• HIGHTSTOWN: Hometown Harvest Fair highlights community spirit

    HIGHTSTOWN: Hometown Harvest Fair highlights community spirit

    Batista The Nerds perform on Oct. 1. (Photo by Amy Batista)

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Council conducts business as usual

    HIGHTSTOWN: Council conducts business as usual

    By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — Despite disaster striking the borough in late August, the community has spearheaded multiple unifying events including the ninth annual Hometown Harvest Fair (See Related Story on Page 3A).    And although the local government continues to operate out of the Public Works building, on Bank Street, business carried on…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Athlete of the Week

    South’s Evans gets defensive for football team By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Todd Smith was looking for a way to keep Chris Evans off the field on defense.    But it didn’t take the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South football coach long to realize that wasn’t going to happen.    ”This is his first year on defense,” Smith…

  • TWIN RIVERS: Those running for office offered public spotlight

    TWIN RIVERS: Those running for office offered public spotlight

    Question and answer forums for candidates planned for Oct. 25 By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor    TWIN RIVERS — Candidate Night is scheduled to take place on Oct. 25 — two weeks prior to Election Day.    The event provides Q&A forums for East Windsor Township Council and Hightstown Borough Council candidates.    Election Day is Nov. 8.…

  • Area Girl Scouts attend camping adventure

    Area Girl Scouts attend camping adventure

    Picasa From left, Brianna Cassidy, Courtney Hupfl, and Jillian Schneider stand with the American flag. (Photo by Jeannette Schneider)

  • MONTGOMERY: Hering, Cougars second at county

    Gymnastics team keeps moving up By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Each year, the Montgomery High School gymnastics program inches closer to a Somerset County championship.    On Wednesday night at Montgomery, the Cougars finished second — their best finish ever — at the Somerset meet, finishing with a score of 108.525. Montgomery trailed Hillsborough, which finished…

  • What Employers Need to Know About Claiming the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit

    By Gregg Semanick, IRS New Jersey Spokesperson Many small employers that pay at least half of the premiums for employee health insurance coverage under a qualifying arrangement may be eligible for the small business health care tax credit. This credit can enable small businesses and small tax-exempt organizations to offer health insurance coverage for the…

  • State seeks livestock shelters for emergencies

        TRENTON — The state Department of Agriculture is seeking to ensure there are enough emergency shelters for livestock animals in future storms or disasters.     During Hurricane Irene, the department worked with county governments to make facilities available to those large livestock animal owners who needed to evacuate their farms, or found themselves without…

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    Art Way Gallery

    Wild Pony" by India Blake

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