• Beach season salvaged after Sandy

    By JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Above: Bartender Patrick Lawlor chats with a customer on July 18 at Connolly Station in Belmar. The tavern has put up solid numbers this summer, despite concerns as to how superstorm Sandy would affect the Shore tourism industry. PHOTOS BY STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Shore businesses are faring better than…

  • Edison restaurateur sued over alleged racist hiring policy

    By JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer A lthough the food at Muscle Maker Grill is touted as healthy, one former employee of the franchise is saying the work environment is far from it. Robyn Decicco, a Highland Park resident and former store manager of the Muscle Maker Grill on Route 1 in Edison, has filed a…

  • School’s garden provides for hungry

    By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer This text will be replaced Students look on as Louise Lippe (second from right), a former teacher at Martin Luther King Elementary School, holds a head of cabbage while Frank Roettinger (right) cuts it from the root in the garden Lippe maintains behind the school. The harvest will help feed…

  • Unity Bank Opens Mortgage Sales Office in Elmwood Park

    By Yankee Public Relations CLINTON, N.J. (July 23, 2013) – Unity Bank has opened a residential mortgage sales office at 89 U.S. Route 46 West in Elmwood Park, Bergen County. Based in Hunterdon County, the leased space represents Unity’s first presence in northern New Jersey. “The demand for our residential mortgage products has been steadily…

  • MONTGOMERY: Stevens captures weightlifting title

    Montgomery resident is national champion By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Matthew Stevens’ steady progression earned him his first national championship last month.    The Montgomery resident captured the 13-and-under boys 56-kilogram weight class at the USA National Youth Weightlifting Championships in St. Joseph, Missouri.    ”It’s a pretty big deal,” Stevens said. “It’s the stepping stone…

  • Pontoon boat rides offered at Mercer County Park

    Pontoon boat rides offered at Mercer County Park

    Nature rides offered by county Park Commission By Keith Loria, Special Writer    The Mercer County Park Commission will once again host its Pontoon Boat Nature Tours this summer in addition to new Kayak Tours of Mercer Lake, located in Mercer County Park in West Windsor.    The pontoon boat rides were the brainchild of park commission…

  • PRINCETON: Post 218 edged for final playoff spot

    Loss in regular-season finale costs Princeton Legion team By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    In essence, the Princeton Post 218 American Legion baseball team played a playoff game in its regular-season finale against Bordentown last Thursday.    With a win, Princeton would clinch its first state playoff berth in team history. With a loss, Princeton would play…

  • And the winner is . . .

    And the winner is . . .

    Princeton lecturer receives prestigious writing award By Keith Loria, Special Writer    As a lecturer in Creative Writing at the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, author A.M. Homes often tells her students about a dream she had growing up that was shared by many others: She wanted to play in the Rolling Stones.…

  • Mercer County Fire Academy Graduates 30

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