• EAST WINDSOR: Death Café expected to open ‘die’logues

    EAST WINDSOR: Death Café expected to open ‘die’logues

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor EAST WINDSOR — Resident Laurie Dinerstein-Kurs is a chaplain. “Because of my experiences, I am better able to understand the needs of the dying, disabled, and chronically ill,” she said. Through her career, she has learned a few things about death, mainly to live each day fully with gratitude, but…

  • EAST WINDSOR: ALDI to open in former Bottom Dollar location soon

    EAST WINDSOR — A different kind of grocery store is expected to open in Windsor Center on Aug. 20. ALDI, a national grocery chain, recently acquired the Bottom Dollar chain and converted 30 of the 66 Bottom Dollar stores, including the former Windsor Center store, into ALDI locations. ALDI does things different than the average…

  • STATE WE’RE IN: Time to fast-track renewable energy

    By Michele Byers For the first time in four years, New Jersey is updating its Energy Master Plan, a blueprint for how this state we’re in uses and manages electricity. And unless you live “off the grid,” it affects you. This month, the state Board of Public Utilities is holding public hearings and accepting public…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Fire breaks out in storage area of Dollar Tree Store

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer A two-alarm blaze broke out at the Dollar Tree Store in the East Windsor Town Center Wednesday evening, police said. According to police, the fire started in the storage room at 370 Route 130 at approximately 6:07 p.m. on Aug. 12. “Prior to the arrival of patrol officers, the store…

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Plays in the park give young stars nights to shine

    HIGHTSTOWN: Plays in the park give young stars nights to shine

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer The plays in the park have gone dark after completing another stellar season. Hightstown Theatre in the Park presented “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon,” written by Don Zolidis, at Association Park on July 31 at 7 p.m., Aug. 1 at 7 p.m. and Aug. 2 at 3 p.m. The production was…

  • WHAT’S GOING ON: Aug. 14, 2015

    Aug. 14   Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor invites the public to celebrate Shabbat on the Lake on Friday, Aug. 14, at 6 p.m. at the gazebo on Lake Drive in Robbinsville’s Town Center. This program will be held outside at the gazebo, 1132 Lake Drive East, Robbinsville. Please bring chairs and/or blanket,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Rivers home for hoops in new pro-am league

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Bryan Rivers found an alluring bonus in playing in the inaugural Victory Sports Pro-Am Summer Basketball League at The Hun School. Not only does he get to work at his game, but the West Windsor-Plainsboro South and Peddie School product gets some home cooking. He comes down from New…

  • PRINCETON: Ford enjoys streak toward end of year

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Mike Ford is seeing the value of patience as a minor league baseball player. A slow start to his first full season of advanced Class A baseball with the Tampa Yankees could have frustrated the Montgomery resident and Hun School and Princeton University graduate. But he kept his confidence…

  • Here’s comes the self-driving semi

    How would you feel if you knew that big semi-trailer truck in the lane next to you was driving itself? Welcome to the future, as truck maker Freightliner’s new Inspiration Truck recently became the first autonomous big rig licensed to operate on public roadways, specifically in Nevada. Still in its prototype stage, the Inspiration enables…

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