• MONROE: One man’s pain another’s one’s gain, perhaps?

    MONROE: One man’s pain another’s one’s gain, perhaps?

    By Amber Cox, The Packet Group    MONROE — “Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible” are words of inspiration for a Bordentown Township native battling cancer.    Chris Kalargheros, 35, of Monroe Township, was diagnosed with neuroendocrine pancreatic neoplasm in June 2008.    Mr. Kalargheros’ doctor, Igor Astsaturov, said Mr. Kalargheros’ type of…

  • Teachers, aide suspended

    By: centraljersey.com John Tredrea The Packet Group The Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s response to last week’s arrests of two teachers and a teacher’s aide in a marijuana case will be determined by the outcome of the investigation of the case, the superintendent of schools said Tuesday. The three women – Candace Bessellieu, Kelly Schmidt…

  • Pat Ellard

    By: centraljersey.com Everybody knows what a library does – lends books, has them returned, and lends them out again. That’s it – that’s all there is to it, right? Wrong. Thinking only about books, I ask Bonnie Piper, the Human Resources Manager for the Princeton Public Library, "What can a library volunteer do except shelve…

  • Joan Ruddiman

    By: centraljersey.com I’ve waited a long time for this one. Seven years ago, Daniel R. Biddle and Murray Dubin – long associated with the Philadelphia Inquirer as reporters and Mr. Biddle as an editor – came to Allentown seeking local lore about a young black man who had been a student at the community’s Presbyterian…

  • Searching for the Spirit

    By Margaret Mattes, Princeton High School Over fourteen hundred students walk through its doors everyday, every Princetonian has passed by its’ grand entrance, and it happens to be one of the best public schools in New Jersey. But even I, who like to consider myself a fairly involved senior, know next to nothing about Princeton…

  • Short and Sweet

    Short and Sweet

    The Trenton Film Society offers cinephiles the chance to see this year’s Oscar-nominated short subjects By Elise Nakhnikian THIS may be the year when the long-lived boom in high-quality documentary film makes the transition from trend to entrenched institution. At least, that’s what the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences seemed to think when…

  • Fire district election on Saturday

    By: centraljersey.com PLAINSBORO -Voters will go to the polls on Saturday, Feb. 19, to vote on the Plainsboro Fire District’s annual budget and elect two members to the Board ofCommissioners. There will be no fire tax increase. The Fire District will seek voter approval for a $2,112,004 budget, $1,848,000 to be raised by taxation, which…

  • IRS Trenton & Edison Offices Open on Sat. Feb. 26 & Mar. 26 from 9am to 2pm to Assist Taxpayers

    By Gregg Semanick, IRS NJ Spokesperson Taxpayers who may have difficulty scheduling a visit to an IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center during weekday business hours can visit an IRS office on Saturday, February 26 and Saturday, March 26 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. IRS offices will be open for Saturday hours on…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Volunteer!: Libraries welcome helping hands

    PRINCETON AREA: Volunteer!: Libraries welcome helping hands

    Phil McAuliffe At the Princeton Public Library, volunteer Kathy Hosea, left, leads a chat group in conversational English, with Jie Liu and Ma Ruili participating. Libraries offer a wide range of rewarding opportunities for volunteers. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

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