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  • Outsourcing firms reshaping human resources industry

    Companies offer one-stop shopping for a multitude of HR-related services. By: Melinda Sherwood    There’s a movement afoot in the field of human resources, and it has a familiar ring to it: outsourcing.    No, not the kind of outsourcing that involves the exporting of American jobs abroad, but it’s rapidly transforming the human resources industry nonetheless.…

  • Seminars, Meetings and Events

    CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS June 30 ABCs of financing     Small business owners can learn how to obtain financial support from lenders and investors, negotiate terms and conditions, find out how to access capital at "Financing Business Start-ups and Expansions," a seminar sponsored by the Service Corps of Retired Executives.    Speakers include Robert Small, CPA, of Ressler…

  • Marathon Men

    Cherry Valley’s Bowman, Vernon to play 150 holes By: Bob Nuse    Playing a 100-hole golf marathon isn’t quite the challenge it used to be for Allan Bowman and Jim Vernon, so this year the duo from Cherry Valley Country Club will play 150 holes of golf in one day.    Bowman, the director of golf at…

  • WW-P 13s start quickly in districts

    Open up with back-to-back wins By: Bob Nuse    EWING — In a double-elimination tournament, nothing beats getting off to a good start. That is, of course, unless you get off to a good start at the expense of one of the tournament favorites.    West Windsor-Plainsboro got off to as good a start as it could…

  • Illegal immigrants released on bail

    Two of three men charged with theft for not paying the required Princeton Housing Authority rent are out of jail. By: Jennifer Potash    Two of three male illegal immigrants charged with theft for not paying the Princeton Housing Authority thousands of dollars in rent were recently released on bail, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s…

  • C-PLL 12slook to continue winning tradition

    Set to open play in District 12 tournament By: Rich Fisher    Slowly but surely, the Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League is developing a winning tradition in the District 12 tournament.    It is a tradition that head coach Joe Donohue expects to continue this season.    "I feel that this team really has a lot of talent, I don’t…

  • Plainsboro hotel closes ’80s nightclub

    The Culture Club to be converted to more meeting space. By: Melinda Sherwood    It started out as Polly Esther’s — a retro dance club for fans of the 1970s, complete with a Saturday Night Fever dance floor and full-sized replica of The Partridge Family bus.    Then, last fall, while ’80s music was enjoying a renaissance,…

  • June 29, 5:47 p.m.: Tuesday Top Ten, the year in albums so far

    The 10 best discs of the first six months of 2004. By: Hank Kalet    Top Ten Tuesday returns.    This week, the Top 10 albums of the year so far:    1. Wilco, "A Ghost is Born," exquisite, experimental, sometimes off-putting, but always interesting.    2. Loretta Lynn, "Van Lear Rose," Country infused with a punk attitude.    3.…

  • Princeton Packet Golfer of the Year

    Boger set new standard at Montgomery By: Bob Nuse    Plenty of golfers have had great seasons for the Montgomery High golf team. But none has ever had the kind of season Landon Boger had this year.    "He had the lowest average in my 20 years of coaching," Montgomery coach Charlie Olenick said of Boger’s junior…