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  • Uncharted waters

    Kayak Interactive plunges into wireless gaming market. By: Gwen McNamara    If you’re like millions of other Americans, when the train is late or the wait for a meeting too long, you turn to your cell phone or other wireless device for entertainment.    According to recent studies of the wireless gaming market, more than 22 million…

  • EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT

    Patrick M. Ryan, Yardville National Bank TITLE: President, CEO COMPANY:Yardville National Bank EMPLOYEES: 365 HOMETOWN: Hamilton THUMBNAIL SKETCH: With approximately 33 years of commercial banking experience, Mr. Ryan is chairman of the Hamilton Economic Development Corporation and Fennelly Sons & Daughters of St. Patrick’s of Mercer County; director emeritus of the Red Cross; a member…

  • Congressman carries message home from Iraq

    Montgomery High students join in town forum with U.S. Rep. Mike Ferguson. By: Jill Matthews    MONTGOMERY — U.S. Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-7) spoke with a group of Montgomery High School students about the importance of public service and his experiences from a January trip to Iraq yesterday during their history class.    Rep. Ferguson has been…

  • Bald eagle nest spotted near Lake Carnegie

    Amid continued reports of sightings, state DEP reports it has found a nest. By: David Campbell    The eagle has nested. Repeat: the eagle has nested.    Around this time a year ago, sightings of an American bald eagle in the vicinity of Lake Carnegie and the Kingston lock stirred some feathers in the Princeton area.    Opponents…

  • Overtime loss leaves North boys shy of states

    Hopewell ends Knights’ tournament shot By: Bob Nuse    As has been the case so many times this season, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North boys’ basketball team came close to doing what they wanted. But in the end, the Knights came up a bit short.    Needing a win to qualify for the state tournament for a…

  • West Windsor’s mayor calls for 4-cent tax hike

    $27.9 million proposal reflects a 4.5-percent increase over last year. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — A 2004 municipal budget that includes a 4-cent property tax hike has been proposed by the township administration.    Officials said Monday the $27.9 million proposed budget reflects a 4.5-percent spending increase over last year, setting the proposed municipal tax…

  • Experience helps South girls to states

    Pirates take early lead to reach hoops cutoff By: Justin Feil    Jenna Shaughnessy has grown accustomed to playing under pressure. Good thing.    For the second time in four months, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South senior has faced the prospects of not making the state tournament, and helped a Pirates team come through in the clutch.…

  • Seminars, Meetings and Events

    February 13 Biomedical showcase    In an effort to create more opportunities for academic and industrial collaboration in the ever burgeoning field of biomedical engineering, the Biotechnology Council of New Jersey is sponsoring the state’s first-ever Biomedical Engineering Showcase.    The event, titled, "Bridging the Gap Between Industry and Academia," is also sponsored by the New Jersey…

  • Pirate boys in with win

    WW-PS hoops makes states with final chance By: Bob Nuse    HIGHTSTOWN — As excited as Eric Mooney was for himself on Friday night, he was even more excited for his players on the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys’ basketball team after a 57-50 win over Hightstown put the Pirates in the state tournament for the…