• Breast Cancer Awareness Month Kick-off Is Oct. 6

    Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders  SOMERVILLE – Freeholder Deputy Director Patricia L. Walsh will join Women’s Health & Counseling Center (WHCC) and the Somerset County Cancer Coalition (SCCC) in kicking off the Eighth Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 11:30 a.m.         The event will take placeon the steps…

  • Consolidation would be good environmentally

    Matt Wasserman, Chair, Princeton Environmental Commission To the editor: As chair of the Princeton Environmental Commission (PEC), I wanted to take a moment to provide another perspective on the consolidation debate. Many folks don’t realize that voting ‘yes’ for consolidation is an easy way to help the environment on many fronts, including …    Grant dollars…

  • Engaged In Learning

    Engaged In Learning

    By Judy Springer Research shows that boys learn better with hands on activities, engaged in learning. Grade 2 recently had fun practicing their handwriting using shaving cream on their desks!

  • Somerset County Schedules Flu-Shot Clinics, Public-Awareness Campaign

    Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders The flu season is upon us once again. The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by flu viruses, which can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The Somerset County Public Health & Safety Department would like to remind all residents that the…

  • Harlem Globetrotter visits Littlebrook to promote good character

    Harlem Globetrotter visits Littlebrook to promote good character

    By Jenny Walters On Friday, September 23, 2011 "Handles" Franklin from the Harlem Globetrotters visited Littlebrook School to help launch Littlebrook’s month-long celebration of good character.  Handles dazzled staff and students alike with his amazing basketball abilities, all while teaching children about "C.H.E.E.R. for Character": Cooperation, healthy mind and body, effort, enthusiasm, and responsibility.    The program…

  • End senseless slaughter of deer

    Bill Laznovsky, Princeton To the editor:     Many in Princeton hoped that with the end of the Marchand era, saner heads would prevail regarding deer management. Unfortunately, Animal Control Committee has recommended that White Buffalo be invited back to cull the herds.    After over ten years of trapping, netting, tagging, collaring, injecting, monitoring, and counting…

  • WEST WINDSORl: Township buys preservation land

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The township has purchased 27.59 acres along Clarksville Road from the Jewish Community Center and named it the Great Blue Heron Preserve.    ”Were going to make it a nice preservation area,” said Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh. “We wanted to protect and enhance environmental quality in West Windsor.”    The…

  • GUEST OPINION: Both mayors support consolidation

    By Chad Goerner and Mildred Trotman    On Nov. 8, consolidation of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township will be on the ballot for your consideration. As the mayors of your respective towns, we feel consolidation is the best option for our collective community.    Both our towns bring something to the table, and both gain from consolidation.…

  • PRINCETON: Consolidation aired at community forum

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The debate on the proposed consolidation of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township continued Saturday morning, as more than 80 people filled the community room at the Princeton Public Library to listen to the Joint Consolidation/Shared Services Commission.    At the forum, which was sponsored by Princeton Future, several commission members walked…

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