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  • MANVILLE: Raritan Valley awards degrees, certificates to 1,190

       Raritan Valley Community College awarded associate degrees and certificates to about 1,190 graduates at its commencement Saturday, May 19, on the college’s soccer field.    Dr. Greg Olsen, a research scientist and entrepreneur who was the third private citizen to orbit the earth on the International Space Station (ISS), delivered the commencement address and received an…

  • Princeton Cyclist Completes 1,800 Mile Solo Ride For

    Princeton Cyclist Completes 1,800 Mile Solo Ride For

    By Aileen Kornblatt On April 23rd, Princeton, New Jersey resident John LaBosco began his 1,800 mile solo bike journey up the East coast to raise money and awareness for Eden Autism Services, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with autism and their families. Starting at Eden’s school in Ft. Myers,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: New ink cartridge store opens

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: New ink cartridge store opens

    Ed Birch photo. Cartridge World franchisees John and T.J. Applegate, of Ewing, stand in front of the new store in the South Brunswick Square Mall on Route 1 in Monmouth Junction.

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ 2004 time capsule is dug up

    HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ 2004 time capsule is dug up

    Stefanie Perlitz and Victoria Walega hold a 2012 sign that was buried in the time capsule when she was in fourth grade. Below, a group of students search for the time capsule buried in the courtyard of Woods Road Elementary. (Photo by Margaret Rothblatt)

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Flag deserves respect

    By John O’ Sullivan, South Brunswick Township Councilman To the editor:     Attending the Princeton Memorial Day weekend parade was truly a great part of the American tradition.    Watching our veterans, active duty personnel, boy and girl scouts, Revolutionary War re-enactors and members of other organizations pass by was great.    However, as a veteran, I…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Son runs 1,000 miles to help his dad, others fight Parkinson’s Disease

    HILLSBOROUGH: Son runs 1,000 miles to help his dad, others fight Parkinson’s Disease

    By Peter Sclafani, Special Writer    The room is dark. It is the middle of the night, and James Mangini III is lying in his bed when suddenly his eyes open widely, and he thinks “Run.”    Almost 1,000 miles away his father, James Mangini Jr., is in his bed in Hillsborough. The next morning, he is…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Fire destroys abandoned house

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Fire destroys abandoned house

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

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Principal changes schools, accepts new challenge

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Principal changes schools, accepts new challenge

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer    Glenn Famous, Principal for nearly the past 20 years at Kendall Park’s Cambridge Elementary School, will be leaving at the end of the school year to become the new Principal of Crossroads South Middle School.    Bonnie Capes, presently the district’s Director of Professional Development, will succeed Mr. Famous. Both appointments…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: ‘Idea Factory’ author to speak at library

    Book is about innovation era at Bell Labs    At 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, Jon Gertner will talk about his book, “The Idea Factory,” a narrative that dissects the history of New Jersey’s Bell Labs, the incubator and center of America’s innovative brilliance of the last century.    Copies of the book will be available for…