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  • Cocktail party

     Mercer Bucks Jewish Singles and the JCC of Western Monmouth will hold an elegant cocktail party on Monday, Dec. 24 from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Panico’s Restaurant, 103 Church St., New Brunswick, www.panicosrestaurant.com.  The cost is $39 per person in advance by Dec. 15, or $50 per person after Dec. 15. Checks can be mailed…

  • PILOT program not automatic

    Township to seek state ban of borough’s tax-break plan By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor    EAST WINDSOR — Saying tax-break plans like the one being eyed for the potential developer of the former rug mill in Hightstown is “patently unfair” to the township, “reduces critical school funding” and “constitutes poor public policy,” the Township Council will…

  • On Ice

        The Mercer County Skating Rink, located in Mercer County Park, Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, will be open through March of 2008. The skating center has been completely refurbished. The center offers general public saking sessions, family night sessions, birthday parties and ice time for hockey. Group lessons are offered, as are private lessons…

  • Giving Tree supports agencies

       The seventh annual Holiday Giving Tree program provides gifts and raises money for Fisherman’s Mark in Lambertville and FACT Bucks County.    Holiday Giving Trees are located at the Center Club Family Fitness and Wellness Center in Lambertville, Wachovia banks in New Hope and Lambertville, Sovereign Bank in Washington Crossing, the Lambertville Post Office and library,…

  • Library News

       The South Brunswick Public Library is located at 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction. Contact information for the following announcements, unless otherwise noted, is 732-329-4000, 7286.    International film festival: On Wednesday, Jan. 9, “With a Friend Like Harry” will be shown. For more information, call the library.    Sunday poetry reading: AIDS researcher and prize-winning writer Sam…

  • When Sleeping and Waking Coincide

    When Sleeping and Waking Coincide

    Tom Canny regained control of his sleepwalking, and his life, after being treated at Sleep for Life in Hillsborough.

  • David William Reger

       David William Reger, 64, of Hopewell Township, died Dec. 11 at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Tullahoma, Tenn., he was the son of the late William H Reger and Phyllis A. Reger and his late step-mother, Elizabeth W. Reger.    Dr. Reger received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Western Maryland College, Westminster,…

  • John J. Burke

       John J. Burke, 70, died Wednesday, Nov. 28, at St. Peters University Hospital, New Brunswick.    He was born in Orange, raised in West Orange, graduated from St. Benedict’s Prep, Newark, attended Seton Hall University, and has been a resident of Kendall Park for 46 years. Mr. Burke worked for 40 years with the U.S. Postal…

  • EDITORIAL: Promoting from within

       Joe Hoehman has some big shoes to fill.    The Vikings’ new head basketball coach takes over a team that finished 27-3 a year ago and made a run deep into the state playoffs, replacing Chris Balent, who went 49-9 in his two years as the school’s head basketball coach.    At the end of last season,…