• AROUND CRANBURY: Local pooch is best in breed

    AROUND CRANBURY: Local pooch is best in breed

    Rocky, is seen here with his handler, Missy Ruchak and co-owner John Affel in the background.

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Fun, games and family

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Fun, games and family

    Mathias Herrman and his mom, Peggy, ride together through the Artic Thunder at jerZjump. Staff photo by John Keating

  • LAWRENCE: Two charged in robbery at bus stop

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer FLORENCE — A woman and a teenage girl have been charged in the armed robbery of a woman waiting for a bus, according to police.     Shalita L. Henderson, 18, and a 17-year-old girl, both of Florence, were charged Nov. 18 and Nov. 19, respectively, with armed robbery, aggravated assault,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Fun, games and family

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Fun, games and family

    Indoor recreation complex designed for children and families By Davy James, Staff Writer    Walking through the doors of jerZjump can offer a glimpse into a toddler’s vision of nirvana, with vibrant colors that burst from the walls and floors and huge inflatable rides that extend all the way to the ceiling.    Located on Stout’s Lane…

  • MCCC’s Dec. 1 Information Session to Focus on Career Success

    By Wendy Humphrey West Windsor, N.J. – Responding to the ever-changing dynamics of a turbulent and competitive job market, Mercer County Community College’s http://www.mccc.edu/services_ccs.shtml" href="http://www.mccc.edu/services_ccs.shtml">Center for Continuing Studies is offering an Information Session on Tuesday, December 1, 6 to 8 p.m. at The Conference Center on the college’s West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Jeweler helps Project Graduation fundraising strike gold

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Broken necklace chains, earrings missing a match and other unwanted jewelry added up to about $10,000 for Project Graduation, following two gold sales at Bentley’s Jewelers in the Hillsborough Promenade earlier this year.    ”It’s an easy, easy fundraiser for us with raising $50,000 from zero each year,” Lisa Killian, Project…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Crossroads dance to aid pantry

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    With the number of families in need of aid from the South Brunswick Food Pantry increasing each week, local groups are continuing to pitch in to help the pantry get through the holiday season.    Last week alone, the pantry saw an increase from about 165 families to 182 families in…

  • HILLSBOROUGH:HMS group taking radio station’s food-collection challenge

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    The material reward may be a free concert with singer Justin Bieber, but for students in Hillsborough Middle School’s Together Our Peers Succeed organization, participating in a contest with radio station 92.3 FM, is mostly about helping as many people as possible during the holiday season.    ”I’m a very big…

  • PENNINGTON: Scouts hold Thanksgiving basket drive for HomeFront

    Food baskets may be dropped off today (Nov. 19) at the troop’s collection table at the ShopRite of Pennington, 555 Pennington Road (Route 31), Hopewell Township, from 6-8:30 p.m.    To ensure the Thanksgiving tables of Mercer County’s less fortunate families are full, Hopewell Valley Girl Scout Troop 71853 will collect food baskets from the community…

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