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  • Night of 1,000 Guffaws

    Night of 1,000 Guffaws

    Honor Finnegan, one of the three singer-songwriters, performing in Night of 1,000 Guffaws in Titusville, April 13.

  • Special Education School Open House and Autism Workshop

    Special Education School Open House and Autism Workshop

    By Tracey Costanzo Flemington – Spring Run School at CEA in Flemington is hosting an open house for parents and special needs students on Thursday, April 4th from 4pm to 8pm and a workshop on “Teaching Life Skills to Children and Students with Autism” on Monday, April 8th from 9:30am to 11:00am. Both events will…

  • Climate change: Topic at Princeton library March 15

    Anthony Stoeckert, Packet Media Group    If you panic at footage of melting ice caps and fear that our planet is headed toward devastating drought, wildfires and flooding, then Stephen Pacala might be able to put your mind at ease a bit.    Not that Stephen Pacala — a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton…

  • Local Businesswoman Leads Middlesex County Race in Raising Funds for Premature Birth

    Local Businesswoman Leads Middlesex County Race in Raising Funds for Premature Birth

    By Elena Bagarozza WOODBRIDGE, NJ – Valerie Montecalvo, President and Owner of Bayshore Recycling in Woodbridge, Twp., NJ, is serving as chairwoman for the 2013 Middlesex County March of Dimes March for Babies in the hopes of raising significant funds toward premature birth prevention and research. Each week in New Jersey, 2,122 babies are born…

  • CEA Hires New Director, Launches New Program

    CEA Hires New Director, Launches New Program

    By Tracey Costanzo Flemington – Stefanie MacCormack of Flemington recently joined CEA as the director of the new CORE Values program. CORE is an acronym for Concentrated Occupational Readiness Enhancement and the initiative is a job readiness program for young adults with autism and other communications difficulties.  CORE Values is the latest addition to the…

  • CEA Hires New Director, Launches New Program

    CEA Hires New Director, Launches New Program

    Stefanie MacCormack (right), the new director of CEA’s new CORE Values program, discusses how the program will build important social skills needed for obtaining and maintaining employment with CEA client Terry Murphy.

  • Two Mercer County Residents Honored at Renew the Promise

    Two Mercer County Residents Honored at Renew the Promise

    Photo: (L-R) Renee Sullivan, Promise of One Award Winner; Alicia Barbieri, Community Resource Manager at Komen CSNJ; Anne Cardello, Promise of One Award Winner

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Things you could have learned at RoboRaiders’ science fair

    HILLSBOROUGH: Things you could have learned at RoboRaiders’ science fair

    Students take on energy, DNA, sound By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Some of the things you could have learned at Saturday’s science fair at Hillsborough High School:    • Thick strings on acoustic guitars produce lower sounds, and thin strings give high tones.    • Refrigerating popcorn at home produces the best taste. Room temperature is second best, but…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Electric savings session slated

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Interested in saving money, residents and merchants of Lambertville?    If so, would you like to do it on your electric bill?    Here’s your chance.    On March 27, city officials will host a public meeting on an innovative plan that could provide discounted electric power rates to residents and…