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  • HIGHTSTOWN: ‘Giving back’: Pastor returns to lend hand at Bethany Home

    HIGHTSTOWN: ‘Giving back’: Pastor returns to lend hand at Bethany Home

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The Rev. Paul Rowley spent 11 months in the Bethany Gospel Mission Home and Chapel from 1977 to 1978. He remembered moving here for his Christian ministry work shortly after meeting his wife, Hightstown native Gloria Mazur Rowley.    More than 33 years later, the pastor of the Hammondsport…

  • CSR

    Cathy-MPA New Brunswick Rocks campaign designed by Mary Pomerantz Advertising wins prestigious 2011 Diamond Award Highland Park, NJ — MARY POMERANTZ ADVERTISING’S New Brunswick Rocks campaign recently won a 2011 Diamond Award at the 2011 Governor’s Conference on Tourism for its role in promoting the food, beverage, entertainment, and lodging establishments of New Brunswick, New…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Motorist injured in collision with big rig

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — A Yardley, Pennsylvania, man was still recovering Thursday after he was flown to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton Tuesday afternoon with severe chest and leg injuries he sustained when his car collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 33 near the Turnpike, according to a news…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Alcohol to be sold earlier on Sundays

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Alcohol to be sold earlier on Sundays

    Staff photo by Mary Brienza Buy-Rite Viking liqour store employee Bill Negvesky stockls a display with beer at the store in the South Brunswick Square Mall last week. The store requested two more hours to sell alcohol on Sundays and the Township Council granted the request. Storeowners said they hope to be competitive with Franklin…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Spring cleaning: Volunteers pick up debris at East Windsor, Hightstown lakes

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Spring cleaning: Volunteers pick up debris at East Windsor, Hightstown lakes

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — It was a warm, sunny, pleasant day around Peddie Lake on Sunday afternoon, but as Ryan Mulcahey and 74 other people walked around the lake, they were actually looking for the filth.    After about 30 minutes of wading along the lake’s edge, Ryan filled his trash bag with…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Council chooses Yeager to fill vacant seat

    EAST WINDSOR: Council chooses Yeager to fill vacant seat

    East Windsor Councilman Marc Lippman is sworn in as deputy mayor by Mayor Janice Mironov during Tuesday’s Township Council meeting. (Staff photo by Doug Carman)

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Del Vecchio will not run for Assembly

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — Mayor David Del Vecchio said Monday night he will not run for the state Assembly, after giving it consideration when Lambertville was placed in a new legislative district Sunday in a statewide redistricting process.    The redistricting removed Lambertville, West Amwell and East Amwell from the 23rd District and…

  • Out of the red

    Douglas Kurz Lambertville     There is a compelling reason for getting the legions of undocumented workers on the books and paying taxes. Consider this:    — The number of illegal immigrants in the United States has grown to as many as 12 million, and they now account for about one in every 20 workers.    — Meanwhile,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Resident happy Del Piano is running for board

    By Douglass Cooper, Monmouth Junction To the editor:     I am very happy to see that Pat Del Piano is running for the Board of Education.    Pat is a regular guy who tells it like it is and most of all is always fair. Pat worked for 28 years as a fireman in Jersey City.…