• PRINCETON: PRIOR director named to Christie finance panel

       Richard F. Keevey, director of the Policy Research Institute for the Region at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University has been named to the treasury subcommittee of Gov.-elect Chris Christie’s transition team.    The treasury subcommittee, which will be chaired by former Rep. Michael Ferguson, was announced Monday. Mr. Keevey is a former director of…

  • LWV collecting gifts for Womanspace

    Frieda Gilvarg of Princeton Area LWV     As in past years, the League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area will be collecting holiday gifts for Womanspace, a nonprofit agency providing services to victims of domestic violence.    Marjory White of Coldwell Banker Realtors has offered to provide a drop-off site at that office at 10…

  • MCCC Education Students Inducted Into International Honor Society

    MCCC Education Students Inducted Into International Honor Society

    By Wendy Humphrey West Windsor, N.J. — The 50,000-member Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) International Education Honor Society added eight new future teachers from Mercer County Community College Oct. 29. Education Professor Elizabeth DeGiorgio and MCCC chapter officers inducted these high-achieving students during a special ceremony that described the privileges and obligations of KDP membership. More…

  • NJ bill threatens health club industry

    Joe Moore of International Sportsclub Association     The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) expresses its vehement opposition to New Jersey Senate Bill 2164, which is a personal trainer and group exercise instructor certification bill that could effectively shut down these activities in New Jersey health clubs. To date, more than 7,400 e-mails have…

  • PRINCETON: Volunteer!: Helping to make history come to life

    PRINCETON: Volunteer!: Helping to make history come to life

    Pat Butcher, of Rocky Hill, notes that Morven docents ‘learn about Colonial history, New Jersey history, Princeton history, and details about the furniture, the paintings and the house itself.’ Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Sheriff’s Office Collecting ‘Toys for Tots’

    By Sheriff Frank J. Provenzano           SOMERVILLE – The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office is collecting “Toys for Tots” now through Dec. 18.           New, unwrapped toys may be dropped off to the Sheriff’s Office at the Somerset County Administration Building at 20 Grove St., weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A colorful receptacle is located…

  • 11th Annual Christmas Carol Sing-Along
  • 11th Annual Christmas Carol Sing-Along

    11th Annual Christmas Carol Sing-Along

    Emmanuel Baptist Church The public is invited to a free Community Christmas Carol Sing-Along at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Manville, on Sunday, December 13, at 6:30 pm. Enjoy singing contemporary Christmas favorites and traditional carols. Instrumental performances will be featured. The program, which is in its 11th year, is free and refreshments will be served.…

  • PLAINSBORO: Police department tweaks performance plan

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer   PLAINSBORO — The Plainsboro Police Department could have a new system in which to evaluate officers’ productivity by Jan. 1.    Police Chief Richard Furda said the system would allow the department to evaluate an officer’s performance regularly, with an eye toward improving performance.    ”We’re trying to resolve problems before they…

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