• StreamWatch training slated

    Date is Sept. 12 at the Stong Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, from 1-3 p.m. Registration is required By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    As part of World Water Monitoring Day on Sept. 18, the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (SB-MWA) is encouraging the public to join the effort and will be submitting its own data for inclusion in…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Township seeks $4 million; has received $20k from feds

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    EAST WINDSOR — While communities across the county have received more than $100 million in federal stimulus money, the township is getting only a teeny slice of that pie.    Despite seeking nearly $4 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, East Windsor has so far received only a little…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: School district set for new year

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Enthusiastic parents and possibly less enthusiastic students will be heading back to school Tuesday to start a new year.    The district’s theme for the year is called New Thinking for New Times.    ”We’re in unprecedented times,” said Superintendent Gary McCartney. “When you look at the issues related to the economy,…

  • PRINCETON: New baby boutique opens in Palmer Square

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    If it is true that “you can’t go home again” — as novelist Thomas Wolfe put it in his novel by the same name — then don’t tell Molly Hillenbrand Vernon. She wouldn’t believe it.    Raised in Princeton, where she graduated from Stuart Country Day School, and loving the memories…

  • PRINCETON: McCarter Theatre makes cost cuts

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Declines in revenue from its endowment, as well as government and foundation support, have led Princeton’s McCarter Theatre to pursue a host of cost-saving measures for the new fiscal year, which began on July 1.    The current $11.3 million budget represents a decrease of roughly 5 percent when compared to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Schools plan for swine flu

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Despite constant changes to the procedures — and the possibility of a more aggressive H1N1 virus — public health and school officials are creating plans to handle fall flu season.    ”One of the health officers joked that things are changing weekly, another said daily, then another said that there’s been…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Train trip promotes mass transit funding

    WEST WINDSOR: Train trip promotes mass transit funding

    Rep. Rush Holt, center, discusses mass transit funding while riding NJ Transit from Princeton Junction to Trenton. Photo courtesy of NJ Future

  • NJ Restaurant Association and food safety

    Deborah Dowell of NJ Restaurant Association     The New Jersey Restaurant Association (NJRA) is encouraging restaurant and foodservice operators to begin their planning and reinforce food safety education and training as well as raise awareness of the industry’s commitment to food safety as September has been named National Food Safety Education Month.    The New Jersey…

  • Screenings to mark prostate cancer awareness month

        In an effort to reach and educate more men about one of the more common types of cancer that affects them, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and its network of hospitals are teaming up to provide screenings and information across the state during the month of September, which is National Prostate Cancer…

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