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  • Big Kohl’s could open in October

    By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Planning Board approval has paved the way for construction to begin in about three months on a commercial center anchored by a large Kohl’s department store expected to open next fall.    The board gave approval Monday night to an application by Hickory Corner Associates LLC. That group plans to…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Follow Lawrence’s lead

    Eliminating pay-to-play politics By: Hank Kalet    Greg Puliti is planning to push the "ultimate campaign finance reform" in Lawrence Township.    The township councilman is proposing that Lawrence follow on the heels of the state pilot "clean elections" program and have the township pay for local political campaigns.    The idea is to move past the current…

  • West Windsor council reverses stance on taping meetings

    A new councilman tips the balance in 3-2 vote By: Molly Petrilla    WEST WINDSOR — In a 3-2 vote, Township Council members agreed Monday night to start tape recording their executive sessions again.    In the summer, the council voted 3-2 to stop taping its closed-door meetings, with Councilwoman Heidi Kleinman, Council President Linda Geevers and…

  • State cash to pay for road repairs

    Repaving, curb repair in the future By: Stephanie Brown    JAMESBURG — The borough received $189,000 in state aid last week to improve three borough roads.    Oakland Road, Fernwood Lane and Front Street will be repaved and have new curbs and sidewalks installed as part of the state-funded improvement project, Business Administrator Denise Jawidzik said Monday.…

  • Early detection of lung cancer

    The biggest problem with lung cancer is that early diagnosis is difficult By: Luis D. Berrizbeitia, M.D.    Lung cancer is second only to prostate cancer for men and breast cancer for women when it comes to new cancer cases in the United States. But it’s a different story when it comes to survival: Lung cancer…

  • Obituaries

    From the Nov. 24 edition Abraham Said    MANCHESTER — Abraham Said died Nov. 15 of natural causes due to a stroke, after suffering from Parkinson’s disease for 10 years.    Born in Palestine in 1924, he lived in Manchester the past three years. Before that, he was a resident of East Windsor for 32 years.    Mr.…

  • Calls for consolidation has health officials in Princeton wary

    Bill in state Senate is opposed by health officer, but commission members want to examine the issue By: Courtney Gross    As discussions of municipal consolidation and privatization of state assets continue in Trenton, the Princeton Regional Health Commission is reviewing a draft resolution that would respond to a Senate bill proposing the consolidation of health…

  • Volunteer tax preparers sought

       The Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness is seeking volunteers to staff tax-preparation sites throughout Mercer County during the upcoming tax season.    Many of Mercer Alliance’s partners are hosting sites but need volunteers to prepare taxes for low-income working families and individuals for four to eight hours per week.    Volunteers must be trained by the Internal…

  • Letters to the Editor

    From the Nov. 24 edition Pohl’s Comcast comments untrue To the editor:     I’d like to thank Cara Latham for an article she wrote about Twin Rivers’ Candidate Night, which was published in the Nov. 17 issue of the Herald.    However, there were certain statements made by Scott Pohl, president of Twin Rivers Board of…