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  • Schools’ Web site not complete

    Mark Bradley, Bleecher Street Dear Manville Board of Education members:    I was happy to see the progress of facility upgrades on the main page of the district Web site. I was also extremely disappointed that the administration did not see fit to inform the viewers of this site that this project was funded by grants…

  • United Way touts Alzheimer’s Association

    RoseAnn Slawson, Board member, United Way of Monmouth County To the editor:    I would like to go back a few months and spotlight the works of the Alzheimer’s Association, whose recognition month is November. Their formal mission statement is “to enhance care and support for individuals, their families and caregivers, and to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease…

  • Video game teaches life-saving information

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    Who would have thought that playing a video game is a life-saving event?    For Paxton Galvanek, of South Main Street, that description became a reality after he used medical skills he learned while playing “America’s Army” — a video game designed to give civilians a look into Army life to…

  • Princeton Area Community Groups

    Alzheimer’s Association Greater New Jersey Chapter 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251 Denville, NJ 07834 (800) 883-1180 www.alz.org Chapter President and CEO: Patricia Lombreglia Meetings: Numerous support group meetings. Call for further information and local groups. Provides support and assistance to those affected by Alzheimer’s disease in 14 New Jersey counties. Services include a telephone Helpline,…

  • Traffic light work to begin in spring

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    South Brunswick officials say that improvements to the intersection of Deans Rhode Hall and Fresh Ponds roads will begin in the spring.    The township had been waiting on permission from the state Department of Environmental Protection to execute a land swap with the state that will allow for the widening…

  • DISPATCHES: Issues of fairness and traffic

    by Hank Kalet, Managing Editor    Residents living in the Route 1 and Route 130 corridors have a right to be doubly skeptical of the governor’s debt restructuring plan.    That’s because the proposal calls for dramatic toll hikes on the state’s three toll roads instituted over the next 14 years, increases that could push some traffic…

  • Grace A. Ferri

       YARDVILLE — Grace A. Ferri died Jan. 11 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. She was born in Trenton and had been a Yardville resident most of her life. During her lifetime she worked at Food Fair and Acme Markets. She loved Atlantic City, the lottery and had a very colorful vocabulary.    Daughter…

  • Olympic Committee names Jessica Galli Paralympian of the Year

    Olympic Committee names Jessica Galli Paralympian of the Year

    Jessica Galli’s accomplishments earned her the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Paralympian of the Year honor. Photos courtesy of Jessica Galli

  • County names local residents to new energy advisory council

    by Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Somerset County is taking another step in the worldwide effort to be more energy efficient, creating a committee with the sole purpose of looking towards promoting alternative energy sources and conserving non-renewable resources.    The Somerset County Energy Council, which was introduced by Freeholder Jack Ciattarelli, appointed 11 members when it…