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  • Liquid Church Brings 200+ Volunteers For A 26-Hour Continuous Extreme Makeover of Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchen in New Brunswick

    Liquid Church Brings 200+ Volunteers For A 26-Hour Continuous Extreme Makeover of Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchen in New Brunswick

    By Kenny Jahng Liquid Church, one of New Jersey’s fastest growing churches, led a multi-city community service campaign responding to the urgent needs of various social service organizations. Liquid Church is celebrating its 5-year anniversary in 2012. And instead of presents or a celebration in its honor, the church has asked hundreds of members to…

  • PRINCETON: Knitters perform in public

    By Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writer    The third annual worldwide knit in public day sponsored by the Princeton Public Library was held in Hinds Plaza on Saturday, June 9.    ”The point of the day is to be seen knitting in public and encourage others to knit,” said Gayle Stratton, a Princeton public library staff member helping…

  • CRANBURY: Families cast lines at fishing derby

    CRANBURY: Families cast lines at fishing derby

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    CRANBURY — The Cranbury Police Department’s annual Fishing Derby was held at Village Park on June 2.    On May 31, the lake was stocked with around 400 fish by the Musky Trout Hatchery in Asbury, which consisted of pan fish, sunnies, crappie and about a 100 large-mouth bass, according to…

  • CRANBURY: Families cast lines at fishing derby

    CRANBURY: Families cast lines at fishing derby

    Amy Batista photo Nathan Nydick, 4, of Cranbury fishes with his dad Scott at the Cranbury Fishing Derby at the Village Park on June 2.

  • MONROE: Fire destroys abandoned house on South Brunswick border

    MONROE: Fire destroys abandoned house on South Brunswick border

    Photo courtesy Jamesburg Fire Department. Firefighters from Jamesburg and South Brunswick battle a blaze that destroyed an abandoned farmhouse on Route 535 June 4.

  • MONROE: When wishes come true

    MONROE: When wishes come true

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    MONROE — Make-A-Wish New Jersey hosted more than a dozen members of the New York football Giants rookie draft class at the Samuel & Josephine Plumeri Wishing Place on June 6.    ”The New York Giants have always set the bar for how we would hope professional sports teams would grant…

  • MONROE: When wishes come true

    MONROE: When wishes come true

    Amy Batista photo New York Giants team members meet children from Make A Wish Foundation New Jersey last weekend.

  • CRANBURY: Nurse opposes concussion test costs

    By Kaitlyn Kanzler, Special Writer    CRANBURY – School nurse Barbara O’Connell recommended that the school should not do imPACT testing for concussions for middle school students at the Cranbury Township Board of Education meeting this week.    According to Ms. O’Connell, it would not be fiscally responsible to do this testing because it is focused on…

  • CRANBURY: School bus driver Kaye Davison reaches end of the road

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    CRANBURY — Longtime Cranbury Board of Education bus driver Kaye Davison will be reaching the end of her road career at the end of this month.    Ms. Davison will complete her last bus run on June 18 and will officially retire on June 30 after 42 years driving for the…