• HEALTH: Weight loss surgery available for older adults

    By Wai-Yip Chau    More than one-third of adults age 65 and over in the United States today struggle with obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.    And for many, the complications associated with being obese are significant – from diabetes to heart disease to a reduced quality of life in what should…

  • MERCER: Walk toward a world free of MS

       Lace up your sneakers and get ready to help the over 13,000 New Jersey residents living with multiple sclerosis (MS).    Walk MS kicks off in New Jersey on April 14 at 10 a.m. at a variety of walk sites throughout the state, and is one of New Jersey’s largest and most widespread organized walks. Walk…

  • PRINCETON: Municipal buildings get new names

    By Sean Philip Curran, Staff Writer    The Princeton Council will be asked next week to approve renaming the former Borough Hall as Monument Hall and the former township hall as Witherspoon Hall.    The names were chosen by a panel of four judges in a naming contest open to town residents 18 and older, said Council…

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  • EAST WINDSOR: Libertarian questions debt

    EAST WINDSOR: Libertarian questions debt

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    EAST WINDSOR — A local East Windsor resident questioned state and federal debt before the Township Council this week.    ”We are in a lot of debt as a state and as a country,” Sean O’Connor said.    However, the resident was asked to “wrap it up” frequently during Tuesday’s council meeting.…

  • FLEMINGTON: Community shred event April 27

       On April 27 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at RVIS, 361 Route 31, Flemington, there will be a free community shred event.    Sponsored by Bedard, Kurowicki & Co., CPAs, Raritan Valley Insurance Services and Cynergy Benefits, residents cam help prevent identity theft and help the planet.    Confidential paperwork will be shredded. There also will be a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Rinko gains Manville job as interim administrator

       Andrew Rinko, who served a month’s stint as an interim assistant superintendent in Hillsborough schools, has moved on to become an interim elementary school principal in the Manville school district.    Mr. Rinko is a retired Bedminster Township schools superintendent. In Hillsborough, he bridged the gap between Scott Rocco, who resigned in December to take a…

  • MANVILLE: Seniors can hear about Medicare fraud Tuesday

       Manville senior citizens will hear about Medicare and Medicare fraud at a program Tuesday at the Senior Citizen Center in Fire Company No. 1 at 20 South Third Ave.    The center is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.– 2:30 p.m.    A suggested lunch donation of $1.50 is recommended for individuals age 60 and older. The cost of…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Confident DeMilt settles in behind plate

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Gina DeMilt comes into her second season of varsity softball with West Windsor-Plainsboro High South more confident in her ability to help the Pirates after a promising debut last year.    ”I was surprised,” DeMilt said. “I honestly didn’t expect to do as much as I did last year.”    DeMilt…

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