• MANVILLE: Woman focuses nursing skills on patients with special medical needs

    MANVILLE: Woman focuses nursing skills on patients with special medical needs

       When Manville resident Stacy Pierrot, RN, mentions that she works as an overnight nurse at the Matheny Medical and Educational Center here, the response from people in the community is often something like, “Oh, you must have so much patience.”    Matheny is a special hospital and educational facility for children and adults with medically complex…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: Aug. 15 — Aug. 22, 2009

    PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: Aug. 15 — Aug. 22, 2009

    Saturday, Aug. 15     West Windsor Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Vaughn Drive parking lot of the Princeton Junction Train Station. Food Drive sponsored by “Yes We CAN!” to benefit the Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton. Volunteers will collect donations of fresh produce to help stock food pantries at Nassau Presbyterian Church…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: County combats increase in mosquito population

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    Middlesex County officials are trying to neutralize an excess mosquito infestation, the result of a summer of excess rainfall.    ”We’ve had a considerable increase in the mosquito population,” said Superintendent of the Middlesex County Mosquito Commission Glenn Levinson.    ”Since April it’s been raining a couple of inches more than usual…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Police set annual bike rodeo for Wednesday

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Instead of the typical cowboys and horses, this rodeo will be all about bicycles and safety.    The Hillsborough Township Police Department will hold its fifth annual Bike Rodeo Aug. 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the parking lot of Hillsborough High School, on Amwell Road.    ”It is a…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Fundraising project launched to build playground for all kids

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    With an eye toward continuing to offer “inclusive recreation” for all residents, Hillsborough is moving forward with plans to create a universal playground to be used by children with and without disabilities — as long as enough money can be raised.    ”We are looking at a universal playground that is…

  • PLAINSBORO: Death of student athlete shocks community

    Death of student athlete shocks WW, Plainsboro By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    PLAINSBORO — David Bachner’s life ended far too early.    The 18-year-old Plainsboro resident, who graduated from West Windsor-Plainsboro High North in June, died Tuesday of what is believed to have been a heart attack.    Mr. Bachner, a standout pitcher for the WW-P North…

  • PREVIOUSLY PICKED-ON TWENTYSOMETHING LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO CONFRONT PAST BULLIES

    PREVIOUSLY PICKED-ON TWENTYSOMETHING LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO CONFRONT PAST BULLIES

    Warren Miller Clifton, New Jersey – August 13, 2009 – Warren Miller, a previously picked-on twentysomething from Clifton, New Jersey, recently launched Confront Your Bully, a website devoted to confronting those who have wronged you in the past.  Readers of Confront Your Bully are invited to submit open letters addressed to their bullies in a…

  • RESCUE GROUP TO SPONSOR �TAILS ON THE TRAILS DOG WALK

    RESCUE GROUP TO SPONSOR �TAILS ON THE TRAILS DOG WALK

    By Robert P. Baker Tails Of The Tundra, a Siberian Husky rescue group, will hold its seventh annual “Tails On The Trails” Husky Hike at Warminster Community Park in Warminster, PA, just 15 minutes from the Route 1 Exit of the PA Turnpike, on Saturday, September 26.  Dogs of all breeds, shapes and sizes are…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Former Twp. business adminstrator dies

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Richard Van Noy, West Windsor Township’s former business administrator, passed away at his home in the Poconos on Aug. 4 following a brief battle with cancer. He was 68.    He was a familiar face in Mercer County.    Mr. Van Noy was employed in various administrative roles in Hopewell, Lawrence, and…

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