• WEST WINDSOR: Cryan win a step forward for Samet

    Other locals win titles By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Evan Samet hopes the momentum he gained with a strong run through the Men’s B singles division of the James E. Cryan Memorial Tennis Tournament carries over to his tryout for the Quinnipiac University tennis team.    Samet, who graduated from West Windsor-Plainsboro North in June after…

  • New Cantor at Har Sinai Temple

    New Cantor at Har Sinai Temple

    By The Temple       NEW CANTOR COMING TO HAR SINAI         Hopewell Township – Har Sinai Temple will welcome        a new cantor to its 2421 Pennington Rd. location on Sept. 9.     Lauren Michelle Furman, born and raised in the San Fernando Valley outside Los Angeles, will be taking over the duties of Cantor Emily…

  • SPRINGFIELD: Sprinngfield aims to revmp Police Department

    By Amber Cox, Special Writer    SPRINGFIELD — The Springfield Township Police Department would gain a lieutenant and sergeant as well as guidelines for promotions under two ordinances introduced by the Township Council.    A public hearing and adoption votes for both ordinances will be held Sept. 14.    While the police chief is in command overall, the…

  • Debra Fournier, CFP, CDFA Chooses International Conference to Refine Expertise

    Debra Fournier, CFP, CDFA Chooses International Conference to Refine Expertise

    By Debra Fournier, CFP, CDFA Manasquan, NJ – August 16, 2011 – Divorce Financial Planner Debra Fournier will join a record number of attendees at the 9th Annual Conference of the Association of Divorce Financial Planners, September 23-24, at the Doral Arrowwood Resort, Rye Brook, New York. "This year, I’m looking forward to harvesting ideas…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Fried drops out of 14th District race; McGowan to run

    Mayor cites health concern    ROBBINSVILLE — Township Councilwoman Sheree McGowan launched her campaign for State Assembly in the 14th District Tuesday, after Mayor Dave Fried withdrew from the race for health reasons.    ”As a councilwoman, Sheree has been a tremendous advocate for responsible budgeting and economic development,” Mayor Fried said in a press release. “Sheree…

  • WRIGHTSTOWN: Joint Base students get school district choice

    By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    WRIGHTSTOWN — This coming school year, military families living on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will have a choice of four public school districts for their children to attend.    North Hanover Board of Education member Megan Geibel said the board plans to give formal approval to the move at its Aug. 23,…

  • FLORENCE: A 70-year journey celebrated in style

    By Birgitta Wolfe, Managing Editor    FLORENCE — Glenn Miller’s “Chattanooga Choo Choo” was all the rage, gas was 12 cents a gallon, spellbound movie-goers watched Peter Lorrie and Sydney Greenstreet stalk Bogart in “The Maltese Falcon,” and two Bordentown High School sweethearts got married at the Wesley United Methodist Church parsonage in Columbus.    Pearl Harbor…

  • COLUMBUS: NB 14s fell one comeback short

    Babe Ruth all-stars reached regional By Justin Feil, The Packet Group    Comebacks are nothing new to the Northern Burlington 14-year-old all-star baseball team, and there was every reason to believe that they had another one in them.    A pair of rallies fueled their Southern New Jersey Babe Ruth state championship, and Northern appeared perched for…

  • Animal Rescue Appeals to Public to Help Find Missing Dog

    Animal Rescue Appeals to Public to Help Find Missing Dog

    By Anne-Marie Nalence Bucks County, Pa. n August 16, 2011 n He seemed to be escaping a sad fate when he was rescued from a North Carolina “kill shelter”, on his way to his new forever home. But Prince, a sweet and skittish Lab-Border Collie mix, got spooked and slipped his collar during the transfer…

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