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  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Budget deal not a long-term fix

    Crisis is not over for good By: Hank Kalet    The budget crisis is over.    At least for the moment.    The governor and leaders of both houses of the state Legislature pulled the state back from the precipice after a six-day shutdown, crafting a budget that raises the sales tax, but the budget will fix the…

  • MCCC certificate programs benefit many fields

    Center for Continuing Studies offers partnerships with area companies. By: Lauren Otis    Whatever your profession — information technology to interior design — it is a fair guess that Mercer County Community College has a certification program that will give you valuable training and credentials to advance in your field.    For the past decade or so,…

  • Letters

    Abolish ‘home rule’    There is only one way to solve the school/property tax issue, and that is to put an end to "home rule."    We should eliminate the hundreds of school districts and consolidate them into 21 county school districts. The New York Times ran a story about school superintendents with salaries over $200,000 in…

  • Kathryn Enyedy

       Kathryn Cramer Enyedy, 86, of Monroe, died Saturday, July 8, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Livingston, Mont., she had lived in the Princeton area many years, moving to Rossmoor 18 years ago.    Ms. Enyedy retired from Princeton University and had worked in the Chemistry Department.    Her husbands, James F. Cramer and…

  • East Windsor business woman is awarded statewide honor

    NJ Association of Women Business Owners recognizes Linda Richter. By: Lauren Otis    Linda Richter, president of Personal Paperwork Solutions and More Inc., based in East Windsor, has been named 2006 Business Woman of the Year for the State of New Jersey, by the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners.    Ms. Richter was chosen by…

  • Local rock band to take the stage

    Village Park concert series continues By: Jessica Beym    Village Park will be rocking tonight (Friday) when local teenage band Stump and a Jersey City cover band hit the stage.    The concert, slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. near the gazebo, is the second event of the Board of Recreation’s Free Summer Concert Series.    The Acoustaholics,…

  • C-P softball headed in right direction

    By: Rich Fisher    LAWRENCE — Last Friday marked the end of the District 12 season for the Cranbury-Plainsboro 12-year-old softball team, but manager Russ Nelson doesn’t think it’s the end of C-P’s success in district play.    "Our program has really come around the last few years," Nelson said. "We’re proud of their competitiveness. We’ve got…

  • Petty guides H-EW 13’s to District One title

    By: Sean Moylan    Steven Kowalski has an unwavering faith in his teammates on the Hightstown-East Windsor 13-year-old Babe Ruth baseball team.    That faith, combined with a nasty curveball, enabled Kowalski to pitch Hightstown-East Windsor to an 11-1 win over Lawrence in the Babe Ruth District One championship game played at the Trenton Babe Ruth Complex…

  • OBITUARIES, July 14, 2006

    Samuel Thurm, Elaine H. Wert Samuel Thurm Advertising executive     Samuel Thurm, an advertising executive whose career spanned five decades, died Monday following a long illness. He was 88.    Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of a tailor, he attended Erasmus Hall High School, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1939, and went to Columbia Business…