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  • FLORENCE: Township residents among alleged ID theft victims

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    A Philadelphia man has been charged with stealing the identity of more than 50 victims, potentially dozens of them Florence residents, and using fraudulent credit cards to steal more than $42,000.    Michael Simpson, 44, was charged Sept. 4 in Marple Township, Pa., with 11 counts of identity theft and 25…

  • Local Princeton Nurse Goes Global As Nurse Ambassador to China

    Local Princeton Nurse Goes Global As Nurse Ambassador to China

    Grace Asagra Stanley FEATURE NEWS RELEASE Local Princeton Nurse Goes Global As Nurse Ambassador to China Grace Asagra Stanley, a local resident of Princeton, with over 30 years of professional nursing experience, recently visited China for 10 days with 25 other Nurse Ambassadors for the purpose of sharing ideas and knowledge and to strengthen relationships…

  • Film Review

    Film Review

    ‘The Greatest Pet Rescue Ever’ Elise Nakhnikian ONE of the few unexamined aspects of the bureaucratic bungling that made such a disaster of Hurricane Katrina is what happened to the pets refugees were forced to leave behind. That’s the subject of An American Opera: The Greatest Pet Rescue Ever!, which will be screened Oct. 1…

  • STOCKTON: Preservation group eyed for borough

    Oct. 12 is date for public hearing By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    STOCKTON — The Borough Council will hold a public hearing Oct. 12 to discuss the establishment of a new Historic Preservation Commission.    It is possible council members will cast a final vote on the ordinance that would create the commission directly after the…

  • KESSLER INSTITUTE TO HOLD SECOND ANNUAL ADAPTED RECREATION EXPO

    By irene Maslowski KESSLER INSTITUTE TO HOLD SECOND ANNUAL ADAPTED RECREATION EXPO West Orange, NJ- The Recreation Therapy Department of Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (www.kessler-rehab.com) invites people of all abilities to explore new activities, participate in a variety of sports and games, and learn about networking and support group opportunities at the second annual Adapted…

  • MANSFIELD: Writer’s new work takes kids on tour of N.J.

    MANSFIELD: Writer’s new work takes kids on tour of N.J.

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — In her latest book, local author Lisa Funari Willever is taking the chance to shine the literary spotlight on a few local landmarks.    ”Nicky Fifth’s Passport to the Garden State” is the fourth book in her Nicky Fifth series, was released Saturday. Her newest work adds a novel…

  • FACT hosts AIDS Walk Sunday in New Hope

    Route takes participants north along the canal towpath in Lambertville to Stockton, where it crosses the bridge to Center Bridge, Pa., continuing south along the Pennsylvania towpath to New Hope and finishing at the    FACT Bucks County will hold its tenth annual New Hope-Lambertville AIDS Walk on Sept. 27 rain or shine. The 10K (6.2…

  • FLORENCE: Police officer hurt in crash Monday

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    FLORENCE — Authorities are investigating a collision between a policeman’s vehicle and a dump truck that closed Route 130’s southbound side for over four hours Monday and sent a police officer to the hospital.    Patrolman Jason Schafer’s police vehicle and a dump truck driven by Melvin Watson collided at 11:54…

  • LAWRENCE: Conversation continues in series of four meetings

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     School district officials and community members will gather Wednesday night to take the next step in the “community conversation” begun last spring.     The 7 p.m. meeting — the first in a series of four meetings over the next eight months — will be held in the Lawrence High…