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  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Annual railroad festival set

    The third annual Bordentown Heritage Railroad Days festival has been set for Nov. 9 and 10. BORDENTOWN CITY — The third annual Bordentown Heritage Railroad Days festival has been set for Nov. 9 and 10.    The festival will commemorate the first public running of the “John Bull” locomotive and the successful start of commercial rail…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Palisades on list of places worth saving

    by Michele Byers Which one doesn’t fit: The Palisades cliffs above the Hudson River, the City of Venice, the Sierra de Moeda mountains in Brazil, the island of Mozambique, rock cliffs in the Kurdistan region of Iraq or a green oasis in the heart of developed Singapore?    The answer is they all fit!    All have…

  • MCCC: College to host open house

    Mercer County Community College’s Board of Trustees invites the community to an open house and ease of transfer information session on Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Conference Center on the college’s West Windsor Campus. WEST WINDSOR — Mercer County Community College’s Board of Trustees invites the community to an open house and ease of transfer…

  • LAWRENCE: Scout serving up tables for Eagle project

    Christine Lee, the director of the Lawrence Community Center, keeps a wish list of what she would like to have at the center at 295 Eggerts Crossing Road — and high up on the list was a picnic table fo By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Christine Lee, the director of the Lawrence Community Center, keeps…

  • Upper Freehold Committee in need of a change

    To The Editor:     Steve Alexander may be surprised to learn that the Democrats also love living in Upper Freehold for the very same reasons that members of his party love it – the open space, the farmland, the highly rated schools and a way of life that we are all looking to preserve.    The…

  • Voters to decide two public questions on ballot

    One question involves raising the minimum wage and tie it to the U.S. Consumer Price Index, and the another would allow veterans’ groups to use money from games of chance to support their groups. by Lea Kahn, Packet Media Group Voters across the state on Nov. 5 will be asked to approve or disapprove two…

  • Ghotit Dyslexia – Launches a $100,000 Grant for Dyslexics

    By 1888PressRelease 1888PressRelease – Ghotit launches a $100,000 grant for students with dyslexia and/or dysgraphia that have economic problems. This grant will allow dyslexic students to cope better in schools, colleges, and universities by using Ghotit Real Writer & Reader software. Instead of directing students how to apply to a grant that will pay for…

  • NJ Walks For TS reaches deep into Central Jersey for Honorary Committee

    NJ Walks For TS reaches deep into Central Jersey for Honorary Committee

    By Jeff Weber The New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) is proud to announce the formation of an Honorary Committee for the 4th annual NJ Walks for TS at Mendham, scheduled to take place Saturday, November 23, at Borough Park. The walk will be a day of advocacy, awareness, acceptance and…

  • LAWRENCE: Historic Witherspoon house to be auctioned

    When Tom and Avril Moore first saw Tusculum, the 18th-century fieldstone farmhouse on Cherry Hill Road in Princeton was on its way to being ruined. By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    When Tom and Avril Moore first saw Tusculum, the 18th-century fieldstone farmhouse on Cherry Hill Road in Princeton was on its way to being ruined.…