Category: archives

  • HEALTH & MEDICINE

       Qforma announced the appointment of Michelle McBreen to director of field operations in the Princeton office. She will be responsible for consulting with the company’s scientific team to design customized project plans for customers.    Qforma is an advanced analytics and predictive modeling company specializing in solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Headquartered in…

  • Stout’s Transportation makes cancer donation

       Stout’s Transportation Service, based in Ewing, recently made a $7,000 donation from their annual golf outing to the American Cancer Society’s Run For Dad. The entire Stout family participates in the annual Run For Dad in honor of Frank Simms, who lost his battle with prostate cancer in 2005 and was one of the…

  • Rider students to offer tax help

       Fifteen Rider University accounting students have volunteered to offer tax help in the coming weeks to individuals who cannot afford professional tax help through the Internal Revenue Services’ Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. Students will provide the services at the Bart Luedeke Center, bottom floor, on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus at scheduled times between…

  • FINANCIAL SERVICES

       WithumSmith+Brown, certified public accountants and consultants, announced the addition of Joanna Ogrodniczek and Caitlyn Chow as staff accountants in the firm’s West Windsor office.    Ms. Ogrodniczek graduated from Rider University in Lawrenceville, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Fluent in Polish, she resides in Hamilton.    Ms. Chow is a graduate of the University of…

  • To Your Health-Dec. 27, 2007

    Exercise necessity for healthy living Dr. Terry Shlimbaum    Why should you exercise?    Exercise is essential to maintain overall good health.    Did you know 60 percent of American adults do not get enough exercise to provide gain benefits? Even more alarming, the percentage of young people who are overweight has more than doubled in the last…

  • Writing with simplicity

    Susan Young’s January SPEAKING OF COMMUNICATION column    One of the most critical skills in business communications is your ability to express yourself in a clear and concise manner. Keeping things simple in our busy worlds, where we are inundated with information overload and too much information — “TMI” — can be a challenge. If…

  • Have kids, will prosper

    Have kids, will prosper

    Cricket Allen, owner of bot beverages in Lawrence, and her tasting consultants, twin daughters Emily and Layla, age 4. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Water users told to continue precautions

    United Water still is eyeing lead and copper levels. By Linda Seida, Staff Writer    United Water customers can expect to receive a letter from the company in the near future with an update on the status of lead and copper levels in the water supply, according to General Manager Jim Mastrokalos.    Customers were advised in…

  • Regina Haig Meredith

    Former Mercer freeholder    Regina Haig Meredith, 85, died on Jan. 18 at her home in Pennington.    Born in Philadelphia in 1922, she was the daughter of Alexander Meigs Haig and Regina Murphy Haig.    Ms. Meredith was educated at Merion Academy, attended Rosemont College and graduated with honors from Temple University. She was one of the…