miller & the Gang on Friday, Aug. 23, in the Senior Activity Room. Our music director led us in song. The quiz was very tough and we laughed as much as we sang. Dust off your baby…
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HAMILTON: Highest award
Local girl scouts present Silver Award project Lea Abreu, 14, and Jennie Collins, 13, both of Hamilton and Girl Scout Troop 70302 presented their Silver Award project “Scarves With a Smile” to the cancer unit of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-Hamilton on Aug. 27.
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ROBBINSVILLE: Papa’s new home is next door to Hamilton
Century-old Trenton mainstay moves into Robbinsville by David Kilby, Special Writer ROBBINSVILLE — A century-old Trenton mainstay has a new location in Robbinsville, but still maintains its traditional Trenton tomato pie quality while keeping the Papa legacy strong and in the family. Papa’s Tomato Pies has been in the Papa family since 1912 when Joe…
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HAMILTON: Organization needs volunteers to tutor Mercer County residents
Training sessions begin Sept. 25. Literacy Volunteers in Mercer County (LVMC) seeks volunteers who can donate two hours per week to tutor Mercer County adults, noting that anyone interested may take advantage of training sessions beginning Sept. 25. ”The demand is so great that we have a lengthy waiting list of people who have applied…
