• WEST WINDSOR: Police ‘like’ social media during storm

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Social media has revolutionized the exchange of information. For the township police department, its experiment with social media that began in July proved its worth when Hurricane Irene came ashore.    While the department tried to let the community know about its Facebook page, it didn’t really receive…

  • Shore dinner to benefit Ely Park

       Spearheaded by Friends of Ely Park Chairman Jim Hamilton, chefs from Hamilton’s Grill Room, Bell’s Tavern, Brian’s and Inn of the Hawke will band together to create a Jersey Shore Dinner complete with live music on York Street, on Sept. 11 at 4 p.m.    All proceeds will benefit the award-winning plan to revitalize four city…

  • MONROE: New high school has more space, technology
  • MONROE: Stonebridge’s Men’s Club donates around township

    MONROE: Stonebridge’s Men’s Club donates around township

    Mario Edini, Special Writer    MONROE — Last week, the Stonebridge Community’s Men’s Club held a ceremony at which donations were presented to a number of local area organizations.    At the ceremony Stan Rubenstein, the former president of the Men’s Club, and Tony Guerriero, the head of the club’s Fundraising and Charitable Donations Committee, presented the…

  • COMMENTARY: Wrestling with telling of a life lost

    COMMENTARY: Wrestling with telling of a life lost

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    To say this has been a difficult week would an understatement. Hurricane Irene came to New Jersey as an uninvited guest, wreaked havoc and left without saying goodbye.    Her fury will never be forgotten by three local families — the Kenwoods of East Windsor, Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad…

  • MONROE: New high school has more space, technology

    MONROE: New high school has more space, technology

    Entrance to the performing arts center at MTHS

  • ’A public spanking’

    Joe Rykowski Lambertville     I am sincerely disappointed in how Lambertville has handled the Woodcrest condo association’s intention to clear 60 or more trees from its Goat Hill site.    I attended the hearing about the tree clearing and was frightened to express my opinions because of the tyranny created by George Holbrook, president of Woodcrest…

  • IRENE:MONROE: Private sector victim of hurricane

    IRENE:MONROE: Private sector victim of hurricane

    Forest Park Terrace in Monroe in the aftermath of Irene. Photo by Joe Harvey.

  • MANVILLE: Irene slams Manville

    MANVILLE: Irene slams Manville

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    Manville was right in the path of Hurricane Irene as it slammed into the town late Saturday night into Sunday morning, causing severe flooding and possibly delaying the start of school next week.    It was exactly 40 years ago Aug. 28, 1971, that Manville was faced with another flood…

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