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  • Pact for police; mediation for other workers

    Montgomery officers will receive annual pay hikes of 4 percent over the next four years. The union for other municipal workers has requested state mediation. By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee and the Police Benevolent Association have come to terms on a three-year contract, with annual pay hikes of 4 percent, but the…

  • Mercer County, R-Y

    These listings are organized alphabetically. Just scroll down the page or click on the letters below: R | S | T | W | Y Rambling Pines Day Camp P.O. Box 3 Route 518 Hopewell, NJ 08525 (609) 466-1212 Fax: (609) 466-1196 E-mail: [email protected] Internet address: www.ramblingpines.com Location: Route 518, Hopewell Directors: Roslyn Jordan, Robert…

  • Doing without

    Youth group members from Allentown had a chance to see firsthand what it is like to be hungry and homeless. By: Julie Gartland    Our mothers said, "Eat everything on your plate. There are people starving all over the world for the food you have in front of you." After not finishing all my dinner, through…

  • Program captured the Irish experience

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    Well, Marty Bernstein has created still another extravaganza! Before a completely packed house, he presented an early St. Paddy’s Day wonder show. When we walked in, we were all struck by the beautiful green decorations featuring leprechauns, shamrocks, brightly colored flowers and kelly-green grass. Over the dessert table,…

  • Princeton Academy adding two grades

    Up to 50 new students could enroll in the school with the addition of pre-kindergarten and seventh-grade classes. By: David Weinstein    Fifty new students could walk the halls of the Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart next school year as the school prepares to add two new grades.    Pre-kindergarten and seventh-grade sections will be added…

  • Obituaries

    Michael Riga, 72    FLAGTOWN — Michael J. Riga died Feb. 26 at his daughter’s home. He was 72.    Born in Raritan he lived there most of his life, moving to Hudson, Fla., in 1992.    Mr. Riga was a pipe coverer for American Cyanamid in Bound Brook for 28 years.    He served in the U.S Coast…

  • Scroll donation will honor a Purim heroine

    An East Windsor woman is honoring her late daughter with the donation of a megillah, a precious hand-written scroll of the story of Esther. By:Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — Marti Simoes was a courageous young woman who reached out to help others even when she was struggling terribly with the diabetes that eventually killed her…

  • Coffee beans + local scenes = fresh blood

    The Starbucks on Nassau Street in Princeton Borough features a painting by a university student. By: Jeff Milgram    Every great artist leaves a mark.    "I felt that since I’m leaving my mark on Princeton, I’d do a self-portrait," said Princeton University senior Abbie Bagley-Young, 21, whose three-panel mural graces the interior of the Starbucks Coffee…

  • Boating death spurs family toward anti-alcohol campaign

    The family of Ian Kuehns is launching a campaign to increase public awareness of the dangers involved in the combination of drinking and boating. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — The family of Ian Kuehns is launching a campaign to increase public awareness of the dangers involved in the combination of drinking and boating.    Ian was killed…