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  • Raritan Valley is alive with the sound of music

    Choral society has been singing since 1990 By:Mary Kaempfen Raritan Valley is alive with the sound of music for local choir? ?    Photo by Mary Kaempfen??        James Heard and Dave Fergesen are conductor and president of Raritan Valley Choral Society.? ?    If you turn on your radio to an FM station the first thing…

  • St. James art group slates exhibit

       The St. James Tuesday Morning Art Group will have their fourth annual Art Show during the month of September, at the Mercer County Library on West Delaware Avenue in Pennington.    The works of many local artists will be on display. This year the show will feature "A Study of Doors," which includes several works that…

  • Drug addicts need our help to recover

    GUEST OPINION by Scott Sechrist    Alcohol and substance abuse is a major public health problem in the United States. In fact, in 1999, more than half of our nation’s 12th-graders tried drugs and more than one quarter tried a drug other than marijuana. And, although the consumption of alcohol is illegal for those under 21…

  • LOSAP question will appear on ballot

    Council OKs November referendum By: T.J. Furman The LOSAP program is aimed at retaining volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians, and attracting new ones.    Township voters will be faced with a ballot question in November asking if they approve of a retirement benefit plan for emergency service volunteers in Lawrence.    The Township Council approved an…

  • Township ups pay for crossing guard

    Committee doubles salary for one location By:Nicole Taylor    It pays more to be a crossing guard than it used to. Twice as much, in fact.    The Township Committee last week increased to $16-an-hour the pay for a crossing guard at South Triangle and New Amwell roads. The increase applies only to that specific position.    Deputy…

  • Police become ‘shock troops’ in battles against heart failure

    PBA donates heart defibrillator for use by East Windsor officers By: Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – New machines that can save lives and even tell you how to use them were received this month by East Windsor Township for use by the Police Department.    Three portable heart defibrillators will be used by police to…

  • Holt unaware of yanked ad

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which I chair, recently aired a television ad intended to summarize former U.S. Rep. Dick Zimmer’s poor voting record on education.    In accordance with campaign finance laws on issue advocacy, the DCCC developed and placed the ad without the knowledge of U.S.…

  • Simscak retires from Pennington Market

    He’s Florida-bound … for golf By:John Tredrea    In about 48 hours, Bob Simscak would be leaving what has been, except for a few after-school part-time things he did as a youth during the 1950s, the only job he’s ever had.    "The day after tomorrow will my last day, and I know I’ll feel very emotional…

  • Band camp a high note

    By: Frank C. D’Amico    UPPER FREEHOLD – It’s sort of a boot camp for student musicians.    Last week, 80 Allentown High School students, including 24 freshman and 31 new students to the school district, attended the annual band camp for school’s marching and jazz bands.    Joe Nedick, a senior and president of the band, said…