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  • CRANBURY: Pancakes, Santa celebrate holiday, community

    CRANBURY: Pancakes, Santa celebrate holiday, community

    Maddison Lugo , 4, of Monroe, visits with Santa at the Cranbury Lions Club’s pancake breakfast.

  • CRANBURY: Scout adds sparkle to tree lighting

    CRANBURY: Scout adds sparkle to tree lighting

    Landen Jefferson, 4, waits for his sister, Sienna Jefferson, 2, to put “mail” to Santa at the Santa’s Mailbox station.

  • MONROE: Make-A-Wish opens fairy tale castle

    MONROE: Make-A-Wish opens fairy tale castle

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    MONROE — Friday was a landmark day of celebration for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey, which opened the doors to the Samuel & Josephine Plumeri Wishing Place — a 20,000-square-foot castle on Perrineville Road unlike any other building in America.    More than 50 “wish kids” — along with their…

  • MONROE: Recreation to have Grandparents Day Out

    By Mario Edini, Special Writer    MONROE — Being that Monroe is home to a large number of adult communities, many can often hear around the township the common lament, “I don’t see my grandchildren enough!”    The Monroe Township Recreation Department has given all township grandparents an excuse to tell their own children, “I want to…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Hand & Stone spa opens for business

    EAST WINDSOR: Hand & Stone spa opens for business

    On Dec. 2, Mayor Janice Mironov cuts the ribbon for the grand opening of Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa with store owners Archana Bhatia and Umesh Bhatia. The Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa is located in the East Windsor Village Shopping Center, on Princeton-Hightstown Road west of Lanning Boulevard. The business…

  • MONROE: International Food Fest culinary hit

    MONROE: International Food Fest culinary hit

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    MONROE — Friday was no ordinary half day for students at Mill Lake Elementary School.    Parents and teachers were busy lining the table in the cafeteria with a wide variety of foods from around the world for the eighth annual International Food Fest.    Children had the opportunity to taste and…

  • MONROE: Applegarth Ladies Auxiliary to host holiday party

    By Mario Edini, Special Writer    MONROE — Monroe Township’s Applegarth Volunteer Engine Company No. 1 Ladies Auxiliary group is hosting its annual holiday party for children Sunday.    The party, which is intended for young children and their families, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Waterside Villas at 1 Overlook Drive off…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Students earn VFW essay prizes

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Students earn VFW essay prizes

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer The South Brunswick VFW Post 9111 Post presented their annual Patriots Pen Essay Contest awards at the Board of Education Meeting on Dec. 5.This year’s awards recognized Crossroads South eighth grader Ayman Lakhani and Crossroads South teacher Kelli Zicha. In addition, Justin Samuels, a seventh grader at the school was…

  • MERCER: 11 students graduate from state firefighter program

    MERCER: 11 students graduate from state firefighter program

    Eleven students enrolled in the New Jersey State Firefighter 1 Program graduated from the Mercer County Fire Academy of Mercer County Community College during a ceremony on Nov. 30 in Lawrenceville.