• MANVILLE: Christian group is there to lend a hand

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Getting people back into their homes after a natural disaster is what the Christian Ministry group did it arrived in Manville right after Hurricane Irene. The group traveled from North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and other destinations just to help Manville residents.    Eric Good, one of the group’s volunteers, that…

  • MANVILLE: Residents volunteer in time of need

    MANVILLE: Residents volunteer in time of need

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    It was a major storm with intense flooding that came from Hurricane Irene a month ago but there has been an outpouring of caring people who could not just sit back but instead came out to help those in need.    Over at the Red Cross shelter at the VFW,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Postal Service workers protest possible cuts

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — More than 30 Postal Service employees rallied outside U.S. Rep. Rush Holt’s office Tuesday afternoon to protest proposed cuts to postal services.    As cars passed by, drivers honked in support.    ”Thank you for the work you do every day,” said Congressman Rush Holt in a press release…

  • CRANBURY: Local woman travels world, finds soulmate

    CRANBURY: Local woman travels world, finds soulmate

       CRANBURY —Stephanie Elise Martin and Richard James Kelly met in Sydney, Australia, but despite all the places she and her fiancé have been together, Ms. Martin isn’t forgetting her Cranbury roots.    Ms. Martin and Mr. Kelly are to be married Sunday afternoon, Oct. 9, by Kelvin Ho at a private estate in Hanalei Bay in…

  • Diminishing wealth ‘tells the tale’

    Kennie Crandell, of Lambertville     As I read current events, let me give you my own vision of the future as I sit paralyzed with the bad news stirring around me.    Those of us working and with incomes and/or pensions will be called upon to house unemployed and homeless relatives (or extended family) as unemployment…

  • CROP Hunger Walk to take place Oct. 16

    Carla MacGuigan, of Pennington     Sunday, Oct. 16, area residents will have an opportunity to help others by participating in the 2011 HV CROP Hunger Walk.    Formerly the Pennington CROP Walk, this year’s rain-or-shine event will allow us to increase awareness of and raise funds for the world’s hungry.    A new 5-mile walk route will…

  • RETROSPECTIVES: September 30, 2011

    • Todd M. Beamer may have been a resident of Cranbury for only the past year, but his actions on Sept. 11 may have made him a hero that won’t soon be forgotten by residents.    The Cranbury Lions Club announced its plan to erect a memorial to him at Memorial Park on Main Street. Without the…

  • Mayor writes to state HPC

    Mayr James C. Burd, Hopewell Township     This letter was sent to Daniel Saunders, acting administrator of the state Historic Preservation Office.     I wish to take this opportunity to support the nominations of the Bear Tavern Road/Jacobs Creek crossing rural historic landscape in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, to the National and New…

  • PRINCETON: Learning, behavior expert to give talks

       Chiropractic neurologist, professor, clinical researcher, author and founder of Brain Balance Achievement Centers, Dr. Robert Melillo will deliver free lectures on Oct. 3, 5 and 6 on learning disabilities and behavioral disorders.    Issues that will be addressed include ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, autism, Asperger’s syndrome and Tourette syndrome.    He is offering the lectures as part of the…

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