• HILLSBOROUGH: Business social event to honor the Avolios

    Speakers from two state-level business groups will head the program of the spring networking dinner of the Hillsborough Township Economic & Business Development Commission on Monday, May 4, from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Polish Falcons facility at 140 Falcon Road. Representatives of the N.J. Business Action Center and the state Economic Development Authority have been…

  • LAWRENCE: Two accused of shoplifting at Sears

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     A Jersey City man and a Hamilton Township woman have been charged with shoplifting in connection with the theft of an assortment of items, valued at $3,164, from Sears at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 1:58 p.m. March 28, according to police Lt. Joseph Amodio.     Elsayed Elfeky, 61,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Township still searching for viable Cranbury Road improvement plan

    By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The township will see if there’s a viable hybrid of the hybrid plan to improve pedestrian safety along Cranbury Road after hearing from homeowners who do not want to give up any of their property for the project. Township Council President Bryan Maher told a couple that…

  • CRANBURY: MAYOR’S CORNER
  • SOMERSET COUNTY: Library’s PR, marketing wins an industry award

    The Public Relations and Marketing Department of the Somerset County Library System will receive a New Jersey Library Association public relations and marketing award in the category of information literature. The award is in recognition of the promotion and materials created for “A Novel November,” an initiative during National Novel Writing Month in 2014. Submissions…

  • LAWRENCE POLICE BLOTTER: April 2

        Lamicke Wilkinson, 18, of The Bronx was charged with theft by deception, wrongful impersonation, trafficking in personal information and criminal attempt at the T-Mobile kiosk at the Quaker Bridge Mall at 4:18 p.m. March 25. Mr. Wilkinson tried to add a line to the T-Mobile account of an Illinois resident, but when a store…

  • LAWRENCE: Organic waste program nears threshold to launch

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Twenty-five more sign-ups is all that stands between Lawrence Township and the launch of an organic waste collection program, which would make it the second town in Mercer County — after Princeton — to have such a program.     Central Jersey Waste & Recycling Co. needs 150 households to…

  • PLUMSTED: Senior Option Program helps students in career choice

       The Senior Option Program at New Egypt High School prepares students for a rapidly changing world by engaging them in a learning project of their career choice.    ”I meet with the students, help map out their future career choices and place students in the field to learn and discover the various career clusters,” said…

  • Service Award nominations due April 30

    The Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters is accepting nominations for its 2015 Community Service Award, established 30 years ago. Individuals and local organizations are invited to nominate students for the award, which recognizes a student who has demonstrated a commitment to school, church, or community through active volunteer work. Students who live in Hopewell…

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