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  • REGION: Residents urged to take precautions due to cold

    REGION: Residents urged to take precautions due to cold

    An icicle formed with water dripping from the cup of a sculpture called “The Little Vintnor of Colmar” by Auguste Bartholdi at the old Borough Hall on Friday in Princeton. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • COUNTY: MCCC offers high-tech courses

    An improving economy will mean a higher demand for high-tech jobs, and Mercer County Community College’s Center for Continuing Studies will be offering courses this spring to help fulfill those needs. WEST WINDSOR – An improving economy will mean a higher demand for high-tech jobs, and Mercer County Community College’s Center for Continuing Studies will…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Sullivan: Conservation trailblazer

    by Michele Byers ”If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” wrote Sir Isaac Newton in a tip of his hat to earlier mathematicians upon whose work he built.    New Jersey’s environmental movement has had its “giants,” and one of them was Richard J. Sullivan, who passed away in…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Firefighter answers his ‘final call’

    HIGHTSTOWN: Firefighter answers his ‘final call’

    Amy Batista photo. Firefighters carry the body of Fire Police Lt. David Lidke from the firehouse to a fire truck for the funeral procession Tuesday

  • HAMILTON: Township hosts blood drive

    HAMILTON: Township hosts blood drive

    Just a few days before Christmas, township officials invited residents to participate in a blood drive to give the ultimate gift of life. by James McEvoy, Managing Editor HAMILTON — Just a few days before Christmas, township officials invited residents to participate in a blood drive to give the ultimate gift of life.    The drive,…

  • ON CAMPUS: January 9

    Freshman Dominic Booth, of North Hanover, junior Rebecca Keppler, of Springfield, and sophomore Rebecca Schukraft, of Chesterfield, were all recently named to the Widener University fall 2013 dean’s list.    The dean’s List recognizes full-time students who earned a grade point average of 3.50 and above for the semester.    All three students are studying nursing at…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Wintry weather leads to multi-vehicle crash

    ROBBINSVILLE: Wintry weather leads to multi-vehicle crash

    A crash involving a tractor-trailer left one vehicle stuck underneath it, was just one of the accidents first responders faced during a winter storm that blew in wreaking havoc on the roads on Jan. by Amy Batista, Special Writer ROBBINSVILLE — A crash involving a tractor-trailer left one vehicle stuck underneath it, was just one…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK; SBHS hosts winter concert

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK; SBHS hosts winter concert

    Mark Kraft leads the South Brunswick High School Band during last month’s winter concert at the high school on Ridge Road.

  • LETTER: Gov. Christie favors illegal behavior

    To the editor:     Gov. Chris Christie has signed a bill that will allow the children of illegal immigrants to pay New Jersey’s in-state rates to go to the state’s colleges and universities.    Published articles reporting the event quote those favoring the bill, even quote illegal immigrants themselves, but as usual do not quote anyone…