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  • LAMBERTVILLE: Extreme cold cancels Winter Festival parade

    LAMBERTVILLE: Extreme cold cancels Winter Festival parade

    Phil McAuliffe Don Harrison of Fear No Ice from Philadelphia works on an ice sculpture in Lambertville on Saturday.

  • Peapack-Gladstone Bank Collects Shoes for Needy

    Peapack-Gladstone Bank Collects Shoes for Needy

    By Rosanne Schwab Everyone knows it feels good to help, to make a difference for someone in need. That is why Peapack-Gladstone Bank has geared up for another great effort. From February 3 through March 10 the Bank will be collecting new, clean, wearable footwear to benefit a current fundraising program for Mane Stream, a nonprofit organization…

  • LAWRENCE: Wassailing the apple trees at Terhune

    LAWRENCE: Wassailing the apple trees at Terhune

    Sunday’s Wassailing of the Trees Party at Terhune Orchards featured live festive music by Spiced Punch. Rebecca Nowalski photo

  • LAWRENCE: Rider president to retire in 2015

    Rider University President Mordechai Rozanski is going to retire, effective July 31, 2015, after serving 12 years at the helm of the university.    Rider University President Mordechai Rozanski is going to retire, effective July 31, 2015, after serving 12 years at the helm of the university.    Dr. Rozanski, who has served as Rider University’s president…

  • Practice civility, compassion in our lives

    Victor Murray, Lawrenceville To the editor: There are so many unique things about the American culture. Perhaps it’s is something that still resonates from our historical heritage of new beginnings, discovery and shared circumstances. Though all our legacies can be traced back to differing cultural backgrounds, what was once referred to as “a melting pot”…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: The back story on the understory

    by Michele Byers ”Not being able to see the forest for the trees” means we’re focusing so much on small things we don’t see the bigger picture.    But sometimes the opposite is true — we see the forest, but don’t comprehend the smaller components that make up a forest ecosystem.    Bicyclist and author Michael Heffler,…

  • REGION: Local officials offer winter safety tips

    Public safety officials caution residents after yet another winter storm hits the area. by Amy Batista, Special Writer Residents were left digging their way out of a foot of snow in some areas last week after being hit by yet another winter storm.    For municipal officials and emergency response personnel continued advance planning and timely…

  • MANVILLE: There’s a place at table for Vietnam War soldiers

    MANVILLE: There’s a place at table for Vietnam War soldiers

    Commander Charles Goodyear leads a part of the remembrance service for prisoners of war and missing in action. (Photo by Mary Ellen Day)

  • HILLSBOROUGH: We’re ranked again, this time for safety

    Hillsborough is 19th safest town in New Jersey By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    Hillsborough officials are touting another “ranking” feather in the community cap.    This time the tag comes from SafeWise, which calls itself a community-focused security organization that compares home security company websites. It names Hillsborough as the 19th safest community in New Jersey.…