• Middle class gets nothing from Bush tax cuts

    Andrea Bonette, Hopewell Rush Holt’s opponent in the current Congressional contest, a Wall Street hedge-fund manager, says that he does not want the top 2 percent of income earners to lose their Bush tax cuts. He has considerable support among high-income citizens — a drive past the mansions on Hodge Road in Princeton’s fabled West…

  • FACT to hold Black & White Twilight Ball

    FACT to hold Black & White Twilight Ball

       FACT (Fighting Aids Continually Together) will present the Black & White Twilight Ball on Oct. 23 from 7:30 p.m.-midnight.    Laugh with New Hope’s vamp, “Pumpkin,” and do the “Monster Mash” with Disc Zombie, Shar. There will be a “macabre costume contest, creepy music, eerie psychics, hair-raising tarot card readers, a dead silent auction,” said a…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Police Chief relieved with borough decision

    By Evan Grossman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — If police Chief James Eufemia was walking a bit taller Wednesday night, it was probably because a giant weight was lifted from his shoulders.    ”Certainly I’m relieved I don’t have to be the bearer of bad news,” Chief Eufemia said after the Borough Council called off negotiations to…

  • Community Kitchen launches ‘Share the Warmth’

    Community Kitchen launches ‘Share the Warmth’

    Community Kitchen’s donated coats wait to be distributed.

  • Mahmood I. Siddique, D.O.

    By: centraljersey.com Most experts attribute the obesity epidemic to a sedentary lifestyle combined with high caloric intake. In recent years, however, sleep deprivation is also being considered as a significant factor that is promoting this epidemic. Research has shown that sleep deprivation promotes craving of carbohydrate-rich foods, making it difficult for obese individuals to curb…

  • Will New Jersey voters amend state constitution?

       There will be one statewide public question on the Nov. 2 ballot.    It asks voters to approve a constitutional amendment to dedicate assessments on wages by the state to the payment of employee benefits.    If this ballot question is approved, a new paragraph will be added to Article VIII of the State Constitution that will…

  • PQM to hold health event on Saturday

       Pennington Quality Market will host a Community Health Fair on Oct. 16 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., featuring the following:    — Flu shots will be available form 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. from Dr. Rich Levandowski, Princeton Sports & Family Medicine, at the cost of $25. Payment is by cash or check. Medicare is accepted. RSVP by calling…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Candidates meet at LWV forum

    By Evan Grossman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — Candidates for mayor and Borough Council talks about police outsourcing, their position on Gov. Chris Christie’s “tool box” tax cap policies, and more during a 90-minute League of Women Voters forum Tuesday evening.    Council candidates Jeff Bond and Walter Sikorski squared off against Republican challengers Selena Bibbens and…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Officials not elated about bridge, road offer

    By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    We need more time to decide, but one thing we can tell you right now is that no one will be giving us a broken bridge, thank you very much.    That’s the gist of how the Hopewell Township Committee has decided to respond to Mercer County’s offer to give the…

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