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  • MONROE: BOE debates Challenge program

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    MONROE — Even though Board of Education members approved a Challenge Day program for the district by a 6-2 vote May 9, there was still debate on the merits of the program.    Challenge Day, a California based non profit organization, is now set to provide services, people, and materials for…

  • Appreciate work teachers do

    Donna Simon assemblywoman Legislative District 16     Teacher Appreciation Week is a fitting time to thank the dedicated women and men of who have helped shape our children in public, private, special education and religious schools.    Teachers have a key role in the emotional and academic development of students and are notably one of the…

  • Dr. Rothberg keeps history alive

    By Keith Loria When it comes to doing a job right, Dr. Harvey Rothberg considers himself a perfectionist.   Not only when it comes to medicine, but for just about everything he does in life.   That’s why when Dr. Rothberg set out to write a book detailing the history of Princeton Hospital more than…

  • MONROE: Wall Street employees donate time for good cause

    MONROE: Wall Street employees donate time for good cause

    Amy Batista photo Rajesh Agrawal of Kendall Park paints a the horse swing set as one of the projects his team, Goldman Sachs’ Community TeamWorks, offers a day of community service to Special Strides at Congress Hill Farm in Monroe on May 11.

  • Mayor expects positive impact

    By Keith Loria As Mayor of Plainsboro for the past 30 years and a member of the Township Committee for 36, Peter Cantu believes the new hospital is one of the most exciting things to hit the area in his more than three decades in office.   “There are a lot of things we see…

  • Stein Residence Trip to the Lower East Side

    Stein Residence Trip to the Lower East Side

    Lee Greenwald resident of Stein Assisted Living Residence enjoys Dr. Brown Cel Ray soda on a trip to the Lower East Side.

  • EAST WINDSOR: Mayor delivers annual state of EW address

    EAST WINDSOR: Mayor delivers annual state of EW address

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    EAST WINDSOR — Mayor Janice Mironov declared “East Windsor remains relatively strong” and “undaunted in spirit” in her “State of East Windsor Township” address May 10 at the Holiday Inn on Monmouth Street.    She also said her two goals for the year are preserving open space and farmland, which she…

  • New hospital has its eyes on the aging

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert Unique spaces designed with elderly patients in mind have been created at the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro.   Older patients will have extra special care with an Acute Care for the Elderly Unit (ACE) and a geriatric emergency room. Older patients have very different needs than younger ones…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Del Vecchio is ‘Mayor of the Year’

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Mayor David M. Del Vecchio has been named “Mayor of the Year” by the New Jersey Conference of Mayors.    He received the honor at new Jersey Conference of Mayors’ annual spring conference, held April 27 in Atlantic City.    Now in his seventh term as Lamberville’s mayor, Mr. Del…