• PRINCETON: University assistant professor wins Pulitzer Prize for poetry

       Tracy K. Smith, an assistant professor of creative writing in Princeton University’s Lewis Center for Arts, today won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for “Life on Mars,” which the prize committee calls “a collection of bold, skillful poems, taking readers into the universe and moving them to an authentic mix of joy and pain.”…

  • PRINCETON: School budget passes, election results

      Both Princeton Township and Borough residents have voted to pass the $75.6 million school budget on April 17. “We are very grateful to all who voted and appreciative of the support of the 2012-13 budget,” said Superintendent Judy Wilson. Borough residents voted to re-elect Board President Rebecca Cox with 387 votes and elect Martha…

  • Montgomery Summer Enrichement

    Anne Michaelson Montgomery Township Summer Enrichment A NEW and IMPROVED Vision for students. This summer, the Montgomery Township School District is providing an additional program to their summer enrichment offerings, which is geared toward meeting the academic needs of students in grades Pre-K through 4th grade. The EXPLORERS program is geared towards providing Enriching, eXciting,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Canadian couple injured in RV rollover

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Verne Beers, 68, and Louise Beers, 55, a couple from New Brunswick, Canada, were flown to the hospital on April 16 after their RV flipped over after being hit on Route 1 at Quakerbridge Road at around 3:30 p.m.    Police said Fady Abdelhady, 22, of King of…

  • Unity Bank Donates Balloon Ride for Church of the Holy Spirit’s 30th Anniversary Auction Gala on April 27

    Unity Bank Donates Balloon Ride for Church of the Holy Spirit’s 30th Anniversary Auction Gala on April 27

    Debbie Holzherr, Dickens Lane Jewelers and auction volunteer, is pictured accepting the donation from Unity Bank Vice President/Marketing Officer Rosemary Fellner.

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: PNC Bank is robbed, offers $10K reward

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: PNC Bank is robbed, offers $10K reward

    A surveillance photo of the PNC Bank robbery suspect.

  • CRANBURY: Budget passes, Callahan takes BOE seat

    CRANBURY – Voters approved the district’s $15 million budget Tuesday by a 2-1 margin and challenger Karen Callahan slid into a seat on the board by 23 votes, according to unofficial results from the Township. Voters approved the budget 318-121 with almost 17 percent of registered voters going to the polls, according to Board of…

  • LAWRENCE: Voters reject 9-cent tax hike

            Lawrence Township voters overwhelmingly rejected a request to increase the municipal tax rate by 9 cents, voting by more than 2 to 1 to deny it. There were 2,501 votes against the request and 1,282 voters for it.         Voters also rejected the Lawrence Township Board of Education’s proposed $58 million tax levy to support the…

  • Paying Forward, a Mitzvah in the truest sense.

    Paying Forward, a Mitzvah in the truest sense.

    Rose Hader contributes her energy and time to other residents as a volunteer at The Martin and Edith Stein Assisted Living Residence.

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