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  • HAMILTON: Students offer lifesaving aid

    HAMILTON: Students offer lifesaving aid

    For students at Nottingham High School, the annual blood drive has been a staple of service to the community. by James McEvoy, Managing Editor HAMILTON — For students at Nottingham High School, the annual blood drive has been a staple of service to the community.    In the most recent drive held Monday and Tuesday 211…

  • Princeton Tourette walk getting serious help from North Brunswick mother and daughter

    Princeton Tourette walk getting serious help from North Brunswick mother and daughter

    By Jeff Weber NORTH BRUNSWICK – Ally Abad was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome in 2009. The 14-year-old North Brunswick native since has endured an extremely bumpy journey full of dead ends with medication and difficulties figuring out special education plans such as 504s and IEPs. But Abad has endured, and now she’s assisting others facing…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR: February 28

    Wednesdays     Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience and musicians are welcome. 609-333- 1230. Mondays     Free Memoir Writing Classes. All welcome. Every Monday 1:30 –4 p.m.,…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: How NJ got its first subdivision

    by Michele Byers Had things gone differently, this state we’re in might have been called New Netherland, New Sweden, Nova Cesarea or even Albania.    But we ended up as New Jersey, a name that honors the Isle of Jersey in Great Britain — and gives us our famous “Jersey” attitude.    This year marks the 350th…

  • LETTER: Deputy mayor touts public works expansion

    To the editor:     After years of discussion and planning, the Bordentown Township Committee took the next step in the Public Works expansion project by purchasing the adjacent National Fence site Monday evening. This facility will provide our residents with a recycling center where they can bring branches, paint, batteries, oil, white goods, electronics, etc.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Police exam draws 620 applicants

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Police exam draws 620 applicants

    Ed Birch photo. Ryan Polay, 22, of Monmouth Junction files his application for the upcoming police officer examination with clerk Chris Slovensky.

  • 7th Annual St. Baldrick’s Day!

    7th Annual St. Baldrick’s Day!

    By Dr. Melissa McCue Local Chiropractors Organize Volunteers to Shave Their Heads to Support Childhood Cancer Research St. Baldrick’s Foundation event to raise money for lifesaving research Lawrenceville, NJ /March 15, 2014 –The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, will host one of its signature head-shaving events…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: How NJ got its first subdivision

    by Michele Byers Had things gone differently, this state we’re in might have been called New Netherland, New Sweden, Nova Cesarea or even Albania.    But we ended up as New Jersey, a name that honors the Isle of Jersey in Great Britain — and gives us our famous “Jersey” attitude.    This year marks the 350th…

  • COLUMBUS CORNER: February 27

    by Packet Media Group Mansfield Township will offer a free pet rabies clinic on Thursday, March 1 at the public works garage located at the Old Firehouse (behind the Police Department.)    Rabies will be offered for dogs between 9 and 11 a.m. and 11 a.m. – noon for cats.    Residents are also reminded dog licenses…