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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: New year specials and other area offerings
By Bradley Koltz A number of local businesses are starting the new year with specials, new products, new staff and other interesting ways. Here’s a sampling from around the Central Jersey region. Montgomery Eye Care on Route 206 in Skillman has new Oakley and Maui Jim styles. Call them at 609-279-0005 for more information. Pear…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Some things we expect to see in 2012
Some things we expect to see locally in 2012 … Just as labor-management issues will likely define the governor’s agenda in Trenton, there will be similar disputes in Hillsborough. The Township Committee and local unit of the Police Benevolent Association are negotiating a new contract, which will be quite interesting considering last spring’s layoff of…
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Mercer County Community College’s Spring Semester Begins Jan. 23
By Saveria Symons WEST WINDSOR, NJ: There is still time to register for Spring 2012 credit courses at Mercer County Community College (MCCC). Most courses begin Jan. 23. In addition to the West Windsor and downtown Trenton campuses, students can take courses online through The Virtual College, and, for the first time, at Hightstown and…
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PLUMSTED: Another town bans medical marijuana farms
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, The Packet Group PLUMSTED — A measure that outlaws marijuana-cultivation farms in Plumsted in order to give the township time to plan where such a facility would be more appropriately located was adopted 3-2 by the Township Committee on Dec. 28. Although the ordinance does not specifically mention medical marijuana, it prohibits…
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PHOTOGRAPHY: ‘Lee Friedlander: Cars and The New Cars’
‘Instinctively averse to the sterility of show room and studio, Friedlander rolled his four-wheeled stars into lively real-world settings …’ By Ilene Dube When a person whose accomplishments stem from the creative sphere achieves the status of revered artist, it’s fun to look back at the early work that may not have seen the…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Choir sings for others’ supper
The Seventh-day Adventist Church and Community Christian Choir made a $1,526 donation to Robbinsville’s Meals on Wheels program. From left Senior Center Director Renee Burns; Seventh-day Adventist Church Pastor Art Randall; Meals on Wheels Director Dave Williams and Choir Director Patricia K. Weitz.
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LAWRENCE: Police blotter
Meka Beachum, 44, of Trenton was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, hindering apprehension and tampering with public records after being stopped on the Brunswick Circle at 8:27 p.m. Dec. 27. She was taken to the Mercer County Corrections Center on outstanding warrants. Jimmy J. Cheng, 54, of Princeton, was charged with shoplifting food, a…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: So far, so good for SBHS hoopsters
By Maria Riegel, Special Writer The South Brunswick High School’s varsity boys’ basketball team is performing very well so far this season according to head coach Joseph Hoehman. "The boys’ performance up to this point has been very good," Mr. Hoehman said. According to Mr. Hoehman, the team’s current record is 4-1. The teams’ only…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: UPDATE: SBHS alumnus Mohamed Sanu entering NFL draft
Rutgers photo Scarlet Knights star wide receiver and SBHS alumnus Mo´hamed Sanu announced Tuesday that he will enter April’s NFL draft.
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