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Scholarships for College Scientists Announced
By Joanne Gere, President, NJ Chapter of the Association for Women in Science Scholarships for College Scientists Announced College scholarships will be awarded on August 16, 6-8 at the Princeton Airport to three students who will study the sciences. The NJ Chapter of the Association for Women in Science offers the scholarships as part of…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton Township Police were called to help locate a 22-year-old emotionally disturbed man who was visiting from California and had walked away from his grandparents’ Mercer Road home sometime during the night on Aug. 8. K9 search teams from the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department and the New Jersey State Police, along with officers from the…
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PENNINGTON: Sidewalk program success thus far
By John Tredrea, Special Writer Pennington Borough is continuing what borough officials say has been a very successful sidewalk repair program. For two years now, the borough has been sending letters to owners of the sidewalks in town deemed most in need of fixing. In those letters, the borough has asked the owners to have…
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STOCKTON: Man found guilty of sexual contact crime
By John Tredrea, Special Writer FLEMINGTON — Stephen Behnke, a 58-year-old Stockton resident, was sentenced Friday to 364 days in the Hunterdon County Jail for inappropriately touching a woman employee of his business, Jersey Equipment in Bethlehem Township — located northwest of Clinton. Mr. Behnke was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Stephen Rubin, said county…
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HOPEWELL VALLEY: Banker assigned to state council
By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor James Hyman, president and CEO of the Hopewell Valley Community Bank, is a member of New Jersey’s Banking Advisory Board. Mr. Hyman was nominated by Gov. Chris Christie. That nomination recently was confirmed by the state Senate. ”Everyone at the Hopewell Valley Community Bank is proud and delighted that Jim…
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PRINCETON: Bank of Princeton to open Nassau Street branch
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer On the coattails of strong earnings reports, the Bank of Princeton will be opening a new branch on Nassau Street in downtown Princeton in late 2011 and will be offering 1.2 million shares of common stock for sale in the coming months. The branch, on track to open in late…
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MONTGOMERY: Veterans Memorial work on schedule
By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY After breaking ground in April, the Montgomery Veterans Memorial, which will be dedicated to the men and women from Montgomery who served in the armed forces and the merchant marines during times of war, is a third of the way along. ”The project is moving along very well,”…
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Unhealthy foods
Dr. Kenneth Maynard volunteer American Heart Association American Stroke Association We have waited long enough for the food industry to voluntarily develop standards to reduce the marketing of unhealthy foods to children. While the proposed uniform standards recently announced by several food companies are a step in the right direction, they do not go…
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Unionized teachers ‘evade accountability’
Mary Bell Lambertville Unionized teachers superficially protested No Child Left Behind (NCLB) outside the White House recently. But what they really were protesting was accountability. They self-servingly rebuked President Barack Obama for not easing their NCLB “burdens” — penalties “unfair” to poor schools, curriculum focused on those standardized tests. If they didn’t have NCLB…
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