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  • Blood drive on Wednesday

    The Community Blood Council of New Jersey will hold a blood drive at the law offices of Stark & Stark, 993 Lenox Dr., from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. For more information, including a list of blood drive locations, call (609) 883-9750.

  • Jean Dudbridge Fletcher

       Jean Dudbridge Fletcher, 84, of East Amwell Township died Feb. 19 at Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington.    Born in Lambertville, she was employed 20 years with Rockwell International of Hopewell. She also spent seven years as a trained home health aide in the Princeton area.    A member of the Hopewell United Methodist Church, she was a…

  • University Medical Center at Princeton Recognized by American Heart Association for Fundraising

    The employees of Princeton HealthCare System show their commitment to helping people build healthier lives in many ways – including by walking for a great caus By Princeton HealthCare System The American Heart Association recently honored Princeton HealthCare System’s University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP) as the top hospital fundraiser in Mercer County for its…

  • RESEARCH

       Ten employees of Mathematica Policy Research Inc., a social policy research firm, were recently cited for their years of service to the company.    Employees recognized for 30 years of service were: Anne Bloomenthal, senior systems analyst; Randall Brown, vice president, director of health research; Barbara Devaney, senior vice president, director of human services research;…

  • A grass-fed meat business offers taste and philosophy

    Diane Landis Hackett’s February Family Business column    Recently, I was standing at the meat counter of a supermarket contemplating the labels. I could buy all-natural, organic, grass fed or just plain beef. It occurred to me that even meat is going designer and it’s becoming hard to decide what to grab for dinner. So,…

  • APPOINTMENTS

       Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes has named Freeholder Elizabeth Maher Muoio the county’s new Director of Economic Development and Sustainability. Ms. Muoio will begin her new role with the county on March 1.    Prior to serving as a freeholder, Ms. Muoio was a Pennington Borough councilwoman from 1997-2001 and served on the Mercer…

  • Good Friday breakfast offered

       The Lambertville Kiwanis Club annual Good Friday breakfast will be held at the Young Men’s Athletic Club at 66 Wilson Street St., Lambertville, on Friday, March 21, from 8 to 9 a.m.    Admission is $10.    For information, call Dr. Samuel A. Ollio at 215-860-2700.

  • In real life he plays the guy on TV

    Randy Madden drives the roads of Mercer County checking the reliability of the Verizon Wireless network. Yes, his job is a bit more technical than repeating ‘Can you hear me now?’ By Lauren Otis, Business Editor    From the outside it looks much like any other SUV plying the roads of Mercer County — a…

  • ‘Diary of the Dead’

    Writer-director George A. Romero doesn’t want to just mirror the YouTube generation’s obsession with documenting their lives: He wants to comment on it. By Elise Nakhnikian    IN one of those weird plot echoes that often reverberate in Hollywood, two horror films now showing — Cloverfield and Diary of the Dead — go for realistic chills…