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  • 350 for 50 Writing Contest for Kids

    By Cotsen Children’s Library Pens at the ready…it’s time for Cotsen’s annual writing competition! We challenge you to write a short, 350-word story that includes the sentence, "The image blurred, then darkened.” (just 345 words left to go!). Winning stories will be published in the Summer 2014 issue of the Picture Book Press, and the…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY: Gallery celebrates winter through paintings

    BORDENTOWN CITY: Gallery celebrates winter through paintings

    Artist Anna Wainright poses next to her artwork ’Early Frost’ during the Winter Gala 2014 open house on Feb. 8 at The Artful Deposit Gallery.  Photo by Amy Batista

  • SPORTS CALENDAR: Feb. 21

    Hamilton HSW Fri., Feb. 21    Girls varsity basketball MCT quarterfinals/consolation vs. TBD, time TBD    Boys varsity basketball MCT quarterfinals/consolation vs. TBD, time TBD    Varsity wrestling districts at Northern Burlington Regional HS, time TBD Sat., Feb. 22    Varsity wrestling districts at Northern Burlington Regional HS, 8 a.m.    Boys junior varsity basketball vs. Nottingham HS, 11:15 a.m.…

  • WEST AMWELL: Barn roof collapses, trapping two cows

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Rescue workers freed two cows trapped between an exterior barn wall and fallen debris after a portion of a barn roof on the Fulper family farm on Rocktown-Lambertville Road collapsed due to the weight of the snow on the roof early Friday morning.    ”Both the cows were okay. They had…

  • HAMILTON: Hospital offers insurance signup aid

    HAMILTON: Hospital offers insurance signup aid

    At the RWJ Fitness and Wellness Center in Hamilton on Feb. 15 Danielle Pieloch, of patient access with RWJ Hamilton, discussed the offerings for residents. By James McEvoy, Special Writer    HAMILTON — With deadline to purchase health insurance under the Affordable Care Act just over a month away, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton is…

  • PLUMSTED BRIEFS: Feb. 20

    Free tax aid    The AARP will be offering free tax preparation assistance Wednesdays through April 9 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Plumsted branch of the Ocean County Library.    The AARP tax aide program will electronically complete and file federal and state tax returns free of charge. Though it is offered free to all…

  • REGION: Holt to step away from Congress

    REGION: Holt to step away from Congress

    Nicole M. Wells photo. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, D-12, at a town hall meeting in East Windsor Saturday

  • Princeton Mac Users’ Group presents: "eBooks and More on the iPad"

    Princeton Mac Users’ Group presents: "eBooks and More on the iPad"

    On the same page, in different formats: The Kindle App version of Tony DiTerlizzi’s "The Search for WondLa" focuses on reading gripping textual content with the book’s imaginative illustrations mixed in—seen top, on the iPad mini with Retina display.

  • Montclair State University Choral Benefit Concert

    Montclair State University Choral Benefit Concert

    By Sarah Unger Trenton, NJ—Choirs of Montclair State University and guest artists the Princeton Girlchoir Ensemble will perform a benefit concert that combines traditional and contemporary choral music from secular and sacred genres on Sunday, April 13. The 4 p.m. concert will take place in the soaring space of Princeton Meadows Event Center, 545 Meadow…