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  • HAMILTON: Driver in triple fatal accident faces charges

    HAMILTON: Driver in triple fatal accident faces charges

    Hamilton residents Nicole Rodrigues and Samantha Belliveau were remembered at a candlelight vigil Dec. 13 at Steinert High School. The two died in a car accident Dec. 12. Photo by Rebecca Nowalski

  • LAWRENCE: Driver faces homicide charge

    LAWRENCE: Driver faces homicide charge

    The driver of a car that slid into a parked tractor-trailer truck on I-95 south, near the Route 1 entrance ramp Dec. 12, has been charged with vehicular homicide.    The driver of a car that slid into a parked tractor-trailer truck on I-95 south, near the Route 1 entrance ramp Dec. 12, has been charged…

  • Central’s Christmas Store Offers the Gift of Giving

    Central’s Christmas Store Offers the Gift of Giving

    By Cathy Brown  Ewing, New Jersey (December 18, 2013)— A local church in Ewing looked like a toy warehouse having a blowout sale on Sunday, December 15. The main difference was all invited shoppers had been identified as having great financial need this season.  Over 100 families participated from 9 local social service agencies including…

  • COUNTY: Officials offer holiday safety tips

    Though the winter holidays are a time for family and friends to get together, Monmouth County officials are urging residents to be cautious with holiday including candles, holiday lights and Christmas trees. FREEHOLD —Though the winter holidays are a time for family and friends to get together, Monmouth County officials are urging residents to be…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Great places in New Jersey

    by Michele Byers What makes a place great?    The American Planning Association thinks great places are where people want to be — to live, work, play and visit.    Great places are fun, they’re public and accessible, and they’re culturally and historically interesting.    You shouldn’t be surprised to hear that our state has lots of great…

  • HAMILTON: Rockin’ for a good cause

    Ernie White is back with his annual Christmas concert by Anthony Stoeckert, Packet Media Group HAMILTON — Christmas music usually means carols, popular standards, Motown versions of holiday tunes, and the “Nutcracker.”    But for a group of Trenton-area musicians, Christmas is a time to rock — for a good cause.    Local guitar legend Ernie White…

  • The Ever-Pressing Need for Young Drivers and Technicians

    By 1888PressRelease 1888PressRelease – A new NationaLease blog explores the concern many carriers are expressing about the increasingly troublesome shortage of qualified drivers and technicians. In a recent blog, Jane Clark, Vice President of Member Services for NationaLease, one of the largest full service truck leasing organizations, discusses how a shortage of young drivers and…

  • On-Site Enrollment Services Available December 30 at MCCC

    By Jim Gardner WEST WINDSOR – Even though campus will be closed for Winter Break from Dec. 24 to Jan. 1, Mercer County Community College will offer on-site registration services on Monday, Dec. 30, at the West Windsor campus for those who have been unable to sign up for Spring 2014 classes. "As a community…

  • CAPITOL NEWS & COMMENT: December 20

    The following items are taken from reports issued by legislators and other items of political concern. Nursing students    Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Wayne DeAngelo, Daniel Benson, both D-Mercer, Middlesex, and Valerie Vainieri Huttle, D-Bergen, to help nursing students get academic credit for training received as corpsmen and medics in the United States military has…