• Support living and fallen vets

    Vic Kovacs, Adjutant, VFW Post 9111     Memorial Day is around the corner. The day to honor living and deceased veteran’s. People are loading their vehicles with gear and heading on trips and the beach. At home, veterans posts are holding short services to honor the brave men and women whose efforts rendered us freedom…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Giving youngsters a second chance

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    A new county program is aiming to give young people charged with minor crimes a chance to wipe their records clean while giving them the tools to help keep them from committing more serious offenses down the line.    As part of the “Clean Slate” program, young offenders suspected of —…

  • The Library Garden

    Deborah Mercer, trustee president, Lambertville Free Public Library     When you next go to the Lambertville Library be prepared to be pleasantly surprised. Gone are the overgrown, ratty bushes and in their place are extended garden beds filled with lush perennials.    None of this could have been possible without individuals and businesses generously donating time…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Dancer, Malone face challenge for Assembly seats

    by Geoffrey Wertime, The Packet Group    Two incumbent Republican assemblymen will face a challenger in the 30th District’s GOP primary election June 2.    Avi Solomon, of Lakewood, will run as a Republican against current assemblymen and running mates Ron Dancer, who represents Plumsted and serves as its longtime mayor, and Joseph R. Malone, who represents…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: THINGS TO DO

    May 21    Meet the artist: The South Brunswick Senior Center will be hosting a Meet and Greet the Artist for Pat Kay at 12:30 p.m. The art will be on display at the Senior Center from now until June 11 during regular weekday hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and every Sunday from 1 p.m.…

  • Northfield Bank Promotes Kathleen Owsiany. Eileen Bergin joins Northfield Bank

    Northfield Bank Promotes Kathleen Owsiany. Eileen Bergin joins Northfield Bank

    By FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NORTHFIELD BANK ANNOUNCES KATHLEEN OWSIANY PROMOTED TO SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND EILEEN BERGIN JOINS AS DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT STATEN ISLAND, NY, May 20, 2009 – John W. Alexander, Chairman and CEO of Northfield Bank, announced today that Kathleen Owsiany has been promoted to Senior Vice President of…

  • PRINCETON: LOOSE ENDS: A not-so-old master of the art of politics

    PRINCETON: LOOSE ENDS: A not-so-old master of the art of politics

        On Wednesday, May 13, Phyllis Marchand was honored by her friends and colleagues for more than two decades of service as an elected official in Princeton Township, from January 1987, to November 2008.     Ms. Marchand is the longest serving mayor in the township’s recent history, serving her first term as mayor in 1989,…

  • NEW HOPE:Rainbow pride

    NEW HOPE:Rainbow pride

    New Hope Celebrates’ Pride Weekend Photos by Phil McAuliffe    The Gay Pride Parade was held Saturday in New Hope, Pa. The theme of the parade, the highlight of New Hope Celebrates’ Pride Weekend, was “Riding the Wave of Diversity.”

  • County, Medical Center Unveil New Ambulances

    County, Medical Center Unveil New Ambulances

    By Somerset County Board of Freeholders SOMERVILLE – Somerset County officials and Somerset Medical Center representatives recently unveiled two new ambulances purchased with shared-services funding provided by the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Last fall, the Board of Freeholders announced that it would contribute $310,000 for two ambulances to be operated by Somerset Medical…

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