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ROBBINSVILLE: Project Freedom fund-raising for backup generator
Four area Rotary Clubs have joined with Project Freedom Inc. to help fund-raise to install a backup generator system for the residential complex for people with disabilities on Hutchinson Road. Shown from left with the project’s blueprints are: Jim Haws, Rotary Club of Hamilton Township; Peter Rafle, Princeton Corridor Rotary Club; Tim Doherty, PFI’s executive…
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WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO: School board moves election to November
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR The West Windsor-Plainsboro School District joined the rest of Mercer County on Jan. 29 after the Board of Education unanimously voted to move its April school election to November. The switch makes the district the last in the county to make the four-year commitment that combines the…
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LAWRENCE: Anti-bullying expert gives advice at workshop
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Bullies, who have been around for ever, used to pick on their victims in the cafeteria, on the school bus or on the playground but their reach has expanded so they can bully a victim at home, through the Internet. It is that technology that has made bullying worse,…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: AN EVENING WITH FOLK ICON BRUCE COCKBURN AS HE EMBARKS ON SOLO US TOUR!
By F.Mancini MEDIA ADVISORY: AN EVENING WITH FOLK ICON BRUCE COCKBURN AS HE EMBARKS ON SOLO US TOUR! “A virtuoso on guitar” – The New York Times FEBRUARY 2013: 22 – Princeton, NJ (McCarter Theatre) 23 – Bethel, NY (Event Gallery) 24 – Auburn, NY (Auburn Public Theatre) 26 – Annapolis, MD (Ramshead) 27 –…
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Investors Beware – Fraudulent Hedge Funds Pose Greater Threat in 2013
By irene maslowski Thanks to the recent JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act), signed by President Obama last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has lifted advertising restrictions for hedge funds and other kinds of private investment offerings as of 2013, allowing for direct solicitation to individual investors. The goal of the…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Labor commissioner sees emergency worker program in action
When Superstorm Sandy hit in late October, government officials got creative how to handle the massive amount of damage the hurricane had wreaked on trees and nature in New Jersey. One of the programs was the National Emergency Grant, which was invoked almost immediately in New Jersey. Particularly at the front of the curve was…
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ROBBINSVILLE: RHS junior wins Widener leadership award
By Joanne Degnan, Managing Editor ROBBINSVILLE Antonio Papa, a junior at Robbinsville High School, has been named a winner of the Widener University High School Leadership Awards given to young student leaders who make a difference in their communities. The program, now in its second year, recognized 93 juniors from high schools in Pennsylvania,…
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ALLENTOWN: New Eagle lands Boy Scouts’ highest honor
UPPER FREEHOLD Jake Stein, a junior at Allentown High School and member of Allentown Boy Scout Troop 180, recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout for a project he completed at the middle school playground. Jake’s project began 18 months ago when he met with troop leaders and Upper Freehold Regional Schools Superintendent Richard…
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HILLSBOROUGH: School board ends April public vote
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Hillsborough’s school board opted Monday night, 6-2, to drop the traditional April election for members and the school tax levy. Last year, state government gave school boards the option to drop the vote. Most school boards changed, but Hillsborough kept the spring election. With Monday’s vote, it becomes the last…
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