• NJ TRANSIT OFFERS EXTRA RAIL AND BUS SERVICE TO NEW YORK FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

    NJ TRANSIT is adding special rail and bus service on Saturday, March 17, including extra trips on more than a dozen bus routes serving the Port Authority Bus Terminal and 10 additional trains to and from New York, to accommodate customers traveling to the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Additional rail service on the Northeast…

  • Dining for Jacob: No One Fights Alone

    By Heather Grande BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY n On Sunday April 15, 2012, Café Emilia will be hosting a benefit “Dining for Jacob!” Jacob Grecco is a 7 year-old boy, from Phillipsburg, N.J., who is battling a rare malignant brain tumor. The dining benefit will consist of two reservation times for patrons to choose from. Reservations…

  • MEETINGS: March 16, 2012

       Monroe Adult Communities Advisory Board, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building, 1 Municipal Plaza.    Monroe Library Board of Trustees, 6:30 p.m., conference room, Monroe Township Library.    Monroe Recreation Advisory Board, 7 p.m., Municipal Building, 1 Municipal Plaza.    Jamesburg Library Board of Trustees, 7 p.m., Madeline Herche Memorial Room, 229 Gatzmer Ave.    Cranbury Environmental Commission, 7 p.m., Gourgaud…

  • CRANBURY: Young man dies in late rush hour crash

    CRANBURY: Young man dies in late rush hour crash

    Mr. Corniola’s artwork was displayed at M. David DeMarco Funeral Home this week.

  • PENNINGTON: Pennington Day date is picked

    PENNINGTON: Pennington Day date is picked

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Pennington Day is scheduled for May 19 from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.    Community residents Lisa Sarachman and Andy Parsons will co-chair the event with help from a cadre of local volunteers.    With their many years of combined experience in marketing and graphic design, Ms. Sarachman and Mr. Parsons say they…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Two are honored for saving local man’s life
  • MONROE: The revaluation inspectors arriving in Monroe

    David Kilby, Managing Editor    MONROE — Property inspectors began assessing Monroe’s residential properties at the beginning of the month as the township revaluation project gets under way.    The revaluation company, Realty Appraisal, provides updates on its current projects on its website, www.realtyappraisal.net.    According to those updates, as of March 1, the company has begun residential…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       CITY OF LAMBERTVILLE police are asking residents to be aware of suspicious telephone calls from persons identifying themselves as Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents or other law enforcement agencies, in order to extort victims nationwide.    A local resident reported having received a telephone call from a suspect identifying himself as an agent with the DEA.…

  • MONROE: Pilot teacher evaluation program being assessed

    Charley Falkenburg, The Packet Group    MONROE — Forerunners in the new teacher evaluation program pilot think the system is an overall improvement.    During a panel discussion March 10 in the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association conference room on Centre Drive, hosted by NJ Spotlight, the subject was progress of the controversial framework, which will…

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