Category: archives
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Holiday Fund drive provides financial assistance
Princeton residents benefit when times get tough "Dear Princeton Holiday Fund, You don’t know how much your help means to me. The fact that there are people out there that care for others and like to see them succeed is a blessing." Theresa wrote this note to Mary Pickens, the volunteer counselor for the Princeton…
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EMS pact imminent; current provider miffed at borough
Council awards $139,000 contract to Monmouth Ocean Hospital Service Corp. By: Kip Berman HIGHTSTOWN The Borough Council was poised this week to award a $139,000 contract for emergency medical services for 2006. However, the company in line to get the deal was not St. Francis EMS, the one that served the borough for the…
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Tax preparation volunteers needed
The Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness is seeking volunteers to staff Volunteer Tax Preparation Sites throughout Mercer County during the upcoming tax season. Many of Mercer Alliance’s partners are hosting sites but need volunteers. Volunteers are needed for 3 to 8 hours per week. Their assistance can make an important difference for needy families, who…
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LETTERS
Big thanks to toys team To the editor: Each year, during the holiday season, the Cranbury Lions, on behalf of the U.S. Marines, collects Toys for Tots in and around Cranbury. The Cranbury Lions Club would like to express their gratitude to the Cranbury Post Office, First Constitution Bank, PNC Bank and Blasland, Bouck…
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Letters to the Editor, Dec. 30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Dec. 30 Smoking ban is a critical matter To the editor: The following letter was sent to New Jersey Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Roberts and Assembly Speaker Albio Sires with a copy to acting Gov. Richard Codey: We are appealing to you to support and put up for a vote…
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Helping those in need
Residents respond to local needs. By: Jessica Beym While many Cranbury residents have lent their hearts and hands to help those affected by the tsunami and hurricane, there are those just a few miles away who continue to suffer every day. And some residents are making sure that those folks are taken care of as…
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Menorah lighting celebrates religious freedom
Menorah-lighting ceremony sponsored by the Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe took place in Veteran’s Memorial Park, Tuesday. By: Audrey Levine JAMESBURG In the sun-lit Veterans’ Memorial Park on Tuesday, a crowd gathered in front of a large white menorah for a ceremony celebrating the importance of bringing light out of darkness. "The menorah is…
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Louis Geijer
Louis J. Geijer, 65, of Cranbury, formerly of East Brunswick, died Friday, Dec. 23, at home. Born in New Brunswick, he attended Fairmont State College in Fairmont, W.Va. He moved to East Brunswick where he lived for 38 years before moving to Cranbury in 2004. He was a former owner and past president of Quality…
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Letters to the Editor for the week of Dec. 30
New county clerk offers gratitude To the editor: Now that the Mercer County clerk’s race is concluded, I want to thank Mercer County voters for their support and confidence in me to serve as the next county clerk. I want the public to know I will work hard every day to make the changes…
