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  • Local blood donors making a difference

    Volunteers help Medical Center weather shortage faced by Red Cross. By: David Campbell    Volunteer donors have helped ensure that non-emergency surgeries at the University Medical Center at Princeton can proceed despite warnings of blood shortages by the American Red Cross.    The American Red Cross of Central New Jersey announced this week that existing blood supplies…

  • Rider names new president

    Mordechai Rozanski calls Westminster Choir College "a gem." By: Lea Kahn    LAWRENCE — The sign in the reception area outside the Rider University president’s office read, "Mort, Welcome to Rider." Decorative silver ribbons were attached to the bottom of the sign.    That’s how the administrative staff welcomed Mordechai Rozanski on his first day on the…

  • MT SEPA helps meet the needs of campers

    Department of Recreation and Monroe Special Education Parent Association team up to provide summer fun for kids. By: Rebecca Tokarz    Two volunteer counselors sat on the floor in the corner of a classroom with a handful of second-grade campers, slowly weaving their own lanyard projects as the campers did the same.    As they wove the…

  • Formento enjoys JO experience

    Princeton resident is among nation’s best By: Bob Nuse    Just as Portia Formento reached the top of her field hockey world, she came to find it’s time to start all over again.    Formento, a Princeton resident who will be a senior at the Peddie School beginning in September, has just returned from a week at…

  • West Windsor 10s win state softball title

    Dominate field for second straight crown By: Bob Nuse    UPPER DEERFIELD — Even though West Windsor entered the 10-year-old Little League softball tournament as the defending state champion, manager Andy Forsell began this year’s tournament with modest goals.    "We wanted to make it to the elimination round of the district tournament," said Forsell, who was…

  • Lawrence planners approve proposal for ETS expansion

    Buildings to accommodate 50 percent increase in employees. By: Lea Kahn    LAWRENCE — The Educational Testing Service gained the Planning Board’s approval Monday night for a proposed 427,500-square-foot expansion at its Rosedale Road headquarters.    The company projects a nearly 50 percent increase in the number of employees at the office campus as a result of…

  • Republican pledge clearly had its limits

    EDITORIAL    Remember term limits?    About a dozen years ago, just after Bill Clinton captured the presidency and the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, there erupted from the Republican minority a great hue and cry about the need for term limits.    Why? Because veteran senators and representatives had been hanging around Washington too long. They…

  • Young is enjoying new role

    Coaches team into Princeton hoop final By: Bob Nuse    Darius Young has played nearly every role possible as a player and coach in the Princeton Recreation Men’s Summer Basketball League.    "I’ve had the glory and I’ve been the scorer, now I want to see other people have the glory," said the 33-year-old Young, who has…

  • Trainer tastes sweet success of harness victory

    East Windsor trainer Jimmy Takter knows how to be successful with females — especially those fillies on the track. By: Kyle Moylan    EAST RUTHERFORD — Having a father in the business, East Windsor resident Jimmy Takter, 43, who has a farm on Old York Road, started to learn about horses in his native Sweden when…