Author: Central Jersey

  • The True Meaning of Hospice Services are Found in the Faces and Stories of Patients and Their Families

    By Toby Ehrlich STEIN HOSPICE: FULFILLING THE PROMISE TO CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH COMPASSION AND DIGNITY AT THE END OF LIFE Somerset, NJ n Hospice is a program of palliative (rather than curative) care and supportive services that provide physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for the terminally ill person and their family. We bring…

  • Living Local Expo makes a difference

    Living Local Expo Committee     A great day was had by all on Saturday, March 28, at the eighth annual Living Local Expo held at the National Guard Armory in Lawrence. A regional effort organized by Sustainable Lawrence, and the Green Teams from Lawrence, Ewing, Hopewell, Princeton and East Windsor, the Expo was a wonderful…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Girl Scouts go around the world in one day

    HILLSBOROUGH: Girl Scouts go around the world in one day

    Troops tell of other countries on International Friendship Day About 180 Girl Scouts, leaders and adult volunteers came in out of the cold Feb. 27 to warm up with friends and “Take Flight” during Hillsborough Girl Scouts’ World Thinking Day celebration, also known as International Friendship Day. The annual event encourages Girl Guides and Girl…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Girl Scouts go around the world in one day

    HILLSBOROUGH: Girl Scouts go around the world in one day

    Lindsey Carlsen, MacKenzie Anderson and Faith Chicalace take part in creating a mural that was on display in the Hillsborough Municipal Building in March.

  • MONTGOMERY: Earth Day Fair marks a decade of ‘edutainment’

    MONTGOMERY: Earth Day Fair marks a decade of ‘edutainment’

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — This is a landmark year for the township’s Earth Day Fair. The fair, which is organized annually by a dedicated group of volunteers from the Environmental Commission and Sustainable Montgomery, will be a decade old this year. “It’s a really popular event, especially among families with children,” Tamara…

  • PRINCETON: Police use Narcan to revive suspected drug overdose victim

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer Princeton police made their first Narcan save Thursday morning, reviving a woman who overdosed on heroin. Patrol Sgt. Geoff Maurer and patrolman Lucas Schwab administered nasal Naloxone, more popularly known as Narcan, to a 22-year-old woman found unresponsive lying on a bench on the 100 block of Nassau Street just…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Future is not exactly bright for younger generation, he says

    Letters to the editor To the editor: For the current generation on the brink of entering adulthood as well as for the ones that follow it, the future isn’t exactly bright. Though sad, it’s rather interesting to look at what the situation is for those who are leaving high school, with more and more young…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Girl Scouts go around the world in one day

    HILLSBOROUGH: Girl Scouts go around the world in one day

    Girls taught other Scouts how to do the Italian folk dance, the tarantella, at the Hillsborough Scouts’ International Friendship Day program in February. Girls took passports and visited tables featuring displays of other countries’ customs, foods and lifestyles. (Photo courtesy of Karen Briegs)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Even in pain, McDonnell helps others

    HILLSBOROUGH: Even in pain, McDonnell helps others

    Sarah McDonnell, 15, of Hillsborough raised more than $2,700 by having her head shaved March 21 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a national organization that raises money to fight childhood cancer. She was one of 12 members of the Fire District No. 1 team in East Millstone that raised more than $40,000 in the event…