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  • Andy OnCall Celebrates 15 Years of Business

    Katie Boerema FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: For more information, contact: Katie Boerema 423-702-7257 ANDY ONCALL? CELEBRATES 15 YEARS OF SERVICE ANDY ONCALL?, a nationally franchised handyman repair service based in Chattanooga, Tenn., is celebrating 15 years of tackling homeowners? small jobs, repairs and maintenance. In 1999, ANDY ONCALL? began franchising stores across the nation. Presently, there…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Family welcomes ‘Baby New Year’

    By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor BORDENTOWN CITY — Nancy Vail-Archer was expecting a special delivery around Valentine’s Day this year, but her newborn had other ideas.     Louis William Archer made an early appearance at 12:52 a.m. Jan. 1, the first baby of the new year in Mercer County, according to the hospital where he…

  • MANSFIELD: Woman stabs man during dispute

    By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor MANSFIELD — Two people were charged with assault Monday night after a woman stabbed a man at the Riverfront Motel on Route 130, police said.     Jennelle Freeland, 50, of Mansfield, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at 11 p.m. Monday after she stabbed Alton Walker, 45,…

  • ‘The Wrestler’

    ‘The Wrestler’

    Mickey Rourke injects his character with generous amounts of charm and charisma By Elise Nakhnikian DARREN Aronofsky’s latest movie, The Wrestler, appeals to the part of us that gawks at car wrecks. Only this one’s a bumper car pileup, patently fake and not much fun to watch.    There’s been a lot of talk about an…

  • Thornton Named 2009 NJRA Chairman of the Board

    Thornton Named 2009 NJRA Chairman of the Board

    INTERNATIONAL RESTAURANT EXPERT AIMS TO LEAD GROUP’S EFFORTS ON KEY ISSUES IN TRENTON By: Steinreich Communications TRENTON, N.J.—The New Jersey Restaurant Association (NJRA) announced that Jimmy Thornton, director of catering at The Grand Summit Hotel/Hunt Club Grill, Summit, N.J., has been named 2009 chairman of the board & association.  Thornton previously served as vice president.…

  • For the Visually Impaired

    For the Visually Impaired

    Services at the Library for the Blind and Handicapped are available without charge to anyone living in New Jersey who, for any physical reason, cannot read printed material. By Gary Cooper  If asked to name a 12-year-old — any 12-year-old, boy or girl – who created something that is such an important part of people’s…

  • NORTHFIELD BANK MARKS THE OPENING OF WOODBRIDGE OPERATIONS CENTER

    NORTHFIELD BANK MARKS THE OPENING OF WOODBRIDGE OPERATIONS CENTER

    (L-R) Carol Hila, President of the Woodbridge Chamber of Commerce, John Alexander, Chairman and CEO of Northfield Bank and Mayor John McCormac of the Township of Woodbridge cut the ribbon at Northfield Bank’s new Operations Facility located at 581 Main Street, Woodbridge, New Jersey.

  • MANVILLE: Wrestlers start strong

    MANVILLE: Wrestlers start strong

    Freshman Peter Hando goes for a takedown in Manville’s opening tri-meet. Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Barrett tapped for freeholder post

       South Brunswick Township Councilwoman Carol Barrett has been picked by Middlesex County Democrats to replace David Crabiel on the county Board of Chosen Freeholders, according to a report in The Home News Tribune.    Mr. Crabiel died Dec. 1. The county Democratic organization held a special county committee election Sunday at East Brunswick Vo-Tech High School,…