• CRANBURY: Dealer: Road ahead for GM is clear

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    CRANBURY — Hearing General Motors had decided to declare bankruptcy earlier in week was a sigh of relief for one local businessman.    ”The new General Motors that comes out of bankruptcy is poised to make a tremendous amount of money,” said Fredrick Perrine, owner of Perrine Pontiac on 2730 Route…

  • CRANBURY PRESS: Things to Do

       June 6    Conquer that clutter: Organizing coach Eva Abreu from Sort Things Out will discuss why clutter accumulates, how it affects our lives, the emotional ties, and why we have a hard time letting go of our “stuff”. Through this 90-minute interactive presentation, 1 p.m. at the Monroe Township Library. Sign up at Circulation. June…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Salon recycles clipped hair for environmental cleanups

       Customers at Beyond the Fringe Hair Designs studios in Hillsborough and Skillman have been helping clean up the environment, after the salon joined with Matter of Trust to recycle clipped hair to make special oil-absorbing mats.    ”Our recent hope is to bring awareness to the issues that we and our environment face.” owner Donna McCray…

  • PENNINGTON: Youth board asks backing for Teen Center

    Total costs are expected to be around $90,000 annually, plus $33,000 in set-up costs By Reem Nasr, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Township Youth Advisory Board (YAB) presented its plan for a Hopewell Valley Teen Center on Monday night to Pennington Borough Council.    Chairwoman Kim Bruno and two YAB members presented a PowerPoint presentation, as they…

  • MANVILLE: Officials review ‘long process’ of flood study

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    Borough officials expressed concern Tuesday about a widely held belief among residents that the recently completed Green Brook Flood Control Commission’s study will create additional flooding in Manville.    ”They have to believe that … it will not make our flooding worse,” Councilman Ken Otrimski, the Office of Emergency Management director,…

  • Central Jersey Events: June 5-12

    STAGE Actors’ Net of Bucks County, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, Pa., Booth: based on the life of Junius Booth, through June 14, Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 6 p.m., $20, $17 seniors, $10 under 13; 800-838-3006; www.brownpapertickets.com Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pa., High School Musical 2, through June 7, Thu.-Sat.…

  • PRINCETON: University honors actresses Streep and Davis

    PRINCETON: University honors actresses Streep and Davis

    Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Justification needed!

    Shirley K. Turner, senator, 15th District     Recently, the New Jersey American Water Company has sought to circumvent the traditional utility rate approval process by seeking carte blanche from the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to arbitrarily impose a new surcharge on their ratepayers.    This surcharge – termed a distribution system improvement charge (DSIC) –…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: EMTs deliver the gift of life

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    When emergency medical technicians respond to a call, many of them find the sight of death waiting for them at the scene.    However, husband and wife Crystal and Jeremy Joerg of the Monmouth Junction Rescue Squad found the sight of life waiting for them last week; two lives, to be…

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