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Friday, Sept. 10
By: centraljersey.com Coffeehouse: 7:30-9:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, 22 South Main St.Cranbury. Jeannie O’Neill and Tom Martin play Americana. Cost: Adults $8, children 12 and younger $5. Contact: 609-395-0897; cranburycoffeehouse.com. Saturday, Sept. 11 Helene Cody Cranbury 5K: 9 a.m., starts at Evans Drive, Cranbury. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Cost: $25. Benefits Helene…
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Perone takes softball tourney
By: centraljersey.com Perone Landscaping Softball out of Montgomery Township won the massive 66-team Trentonian Class E-D flight softball tournament recently. Perone went a perfect 7-0 in the tournament raising it’s tournament record to 15-2 over the summer. Earlier this summer, Perone won the Brick Bash for Cash and recently took third place at the Hooter’s…
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West Nile makes return
By: centraljersey.com State and county officials ask that New Jersey residents protect themselves against West Nile Virus. Three cases have been confirmed in the state – in Essex, Ocean and Passaic counties – and Mercer County officials have identified high infection rates in sample populations of mosquitoes, meaning residents are at greater risk. The increased…
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Free flu shots offered to first-responders
By: centraljersey.com ROBBINSVILLE – AfterOurs Urgent Care of Robbinsville will offer free flu shots to first-responders who are employed by or volunteer for Robbinsville, Hamilton, East Windsor, West Windsor and Hightstown during special flu clinics this weekend, according to Dr. Scott Strauss, medical director. Besides free shots for the first-responders, immediate family members who are…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Hot performances
The brass section rehearses during the band camp. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield
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HILLSBOROUGH: Restaurant’s buyers plan future changes
By: Audrey Levine and Eileen Oldfield For the next two years, Pheasants Landing will continue to operate from its Amwell Road location, but the title will be sold to a new owner during that time, current Pheasants Landing owner Heinz Keller said. "Nothing has been sold yet," Mr. Keller said. "For the next two years,…
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Rich Fisher
By: centraljersey.com The Hopewell Valley High football team lost 18 seniors to graduation, but coach Dave Caldwell isn’t too worried about it. "I personally think those guys under-achieved," Caldwell said. "I think this group of (five) seniors and this group of juniors may not be as talented as those seniors but I think they’re a…
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The bloom is off an invasive rose
By: centraljersey.com Mother Nature can be a capricious mistress. In recent years, we’ve seen an unexplained devastation of bat and bee populations. We’ve also witnessed the successful return of the eastern bluebird after years of decline due to competition from non-native birds. But a new blight attacking the non-native multiflora rose has the potential to…
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TO YOUR HEALTH: Take advantage of Hunterdon’s PAD screening
By Dr. Terry Shlimbaum Approximately 9 million Americans have Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), a common and dangerous vascular disease that can be associated with a heart attack, stroke, amputation and death. September is PAD Awareness Month, and Hunterdon Medical Center is joining forces with the PAD Coalition, the Society for Vascular Nursing, ev3 Endovascular, Inc.…
