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  • AROUND TOWN: Week of May 20

    Poppy program raising money    The Lt. John Farnkopf American Legion and Auxiliary Posts 401 are holding their annual poppy drive.    Donations for the poppies are used to assist veterans and their families, such as helping hospitalized veterans and assisting veterans and veterans’ families in need. Please make a donation.    Donations also may be made by…

  • Politics lurk beneath budget defeats

    Jim Specca, President, Springfield Township Board of Education    Recently our school district budget, along with 58 percent of the rest of the budgets in this state, was defeated along with our third attempt at an improvement referendum. While current economic conditions along with a general public outcry to control skyrocketing taxes had a major role…

  • Hopewell Elementary earns Signature School Award

    Hopewell Elementary School earned a Signature School Award from the Piedmont Triad Education Consortium. The school was recognized at the December meeting of the Randolph County Board of Education for its significant improvements in a 12-month period. Principal Sharon Harper believes the award is the direct result of Hopewell’s staff and innovative programs. “We have…

  • Readers May Win Sky Blue Professional Soccer Tickets

    By Gary Cooper The New Jersey State Library has partnered with Somerset based Sky Blue, the 2009 Women’s Professional Soccer Champions, to encourage readers to “Read Like a Library Champion” this summer by giving them the opportunity to win tickets to home games at Rutgers University’s Yurcak Field by logging in the books they read…

  • CUT-A-THON

    CUT-A-THON

    Joey Mathewson Cut-A-Thon

  • CUT-A-THON

    CUT-A-THON

    75 WEST SALON Please join the stylists of 75 West Salon + NUVO beauty lounge as we host a CUT-A-THON in honor of Joey Mathewson. Hillsborough resisdents, Kasey LaStella and Joey Mathewson, need your financial support. Their 8 year old son, Joey, an active and healthy child became suddenly ill on April 19 and was rushed…

  • The Center for Training and Development of Mercer County Community College to Provide Training for African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey and the State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey

    By Saveria Symons West Windsor, NJ — Through new one year grants from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD), the Center for Training and Development of Mercer County Community College (MCCC) will provide training services for the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey (AACCNJ) and the State Hispanic Chamber…

  • Paper-Making Class June 5th at Fernbrook Farms

    By Fernbrook Farms Education Center Fernbrook Farms Education Center encourages families to join them to create hand-made paper at the farm on Saturday, June 5th, 2010.    Don’t miss this opportunity to create your own beautiful paper!  This paper making class will dive into the artistic side of paper making and allow you to produce high-quality…

  • Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra "A Concerto Extravaganza"

    Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra "A Concerto Extravaganza"

    Top left: Chiu-Tze Lin, Conductor; Nathan Watts, cellist. Bottom left: Sophia Bacelar, cellist; Katelyn Tran, pianist