Category: archives
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Gardeners donate fruits, vegetables to combat hunger
By Jen Samuel,Managing Editor HIGHTSTOWN — Does your garden rock? Rise, a non-profit organization that fights poverty, recently initiated a new program that encourages locals to donate fresh fruits and vegetables harvested from their own gardens. ”This is the time of year that people have their gardens overflowing,” said Leslie Koppel, executive director at Rise,…
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MONROE: 6 million paper clips illustrate deaths
Casey Condra, who was featured in the film, “Paper Clips,” addresses a crowd at Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe on Monday.
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Volunteers sought
NEWSWIRE The American Red Cross of Central New Jersey is in “desperate need” for volunteers to support its Meals on Wheels program. Red Cross Meals on Wheels volunteers deliver meals to homebound and elderly people in Hightstown, East Windsor, Cranbury, West Windsor and Princeton. Potential volunteers are urged to contact Debbie Hoagland at 609-951-2120.
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HIGHTSTOWN: Bridge arcs forward
Phil McAuliffe Designer Ryan Rosenberg, of the Greenway Bridge Committee, shows council members the medallions slated to line the railings of the new bridge. The medallions tell a collective history of Memorial Park in Hightstown. (Staff photo by Phil McAulif)
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CRANBURY: Committee turns down sculpture for Village Park
By Heather Niccoli, Special Writer CRANBURY — Although the Township Committee likes the idea of having a sculpture in Cranbury, it does not want one at Village Park. The Parks Commission proposed a generic sculpture of a painter and an empty frame and suggested the Brainerd lakefront in Village Park as a location for it,…
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FLORENCE: Board hires special services director, principal
By Amber Cox, Special Writer FLORENCE — The Board of Education unanimously approved a new director of special services and principal for the Roebling Elementary School on Monday night. Francis Birney will be the new director of special services, taking the place of Donna Ambrosius, who is the new superintendent. The contract is effective Aug.…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Pilot’s condition improves
By Charles W. Kim, Managing Editor Helicopter pilot Edmund Eilbacher of Hillsborough is recovering from a commercial helicopter crash in South Brunswick on July 20. His condition has been upgraded to stable, said his sister, Catherine, at the family farm on Wertsville Road on Tuesday morning. Mr. Eilbacher, 27, had suffered broken vertebrae and ribs,…
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Princeton Seminary Alumnus Seeks to Close Minority Teen Achievement Gap with Leadership Academy at Princeton University
Jacqueline Glass, CEO and Founder, At the Well Conferences, Inc.
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Louis De Lauro, Founder of Juggling Life, Passes Baton to Youngsters at MCCC’s Camp College
From left, Victoria Zangrilli, Max Irvin, Madison Roberts, Sean Wright (back), Luke Watson, Brittney Signore and Matthew Jean-Mary (back).
