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  • Tax Benefits for Job Seekers

    By Gregg Semanick, IRS NJ Spokesperson The Internal Revenue Service wants to remind job seekers that they may be able to deduct some of their job search expenses on their tax return. Many taxpayers spend time during the summer months updating their résumé and attending career fairs.  If you are searching for a job this summer,…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Animal rescue looks to uplifting event

    EAST WINDSOR: Animal rescue looks to uplifting event

    PET OF THE MONTH: Meet Zuke!Zuke is a boxer mix looking for a home. According to Animal Friends for Education & Welfare (AFEW), Zuke is “a great family dog” looking for a savvy owner who is also a pack leader. Zuke knows some commands and is very willing to learn. “He would be a wonderful…

  • People for Aninals Dining to Donate Fundraiser Jun 23
  • PLUMSTED: New Egypt softball repeats

    PLUMSTED: New Egypt softball repeats

    New Egypt players prepare to greet Haley Anderson (No. 14) at home plate after her grand slam home run capped a 9-2 win over Whippany Park for the Group I state title Saturday. Photo by Michael Franken

  • HIGHTSTOWN: High Marks

    HIGHTSTOWN: High Marks

    SAT initiative comes to town By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — Way Cao and Nicholas Pascullo spent four years preparing for college as locals living in the borough.    They also happened to be students at the Peddie School.    Now, more than a year since both Mr. Cao and Mr. Pascullo graduated from their prestigious…

  • NJ State Library Recognized for Excellence by Public Relations Society

    NJ State Library Recognized for Excellence by Public Relations Society

    By Gary Cooper The New Jersey State Library was recognized for excellence in public relations by the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America at its 21st annual Pyramid Awards reception. The library received a Pyramid Award for its statewide NJ Library Champions awareness campaign and an award for its “Connecting People with…

  • JAMESBURG: Liaison says borough has good balance of businesses

    By David Kilby, Managing Editor    JAMESBURG — The borough has been able to maintain a successful balance between the quaintness of its businesses as well as their convenience, says the new liaison to the Jamesburg Civic Association.    Councilwoman Daria Ludas, liaison to the association, has visited all of the businesses on East and West Railroad…

  • EAST WINDSOR & HIGHTSTOWN: What’s Going On

    EAST WINDSOR & HIGHTSTOWN: What’s Going On

    Community Calendar Friday, June 17    Fresh lobster bash: 7 p.m.; Sons of the American Legion; Maine surf and turf bash at the American Legion Post 148, 895 Route 130, Hightstown; cost $30 per person; for tickets or information, call Patrick at 619-7260 or Hector at 510-8536. Saturday, June 18    Art auction: 7 p.m., Hightstown Elks,…

  • CRANBURY: Town mayors attend Civil War monument dedication

    By David Kilby, The Packet Group    CRANBURY — Several dozen people, including descendents of Civil War soldiers, a few local mayors and Civil War re-enactors, gathered at Memorial Park on Main Street Saturday for the dedication of New Jersey’s newest Civil War Monument.    Donated to Cranbury by the New Jersey Civil War History Association Inc.…