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  • MANVILLE: Scouts replace flags on veterans’ graves

    MANVILLE: Scouts replace flags on veterans’ graves

    Manville Boy Scouts and leaders from Manville Troop 193 replaced more than 1,500 torn American flags Saturday, May 17, at local cemeteries. The Scouts replace them annually at Memorial Day to remember and honor all those who have served the country. Flags were placed at Sacred Heart Cemetery and St. Peter and Pauls, both on…

  • FLORENCE: Student running to fight cancer

       FLORENCE — Brittany Logan, a 2011 graduate of Florence Township High School and now a biology major completing her junior year at The College of New Jersey, will leave for San Francisco next month to participate in a Run Across America with the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults.    Ms. Logan, among other college-aged young…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: May 22

    Bordentown City    Police charged Cristian Deleon, 20, of Princeton, Andreas Segura, 20, of Hamilton Township, and Jaqueil Waldron, 19, also of Hamilton Township, with narcotics possession on April 19.    According to police, a car operated by the accused was pulled over due to alleged motor vehicle violations. Patrol, police said, detected the odor of marijuana…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Education group hosts golf classic

       ROBBINSVILLE — On May 20 the Robbinsville Education Foundation will host its 11th annual Golf Classic and is seeking the public’s support.    The golf outing, to be held at Mercer Oaks Country Club in Princeton Junction, is again benefiting “Project Lead the Way,” the pre-engineering program at Pond Road Middle School. The event includes lunch,…

  • MANVILLE: One bicycle found, one bicycle lost

    Police blotter, week of May 12-18 A South 6th Avenue woman at 7:37 a.m. May 12 reported finding a 26-inch blue/silver men’s bicycle in her yard, and her maroon mountain bike missing. The reported value is $100, police said. At 3:31 p.m. May 12 a Filak Avenue woman reported being scratched by her neighbor’s dog.…

  • LAWRENCE: District employee facing weapons charges

    Arrested at Philadelphia airport By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A Lawrence Township public school district employee has been charged with weapons offenses after she tried to board a plane at the Philadelphia International Airport May 21, according to published reports. School district officials said they learned that "one of (the district’s) employees, Kathryn Spiropoulos, was…

  • Somerset Medical Center Achieves Stage 2 Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records

    Somerset Medical Center Achieves Stage 2 Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records

    By Becomes first hospital in New Jersey and one of only four hospitals in the country to attest to Stage 2 requirements Somerville, N.J. – Somerset Medical Center became the first hospital in New Jersey and one of only four hospitals in the country to achieve the federal government’s Stage 2 standards for “Meaningful Use” of certified electronic…

  • ALLENTOWN: Village Initiative looking ahead, preserving past

    By David Kilby, Special Writer    ALLENTOWN — The Allentown Village Initiative has been hard at work in its efforts to enhance the borough’s setting and natural and historic assets.    Established last year, the Allentown Village Initiative (AVI) consists of dozens of volunteers that seek to improve community life, especially in the borough’s downtown area, in…

  • Community Park Elementary Students Complete Recycled Wall Mural and Join Eco-Schools USA

    Community Park Elementary Students Complete Recycled Wall Mural and Join Eco-Schools USA

    By Community Park Elementary Students Complete Recycled Wall Mural and Join Eco-Schools USA Eco-Schools USA Welcomes Its 13th Eco-School in Mercer County Princeton, NJ. May 23, 2014 n Students at Community Park Elementary School in Princeton are into recycling – but not just the kind that ends in the recycling plant. Community Park students are…