• Mercer Alum Justin Kaplan Uses Culinary Skills to Open Restaurant with His Own Unique Flavor

    Mercer Alum Justin Kaplan Uses Culinary Skills to Open Restaurant with His Own Unique Flavor

    By Candace Zafirellis For Mercer alum Justin Kaplan ’06 (A.A.S. HRIM), owner of Palate restaurant in Newtown, Pa., fine dining is an art that requires complete devotion on the part of the chef.  But if someone had asked him about his culinary ambitions ten years ago, they would have been surprised to discover he had…

  • Two Family Holiday Shows Warm Audience Hearts at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre in November and December

    Two Family Holiday Shows Warm Audience Hearts at MCCC’s Kelsey Theatre in November and December

    Pictured from left are Mary Rose Brendel of Cranbury as Margaret Moore, Mr. Kringle as himself, and Dasha Eisenhauer of Ewing as Charity Moore.

  • MANVILLE: Two Democrats win Borough Council seats

    Incumbent GOP Councilman Onderko defeated Democrats captured two Borough Council seats Tuesday to knot control of Manville’s Borough Council next year. Mark Gregor and Ron Skirkanisch, with 1,368 and 1,359 votes, led the four-way race, defeating Republican incumbent Richard Onderko (1,240 votes) and Susan Horensky-Star (1,129). They will be sworn to three-year terms at the…

  • PRINCETON: Aton says he will be ‘voice of the people’

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Instead of picking Maplewood or some other northern suburb, Geoff Aton and his wife chose Princeton when it came time seven years ago to leave Manhattan.    Mr. Aton, 42, the father of two young sons, says he loves the community his family relocated to, a community he wants to…

  • PRINCETON: Simon: People want to keep taxes down

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Council candidate Patrick Simon came to Princeton as a graduate student in the 1980s. And for the most part, he never left.    Mr. Simon is running for Princeton Council seeking to implement the consolidation of the two Princetons, a historic merger that he helped bring about. Merging towns means…

  • New Senior Tennis League for Adults 60 Year & Over at the Nassau Tennis Club

    By Stacey Anderson Skillman, NJ (November 6, 2012) – The Nassau Tennis Club is offering a new doubles tennis league for adults that are 60 years old or over. Matches are Tuesdays & Thursdays from 1:30-3:00 pm.  “The great thing about this league is that players can choose the dates that they can play at a…

  • PLAINSBORO:Storm update 11/5/12 at 4 p.m.

       — Mapleton Road is open.    — John White Road – from Cranbury Neck Road to township border, is closed due to a downed power line.    No change in polling places    The regular polling places are up and running. There are no changes in voting locations. Alternate voting options    The Middlesex County Clerk’s Office has established…

  • PRINCETON: Borough Council rescheduled

       The Princeton Borough Council meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed until next week, officials said Tuesday.    Officials cited concerns about the weather, given the forecast calls for a nor’easter to hit, and also that staff has not had time to prepare for the meeting given all the effort responding to Hurricane Sandy.    They said…

  • NJ Contemporary Church Helps Hurricane Sandy Clean Up

    By Oasis Church NJ The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy was not enough to keep Oasis-Church-NJ.com, a new contemporary Christian church in both South Plainfield and Springfield New Jersey, from meeting this past Sunday. Numerous people gathered in an unheated tent the parking lot of Hotel 304 West this past Sunday to worship, have communion service…

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