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  • Three Princeton attorneys found new law firm downtown

       A new law partnership — Lynch, Osborne & Theivakumar, LLC — has opened its doors at 245C Nassau St. in downtown Princeton. The practice is a joint undertaking of attorneys Luke Lynch, Michael Osborne, and Ruby Theivakumar, all Princeton residents.    Mr. Lynch, who will handle commercial transactions, family law, estate planning, real estate and…

  • Charles A. Cassaro

    Investment firm executive     PLAINSBORO — Charles A. Cassaro died Thursday at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was 64.    Born and raised in Manhattan, he resided in Plainsboro for the last 24 years.    He was vice president of E.F. Hutton for 20 years and later worked for Solomon Brothers for 10 years.…

  • Farm events

     Friday, March 7 and Sunday, March 9 — Fernbrook Farms Education Center will host a family-friendly weekend of events at 146 Georgetown Road, Chesterfield Township. On Friday at 7 p.m., the campfire series will continue with winter astronomy. Participants will learn how to locate winter constellations on a complimentary star chart, and a telescope will…

  • Fundraiser planned for fire victims

    Saturday, March 15 — The Columbus Home and School Association and Springfield Township Home & School Association, Northern Burlington’s P.T.S.C. and Bung’s Tavern are co-sponsoring a benefit for the Ferrell Family.   It will be held at Bung’s Tavern on Route 130 in Florence from 7 to 10 p.m.  Cost is $20 for adults, $15 for…

  • WZBN TV 25 in Trenton could close, says founder

    By Lauren Otis, Business Editor    EWING — Small local television stations, like the one he founded and owns, may be destined for the dust bin unless the law overseeing the changeover to all-digital signal broadcasting isn’t rewritten, said Louis Zanoni, chairman of WZBN TV-25 in Trenton.    ”There are four low-power class A stations in…

  • BREAKING: Beef recalled from Lawrence schools

    All beef removed from school menus By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Beef has been taken off the Lawrence Township school district’s lunch menu, after the district was notified it had received an allotment of a recalled beef product. The district received e-mail notification from the state Department of Agriculture Friday afternoon about the pre-cooked beef…

  • Poor economy adds to import of upcoming Mercer Co. economic summit

    By Lauren Otis, Business Editor    The economic news for the nation and the region may be anything but good, but that doesn’t mean that the annual Mercer County Economic Summit wont be a valuable event for area businesses, said Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes, area business executives and officials with the Princeton Regional Chamber…

  • Army expert to speak on Iraq at Princeton U. today

    PRINCETON — U.S. Army Col. Guy Cosentino will speak about the challenges of establishing self-reliant Iraqi security forces in a lecture set for 4:30 p.m. today at Princeton University. The talk, in 16 Robertson Hall, is  “Military Force Planning and Decision Making: Organizing and Rebuilding Iraqi Security Forces.” Col. Cosentino is a career U.S. Army officer,…

  • Joseph Pierro

    World War II veteran     WEST WINDSOR — Joseph Pierro died Saturday at University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 82.    Born in Molfetta, Italy, he came to the United States in 1938. After settling in Hoboken and living in the Hudson County area for many years, he moved to Holiday, Fla. He resided there…