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  • EAST WINDSOR: Police: Local man practiced dentistry without license

    EAST WINDSOR: Police: Local man practiced dentistry without license

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — Township police bit down on a local man’s dental practice this week, accusing him of running it without a dental license.    Lt. Richard Bernstein said Thursday that Andriy Makaruha, 47, who allegedly ran a dental office from his Brookwood Gardens apartment on Hickory Corner Road, was arrested…

  • Huge win for U11 boys team

    By: centraljersey.com The U11 boys shocked the North Brunswick Basketball Association with a 40-36 win over first-place Playhard to improve to 11-6. Leading the team effort were Robby Wiley (8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 steals), Cole "Bandit" Hare (7 points, 3 rebounds, 8 steals), Dom Zangrilli (6 points, 4 boards, 2 steals) and Max Brass…

  • Faith Bahadurian

    By: centraljersey.com What happens when a small town cafe meets a Thai chef? You get Da’s Slowdown Cafe and Noodle House in Hightstown. After a run as the popular Da’s Thai American Cafe in the Princeton Family YMCA, Thai chef Chirada De Toro and her American husband Robert weren’t able to renew their lease when…

  • The Delaware: River of the Year

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    Residents of riverside towns like Lambertville, New Hope and Stockton have always appreciated the Delaware River, and now others will learn to love it, too, as word spreads of its new title: Pennsylvania’s River of the Year for 2011.    Although the designation was announced last month, events on the Delaware…

  • Adult baseball seeks players

    By: centraljersey.com Adult baseball players and teams are wanted for the Amateur Baseball Association of N.J. The ABA is the premier adult men’s (18-and-over) recreational baseball league in New Jersey. For details, email [email protected].

  • LAMBERTVILLE: ‘Bait dog’ is on mend and needs a home

    LAMBERTVILLE: ‘Bait dog’ is on mend and needs a home

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The same qualities that would make a small pit bull puppy a good pet are what nearly got her killed.    Animal Alliance, a nonprofit based in Lambertville, rescued the black-and-white pup after she was left in the snowy streets of Philadelphia. The rescue organization said she had been…

  • LAMBERTVILLE: Fire budget, vehicle OKs are sought

    By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — The election Saturday will ask voters to approve the Board of Fire Commissioners’ $614,637 budget, return a commissioner to office and approve the purchase of a new multi-purpose vehicle for the Columbia Fire Company.    If the budget passes, it would mean an approximately $7 increase for the average…

  • Church hears status report on pastor’s work in Haiti

    By: centraljersey.com Lea Kahn Staff Writer The Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake may have devastated Haiti, but it did not derail the Rev. Luc Deratus’ Harmony Ministries, based in the capital of Port-au-Prince in the island nation. The Rev. Deratus made his annual visit to the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville on Sunday to update the congregation…

  • John A. Heim, M.D.

    By: centraljersey.com Lung cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in both men and women in the United States, with more than 220,000 Americans diagnosed each year. It is also, unfortunately, the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. More people die of lung cancer every year than of colon, breast,…