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Mercer County orders auction of six preserved farmsteads
Aerial shot.(Photo courtesy of Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co.)
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Mercer County orders auction of six preserved farmsteads
by centraljersey.com HAMILTON – Six farms owned by Mercer County are to be auctioned to the public this month by Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co., the prominent national real estate auction house, according to a press release from the company. According to the release, the six properties, four in Hamilton and two in…
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PARENTING PEARLS: Pivotal forces: Community support, parental education
By Dr. Mae Sakharov Long before the days when standardized testing was the criteria for whether a school was successful or not, I was co-founder of The Father’s Heart Urban Prep School in Trenton. Our students were the children of poverty, many coming from families broken by addiction and abandonment. Based on what we saw…
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ROBBINSVILLE: 12s win baseball pool
Advance to the Final Eight By Justin Feil, The Packet Group The Robbinsville 12-year-old all-star baseball team fought through stiff competition to come out on top of Pool C in the District 12 Little League tournament. Their 3-0 record against Princeton, West Windsor and Chambersburg moved them into the Final Eight bracket play. ”We didn’t…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Monmouth Junction resident killed in Newark
By Charles W. Kim A Monmouth Junction woman was shot to death in Newark during the holiday weekend and the man responsible eventually took his own life, according to police. State Department of Corrections officer Katrina Owens, 37, of Monmouth Junction was shot and killed while attending a cook out with a companion identified as…
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Get your tickets now for agriculture dinner
The “Celebrate West Amwell” agriculture dinner — prepared by some of the township’s chefs who will use local produce — will be held Sept. 9 at the West Amwell Firehouse, 24 Mt. Airy Village Road. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction. Dinner will be at 7:30 p.m.,…
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LAMBERTVILLE: City’s history is shown on mural
Standing in front of a new mural at the Wells Fargo store are: Joe Gerko, store manager of the Lambertville Wells Fargo store; Jeff McVey, Lambertville historian; Peter Ameen, Wells Fargo Community Bank president; Heather Caroline and Carol Cruickshanks, Lambertville Chamber of Commerce; Lambertville Mayor David Del Vecchio; and Sharon Bisaha, former Lambertville Historical Society…
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HEALTH MATTERS: Helping teens to combat a negative body imag
By Melinda Parisi, Ph.D. Princeton HealthCare System “Do I look fat?” “Do you think I’m attractive?” “Should I go on a diet?” Unfortunately, teens seem to be asking these questions more often and are becoming increasingly susceptible to negative and critical thoughts about their body. This is cause for concern as…
