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  • Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County Honors 2012 Shining Lights at Annual Dinner

    Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County Honors 2012 Shining Lights at Annual Dinner

    By Sarah Thoma Hamilton, NJ – March 6, 2012 — On the evening of Thursday, February 9, 2012, Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County (formerly Interfaith Caregivers Trenton), a nonprofit organization serving homebound elderly and people with disabilities, honored Bristol-Myers Squibb, Deacon Ollie L. Green of Shiloh Baptist Church and Rosa Spera, owner of Rosa’s…

  • LAWRENCE: Officials call for restoration of state aid

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    For the third year in a row, Lawrence Township officials have written to state lawmakers — from Gov. Chris Christie, state Assembly and state Senate representatives in the 15th Legislative District — to restore full state aid to the township.    Township Council passed a resolution last month calling on the…

  • MANVILLE: Resident charged in burglary case

       SOMERVILLE — A Manville resident has been arrested and charged with burglary in Hunterdon County.    The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office announced this week that Joseph Kulcsar, 25, of North 10th Avenue, Manville, was arrested after police trailed him from Manville to East Amwell in Hunterdon County. There, police said, Mr. Kulcsar drove into the driveway…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Ship is the star of musical

    HILLSBOROUGH: Ship is the star of musical

    Senior Trevor Nalepka leads the cast in a vocal warm-up before a recent rehearsal. 

  • MANVILLE: Auxiliary set to serve steak dinner

    MANVILLE: Auxiliary set to serve steak dinner

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer ”Spring” is in the air as the Manville Rescue Squad Auxiliary hosts the 10th annual All You Can Eat Filet Mignon Dinner. The annual themed dinner is being held Saturday at the VFW Hall on Washington Avenue. Chairperson Josephine Pschar along with co chairperson Rose Fetchko and the members…

  • New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents Second Annual Women in Jazz Month Long Celebration

    New Brunswick Jazz Project Presents Second Annual Women in Jazz Month Long Celebration

    By Virginia DeBery Wednesday, March 7, at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, vocalist Tyrha Lindsey takes the stage with her quartet. Tyrha, a Cincinnati native lived briefly in New Jersey before moving to New York. She is a jazz vocalist who has a passion for keeping jazz alive now and for generations to come. Tyrha…

  • MANVILLE: Post fetes Manville’s volunteers

    MANVILLE: Post fetes Manville’s volunteers

    VFW Commander Andy Henkel and Auxiliary President Joyce Tanalski present a plaque to Ken Ostrimski of the Office of Emergency Management. 

  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    Funeral home thanks prayer service participants Robert and Stephanie Pecht, Bordentown Home for Funerals    We want to thank each and every one of the people who contributed their time and creativity to the Interfaith Prayer Service at St. Mary’s Church held February 28.    Many thanks to all of the area clergy and community residents for…

  • ALLENTOWN: Get jazzed up at AHS Jazz Festival

    High school jazz bands from central and northern NJ to compete     ALLENTOWN — The community is invited to come out and enjoy the sounds of high school jazz bands from all over central and northern New Jersey at the second annual Jazz Festival at Allentown High School on Friday, March 16.     The competition,…