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  • AT WORK

    AT WORK

    Assistant Construction Superintendent Dave Wolset on the job at the Arts Council of Princeton construction site on Monday. Staff photo by Nick Norlen

  • AT WORK

    AT WORK

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Dave Wolset Age: 50 Hometown: Bensalem, Pa. Assistant Superintendent, E. Allen Reeves Inc. Construction Managers and Contractors Arts Council of Princeton construction site     How did you get into this business?     I started right out of trade school. I went to Bucks County Technical School right out of high…

  • Montgomery Wellness Campaign to begin with nutrition

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Health Department is wasting no time in promoting the New Jersey Mayor’s Wellness Campaign this year.    The Health Department’s first ever “Foods for Health” nutrition seminar series will begin Jan. 15 with a talk entitled “Why Diets Fail.” The four-class series is provided in collaboration with…

  • State grant to aid West Windsor road repair project

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The New Jersey Department of Transportation awarded West Windsor Township a $200,000 grant last week earmarked for road improvements for a section of Penn Lyle Road.    The funding will go toward a course of repairs and additions to the roadway, including resurfacing and new pedestrian and bicycle-friendly…

  • A new deputy mayor voted in at Montgomery’s reorganization

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Cecilia Birge was re-elected to the mayoral post and Brad Fay was named deputy mayor during the Township Committee’s annual reorganization meeting Thursday.    Mr. Fay succeeds committee member Louise Wilson, who had served as deputy mayor for one year and mayor for five years previous to that. Ms.…

  • Adding harmony (and melody) to school board sesions

    Adding harmony (and melody) to school board sesions

    Montgomery Middle School Music Director Bob Violette rehearses with the boys chorus after school on Thursday for an upcoming performance. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • Red Cross to unveil new Alexander Road facility

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The late William J. Noonan would certainly be smiling if he caught a glimpse of the brand-new American Red Cross of Central Jersey Disaster Operations Center and Princeton Blood Donor Center that will bear his name. A grand opening will be held Wednesday.    Besides representing a significant…

  • Area readies for Feb. 5 ‘Super Tuesday’ presidential primary

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Along with its earlier date and inclusion in the “Super Tuesday” round of state primaries, New Jersey’s Feb. 5 primary election promises a few other firsts for the state’s voters — including the ability to vote via absentee ballot for any reason.    Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello said the…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, Jan. 8

    Montgomery    An employee of a Montgomery Shopping Center business reported at 9:14 a.m. Friday receiving a “harassing telephone call” on his cell phone, police said. The employee said an unknown male caller made threatening remarks to him during the call.    Police, Montgomery Township Fire Unit 46 and Montgomery Township Emergency Medical Services responded to a…