• PENNINGTON: Physical therapist gets Masons’ award

    PENNINGTON: Physical therapist gets Masons’ award

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    Bordentown’s Stacey Halvorsen — a physical therapist who founded the nonprofit Walking Tall Charities after treating an uninsured amputee, a former marathon runner — is the winner of this year’s George Washington Human Development Award.    This award is presented annually by the Pennington-based Trenton Cyrus Lodge No. 5 of Free…

  • MONTGOMERY: Committee supports affordable housing bill

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee adopted a resolution to support an Assembly Bill 2717 sponsored by Anthony Bucco that would amend the controversial “Roberts Bill” at its March 5 meeting.    The “Roberts Bill” ruled that municipalities that don’t spend the money in their affordable housing trust funds within four years…

  • MONTGOMERY: Teachers do the learning at Wellness Fair

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Teachers and staff indulged in massages, worked out on mini trampolines and got a little taste of Crete by learning about the health perks of the Mediterranean diet. They even sampled gluten free cheesecake and washed it down with Vitamin Water and fruit and veggie smoothies.    They were…

  • MCCC’s Chorus and Jazz Band Present Spring Concerts

    By Saveria Symons, Public Information Coordinator West Windsor, NJ:  Mercer County Community College (MCCC) cordially invites the community to two free Spring concerts in May.  The college’s Chorus and Jazz Band will perform at Kelsey Theatre, located on the West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. Admission is free. For more information, contact the Music Department during business…

  • Preschool Open House

    By Bonnie Martin Minds and Manners Preschool opens at the beautiful Rambling Pines Day Camp. A preschool that educates the heart as well as the mind. Minds and Manners is a new name in the area, but the staff has been teaching in the area since 1993. Bonnie Martin, formerly of Hopewell Country Day School…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Student honored by national Pop Warner

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Student honored by national Pop Warner

    By Kim Spinelli, Special Writer    Sixth-grader and Monmouth Junction resident Rohan Regulapati was recently named a 2011-2012 First Team Eastern Region Little Scholar and a First Team National All-American Little Scholar.    ”The designation of First Team All-American Scholar is the highest award bestowed upon Pop Warner Little Scholars’ participants to recognize their academic excellence, according…

  • CRANBURY: Boe fetes teacher

    CRANBURY: Boe fetes teacher

    By Kaitlyn Kanzler, Special Writer    CRANBURY – Danielle Burke was honored as the 2012 Governor’s Teacher Recognition recipient at the Cranbury Township Board of Education meeting on Tuesday.    ”There is no more important a relationship than the student-teacher relationship, and Ms. Burke has shown time and again, her commitment to the students she serves,” School…

  • LAMBERTVILLE : City adopts 2012 spending plan

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer    LAMBERTVILLE — A $4.8 million Lambertville budget that brings with it a minor impact on property taxes was adopted by City Council Monday night.    Mayor David Del Vecchio said the 2012 spending plan will result in the average Lambertville homeowner paying only $6 more in municipal taxes this year than…

  • Spring cleanup to be sponsored

    Sue Young of Bordentown Township To the editor:    The Bordentown Township Environmental Commission, in partnership with the Americorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors Program, is sponsoring a Spring Clean Up from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 21.    The event, scheduled to celebrate Earth Day a day early, is to raise public awareness of the…

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