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  • 760 + COMMUNITY MEMBERS RALLIED FOR THE PROGIN FAMILY IN A BIG WAY!

    760 + COMMUNITY MEMBERS RALLIED FOR THE PROGIN FAMILY IN A BIG WAY!

    Steeplechase Distance Run with many Progin’s Players running and walking!

  • Community Calendar: Oct. 6 edition

    Thurs., Oct.    Mercer County Chamber of Commerce Robbinsville Chapter Networking Breakfast: 8 a.m. – 9 a.m.; Gloria Nilson Realtors, 2346 Route 33, Suite 107, Town Center, Robbinsville. Members $10, future members $25. Call 609-689-9960 ext. 16.    School-age Storytime and Craft: 4:15 p.m., Robbinsville branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Robbinsville-Allentown Road. Class…

  • Award Winning Orchid Grower to Speak at Susquehanna Orchid Show

    By D. Gange Award Winning Orchid Grower to Speak at Susquehanna Orchid Show PENNINGTON, NJ, October 4, 2011 – Susan Gange, owner of Stony Brook Orchids, will present “Growing Phalaenopsis in the Home,” on Saturday October 22 at 1:00 pm, during the 28th Annual Susquehanna Orchid Society Show and Sale, at Stauffers of Kissel Hill…

  • MILLSTONE: Edgar Allan Poe performance and cemetery tour set

    By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor    MILLSTONE — Edgar Allan Poe died 162 years ago, but professional Poe performer Helen McKenna-Uff will bring his works alive for an audience inside the township’s historic Clarksburg Methodist Church in a special pre-Halloween treat.    At the conclusion of the Oct. 17 Poe performance, visitors will take a lantern tour…

  • Letter to the editor

    Praise for Cranberry Festival volunteers Doug Palmieri, president, Downtown Bordentown Association Bordentown City’s 22nd annual Cranberry Festival was held over the weekend of Oct. 1 and 2 and, as usual, it was as rousing success!    As president of the Downtown Bordentown Association, I’d like to pass around some kudos to those who made it possible.…

  • Harlem Globetrotter visits Littlebrook to promote good character

    Harlem Globetrotter visits Littlebrook to promote good character

    By Jenny Walters On Friday, September 23, 2011 "Handles" Franklin from the Harlem Globetrotters visited Littlebrook School to help launch Littlebrook’s month-long celebration of good character.  Handles dazzled staff and students alike with his amazing basketball abilities, all while teaching children about "C.H.E.E.R. for Character": Cooperation, healthy mind and body, effort, enthusiasm, and responsibility.    The program…

  • Somerset County Schedules Flu-Shot Clinics, Public-Awareness Campaign

    Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders The flu season is upon us once again. The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by flu viruses, which can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The Somerset County Public Health & Safety Department would like to remind all residents that the…

  • Engaged In Learning

    Engaged In Learning

    By Judy Springer Research shows that boys learn better with hands on activities, engaged in learning. Grade 2 recently had fun practicing their handwriting using shaving cream on their desks!

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month Kick-off Is Oct. 6

    Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders  SOMERVILLE – Freeholder Deputy Director Patricia L. Walsh will join Women’s Health & Counseling Center (WHCC) and the Somerset County Cancer Coalition (SCCC) in kicking off the Eighth Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 11:30 a.m.         The event will take placeon the steps…