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  • Jewish Heritage Night Feb. 9 at Titans Game

    By HaR Sinai Har Sinai Families Headed to Trenton Titans Game Hopewell Twp. – Har Sinai Temple families will be joining "Jewish Heritage Night" at the Trenton Titans hockey game the night of Feb. 9. The game will be a face-off between the Kalamazoo Wings and will begin at 7:35 p.m. at the Sun National…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Police Beat

    Police blotter items from Allentown and Robbinsville Allentown    Alexandra Gonzalez, 18, of Cream Ridge, was charged with driving while suspended after a motor vehicle stop on South Main Street at 6 p.m., Jan. 12, police said. Robbinsville    Toga Roberts, 21, of Hamilton was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after a motor vehicle stop at…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Student entrepreneurs head to national tournament

    ROBBINSVILLE: Student entrepreneurs head to national tournament

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ROBBINSVILLE — Six Robbinsville High School students, who recently swept the regional Virtual Enterprises National Business Plan Competition, now are getting fired up to pitch their virtual snack company at the national championships.    The RHS team of Nicole DeMentri, Ryan Febles, Lauren Fischer, David Pastuna, Victoria Sankey and Brandon Snyder…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Rockettes/Rocket on stage this weekend

    HILLSBOROUGH: Rockettes/Rocket on stage this weekend

    The Rockettes/Rocket dancers pictured are, from left, Agnes Zamory, Mary Buckshaw, Rose Profita, Doris Bracht, Mary Rego, Nancy Bertin, May Duttenhoeffer, Matt Bolink, June Ondrejik, Mary Neal, Sandy Bolink, Estelle Julian, Carol Wetzel, Charlotte Politi, Jo Janiec, Carmen Mendaro and Sylvia Jaeger. (Not pictured are Mary Lou Reinhardt, Dot Ryan and Nancy Sternadori.

  • MCCC Gallery to Kick Off County’s 175th Anniversary with "Mapping Mercer!" Exhibit Jan. 23 to Feb. 14

    MCCC Gallery to Kick Off County’s 175th Anniversary with "Mapping Mercer!" Exhibit Jan. 23 to Feb. 14

    A Mercer County map circa 1860 is part of “Mapping Mercer!”, an exhibit at the MCCC Gallery that kicks of a yearlong celebration of Mercer County’s 175th anniversary.

  • LAWRENCE: Local boy 2nd in Princeton essay contest

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Evan Monfre was planning to go on a brief vacation with his family for the long Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend.    But those plans were changed when the family learned that Evan’s essay earned second place in Princeton University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration. Instead, Evan attended…

  • ALLENTOWN: $1.2 million shortfall forecast in next school budget

    State school aid levels for 2013-2014 wll be critical By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    ALLENTOWN — The Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education released preliminary projections for the 2013-14 budget that show expenses exceeding revenues by $1.27 million, due mostly to declining tuition revenue from Millstone.    ”That’s our challenge right now. We either need additional…

  • HUNTERDON: Chamber assesses state of business community

       The Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce is looking for your input to help gauge the state of the business climate here in Hunterdon County.    The chamber has opened an online survey at www.hunterdon-chamber.org asking a series of questions about doing business in Hunterdon County. The hope is to have as many businesses and organizations as…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: State Labor Commissioner expected in town Thursday

        State Department of Labor Commissioner Harold J. Wirths is expected to visit Hurricane Sandy damage tour sites in Hillsborough today, Thursday.     He will look at places cleaned up with manpower provided by the state government and paid for by a federal grant.     Mr. Wirths is slated to arrive at 1:30 p.m., and…