• State Library Honors Cranbury Library for Excellence in Digital Storytelling

    By Gary Cooper Seven libraries from around New Jersey were recognized for excellence in digital storytelling by the New Jersey State Library at an Academy Award-like ceremony at the NJ State Museum Auditorium, Trenton, on September 15. Receiving awards for their outstanding participation in the State Library’s Tell Us Your Story Video Competition were: 1st…

  • GROWING SKIN CANCER INCIDENCE PROMPTS CENTRAL NJ DERMATOLOGISTS TO ADD SURGICAL SPECIALIST MATT HALPERN, M.D.

    GROWING SKIN CANCER INCIDENCE PROMPTS CENTRAL NJ DERMATOLOGISTS TO ADD SURGICAL SPECIALIST MATT HALPERN, M.D.

    By Paul Schindel Summer may be ending, but the incidence of skin cancer is a year-round phenomenon, with more than one million additional Americans diagnosed each year. According to JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime. With these facts in…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: The Rev. Sheelagh Clarke holds down the fort

    SOUTH BRUNSWICK: The Rev. Sheelagh Clarke holds down the fort

    Interim rector takes helm — temporarily — at St. Barnabas By Davy James, Staff Writer    St. Barnabas Episcopal Church is in a period of transition.    The Rev. Francis Hubbard retired this past spring after 26 years serving as rector of the Sand Hills Road church, and a search committee is looking to fill the position…

  • LETTER: Dave Cook for Cranbury Township Committee

    Kevin McConnell, Cranbury    When I moved to Cranbury about four years ago, two of the first people that I met were Dave Cook and his wife, Angie. They were a great help in welcoming me to town. This letter, however, is not written to endorse Dave Cook, the friend, or Dave Cook, the neighbor. I’m…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Upper Freehold’s loss is Hightstown’s gain

    Sopronyi tabbed as borough clerk By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer     HIGHTSTOWN — There will soon be a new clerk in this town, and her name may be familiar to residents in Upper Freehold and Robbinsville.     The Borough Council last week hired Debra Sopronyi to replace longtime clerk Candace Gallagher, who is leaving her…

  • PRINCETON: Renamed business group turns out in force

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The renamed and rejuvenated Princeton Merchants Association made its debut Tuesday morning to a packed house at the Nassau Inn.    Despite the poor economy and other factors that have set merchants on edge in recent months, an atmosphere of enthusiasm and possibility pervaded the meeting room where approximately 85 merchants…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Township mulls Penn Lyle Rd. sewer lines

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer   WEST WINDSOR — With repair work on Penn Lyle Road moving ahead, the township is mulling plans to expand the project in order to provide 20 residences with access to public water and sewer lines.    A handful of homeowners that would be affected by the project turned out at the…

  • PENNINGTON: Some Toll Gate classrooms back in use

    A remediation program designed to make sure mold problem does not reoccur is under way, school officials said By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Mold found in the basement level of Toll Gate Grammar School in Pennington is being brought under control, with a music room in the basement level put back into use Monday, Hopewell…

  • MANVILLE: Experience aids MHS girls soccer

    By John Beisser, Special Writer    With a roster highlighted by four seniors and 11 juniors, the Manville High girls soccer team is looking to improve upon its three-win season of a year ago.    Led by fourth-year head coach Erin Shannon (formerly Erin Delaney), the Mustangs feature a 28-player roster, led by senior co-captains Dana Mortensen…

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