Category: archives

  • Red Cross raffle to kick off gala

       Don’t miss out on your chance to win one of four exciting prizes as part of the 2004 Red Cross Raffle. Raffle tickets make a great gift idea for any occasion. The Red Cross Raffle grand prize is a 2004 Volvo XC-90. Second through fourth place prizes are a Miele Fabric Care System, a Miele…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of Dec. 16-18. FINANCIAL SERVICES    Amper, Politziner & Mattia, Certified Public Accountants have announced that Shari L. Hartstein has joined the firm as a senior manager in the insolvency and asset recovery practice. With more than 20 years of experience at regional and international accounting and consulting firms, she has focused her career in…

  • Dec. 16, 5:27 p.m.: Some hot rock and raunchy roll

    New Jet single is one hot bit of rock and roll. By: Hank Kalet    Has anyone heard the new single by Jet called "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"? Man, the song flat-out burns. It is a massively derivative bit of rock and roll, a riff-heavy stomp full of attitude and Stooges-era crunch that sucks…

  • Retirement community opening in Montgomery

    After considerable scrambling by officials, new residents began moving in at Stonebridge on Monday. By: David Campbell    MONTGOMERY — Officials scrambled Monday to hasten the opening of the Stonebridge continuing-care retirement community off Montgomery Road to permit new residents to begin moving in.    A temporary certificate of occupancy was issued late in the day following…

  • Terror target?

    University officials downplay danger after raid by anti-terrorism task force finds map of campus in Philadelphia apartment. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton University is taking no special precautions after a "blueprint-size" map of the campus was found during a raid of a Philadelphia apartment by the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force.    The university was notified last…

  • Dec. 16, 5:05 p.m.: Ann Coulter strikes fear into the hearts of toy buyers

    Chapter 14 of "Proof Positive that the Apocalypse is Upon Us." By: Hank Kalet    So here it is, another painful example that we are, in fact, facing the apocalypse: the Ann Coulter doll.    She may not walk, but she definitely talks, and like the real, live conservative attack dog, what she says is guaranteed to…

  • Job seekers find support as holidays approach

    Some experts say this is a good time to step up the pace. By: Sue Repko    With 8.7 million Americans still out of work and the national unemployment rate hovering at 5.9 percent, it might be tempting for job seekers to throw up their hands and take a few weeks off from the job search…

  • EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT

    Frank Quirk, Opinion Research Corporation. NAME: Frank Quirk TITLE: President COMPANY: Opinion Research Corporation EMPLOYEES: 1700 worldwide EDUCATION: Cornell University, B.A.,1962, M.B.A.,1964 HOMETOWN: Alexandria, Va. THUMBNAIL SKETCH: CEO of ORC Macro, a unit of ORC, since 1980; and recently appointed president of ORC How would you describe ORC’s core set of values and mission in…

  • Wyckoff and Cardinal

    Emma F. Wyckoff    Emma F. Wyckoff, 86, died Sunday at Hamilton Continuing Care.    Born in Somerville, Mrs. Wyckoff had lived most of her life in the Hopewell area.    She was a homemaker and a longtime member of the Hopewell Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.    Preceded in death by her parents Peter and Bertha Perrine and her…