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  • Mid-size companies fuel state’s heated-up M&A market

    Guest column By: Craig Allsopp    The prospects for sellers of mid-size companies in New Jersey and other states are better in 2005 than in recent years, as more merger-and-acquisition deals of all sizes are expected to close, according to industry participants and trade groups.    This growth will be fueled by continued low interest rates, a…

  • Milestones

    Issue of May 17, 2005 By: Sara Carpenter TECHNOLOGY    Casio Inc. has named West Windsor resident William H. Heuer to the position of senior vice president and head of its Digital Imaging Division.    He will be responsible for sales, marketing and the overall operations of Casio’s digital imaging division, working with executive management in Dover,…

  • Three generations pitch in to help Red Cross

    Extended family volunteers for Meals on Wheels    A mother’s influence lasts a lifetime. Her kindheartedness and compassion for others can be so strong it carries on from generation to generation. This positive influence is evident in the Meals on Wheels Programs at the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey.    Grace Gambino of Princeton began…

  • Quitpals helps teens kick the smoking habit

       In collaboration with the American Legacy Foundation, HiTOPS (Health Interested Teens’ Own Program on Sexuality) has been offering smoking cessation services for adolescent clients since January 2004. The foundation has created an innovative new program for smoking cessation, inviting teens to commit to quit smoking in a three-month "Quitpals" program.    The program is free and…

  • Leading Edge loses $1.3M theft lawsuit

    West Windsor firm ‘sold us a fairy tale,’ Florida company says By: Gwen McNamara    WEST WINDSOR — A Florida-based human- resource outsourcing company has won more than $1.3 million in damages in a recent consumer fraud lawsuit against West Windsor-based Leading Edge Insurance Group.    Leading Edge Insurance Group, part of Leading Edge Group Holdings Corp.,…

  • Help a deserving family of three find a home and not be separated

    ADOPTED!!When Animal Alliance took Mr. Garcia to get neutered his "wife" cried the entire day he was gone The devoted Garcia family (clockwise from left): Mrs. Garcia, Mr. Garcia and daughter, Victoria.    Can you help a deserving family of three find a home and not let them be separated? If so, then the Animal Alliance…

  • Jacob Henry "Harry" Ditmars

       Jacob Henry "Harry" Ditmars, 91, formerly of Pennington, died May 12 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Langhorne, Pa.    Born in Hamilton Township, he was a licensed professional engineer and surveyor in New Jersey. He was supervisor, department treasurer, Division of Taxation, local property tax and public utilities branch, State of New Jersey. He was a…

  • Precious Process

    Winemakers of Somerset offers everything do-it-yourselfers need for success by the barrel. By: Stuart Duncan TIMEOFF PHOTOS/MARK CZAJKOWSKI Jennifer Rems dumps a 16-pound crate of grapes in the crushing machine at Winemakers of Somerset.    On a recent Monday morning, a large truck pulled into the courtyard at 12 Church St., just off Main Street in…

  • Pathway to lake to be done within year

    Path extending from Twin Rivers development to Etra Lake Park in East Windsor should be completed by March 2006. By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — The Twin Rivers-Etra Lake Pathway should be complete by March 2006, an official said, after the Township Council recently appointed Remington, Vernick & Arango Engineers to execute the 10-month project.…