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  • PRINCETON: UMC chief schools Chinese on hospital construction

    PRINCETON: UMC chief schools Chinese on hospital construction

    Picasa 3.0 Princeton HealthCare System CEO Barry Rabner and his wife Amy outside an outpatient facility providing traditional medical care in Beijing, China.

  • PRINCETON: Pelosi visits UMC, touts health reform bill

    PRINCETON: Pelosi visits UMC, touts health reform bill

    Phil McAuliffe Rep Rush Holt and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hold a press conference at University Medical Center in Princeton on Saturday. Princeton Health Care Systems CEO Barry Rabner is standing to the left. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • HAMILTON: WW woman is featured in storytelling event Sunday

    By Geoffrey Wertime, The Packet Group    Local storytellers, including Helen Wise, of West Windsor, will join their counterparts across the globe this weekend to share their art and raise money for important causes.    On Sunday, Nov. 22, the Garden State Storytellers League, an affiliate of the National Storytellers League, with the National Storytelling Network (NSN)…

  • MONTGOMERY: Cell tower plan still roils Montgomery

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Hundreds of residents have joined the fight against a proposed cell phone tower in Belle Mead that they say will change the character of the neighborhood.    Omnipoint Communications Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., has applied for the township’s approval to construct a 120-foot cell phone tower on a property…

  • PRINCETON: Pelosi visits UMC, touts health reform bill

    PRINCETON: Pelosi visits UMC, touts health reform bill

    Phil McAuliffe U.S. Rep. Rush Holt and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tour an MRI lab at UMC, Princeton with Dr David Youmans, left, and Dr Gerard Campito, center. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • PRINCETON: Pelosi visits UMC, touts health reform bill

    PRINCETON: Pelosi visits UMC, touts health reform bill

    By Fred Tuccillo, The Packet Group      House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, in a Saturday press conference at University Medical Center at Princeton, urged support for the health care reform bill passed by the House of Representatives’ Democratic majority.     Acknowledging that the bill still faces a difficult path in the U.S. Senate and, ultimately, a conference committee, both Ms. Pelosi and Rep. Holt,…

  • PRINCETON: Pelosi visits UMC, touts health reform bill

    PRINCETON: Pelosi visits UMC, touts health reform bill

    Phil McAuliffe Rep Rush Holt and House speaker Nancy Pelosi holding a press conference at UMC, Princeton Hospital on Saturday. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • PLAINSBORO: Newly jobless add impetus to food drives

    By John Saccenti & Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writers    PLAINSBORO —She’s been coming to the Plainsboro Food Pantry for about two months, the result of several months of unemployment.    As she looked over the three food-filled bags sitting by her feet, a smile washed across the 43-year-old mother of three.    ”This is really incredible and I’m…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Arts Council makes plans for firehosue home

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Since it was built in the early 1930s, the Princeton Junction Firehouse had always been more than a home for firefighters; it was a center of the community.    In the ‘50s, roast beef and spaghetti dinners were held there. During the ‘70s, it was disco dances and…