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Sponsored: Help protect those who serve and keep us safe
By Sgt. Stephen Napoli, New Jersey State Police As a seasoned officer who has served 22 years with the New Jersey State Police, I’ve witnessed firsthand some perilous scenes that unfolded on our state highways. The rush of vehicles speeding past a roadside incident is a chilling reality that first responders face daily. It’s such…
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Rotary Club of Hillsborough distributes free thesauruses
Continuing one of its longest running annual traditions, the Rotary Club of Hillsborough distributed free thesauruses to Hillsborough and Manville third graders this month, helping to ensure that the young students will have easy access to a tool that will serve them well throughout their academic careers. “The third graders and their teachers were genuinely…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, Dec. 22
Burlington, Mercer, and Somerset counties New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical…
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Princeton officials: Islamophobia is unwanted
Princeton officials are sending the message that hatred for Islam and hatred for Judaism have no home in this community. The Princeton Council adopted a resolution at its Dec. 11 meeting condemning Islamophobia, similar to a resolution that it adopted in the beginning of the year that condemned antisemitism. Both resolutions were sent to the…
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Providing safeguards
The Burlington County Sheriff’s Office is enhancing its locator system technology to better assist residents with memory disorders and others prone to wandering or becoming disoriented and lost. The sheriff’s office is upgrading to AngelSense assistive technology that is better able to track and locate vulnerable residents, including children with developmental disabilities such as autism…
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HomeFront helps to ‘gift joy to children’ for the holidays
Christmas was looking bleak for Vanessa Dossous and her seven children. Dossous worked as a caregiver at two group homes. Combined with overtime, there was always enough money to buy Christmas presents for the children. But now that Dossous was down to one job, she was faced with having to cut back on presents for…
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Princeton Senior Resource Center ‘boldly’ moving into the future
When the new year arrives the Princeton Senior Resource Center (PSRC) will be known as the Center for Modern Aging Princeton. The center, which has been operating as PSRC, will do business as the Center for Modern Aging Princeton in January 2024. “If a decision was made to do business under a new name it…
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‘The book represents me’
American Girl doll Kavika “Kavi” Sharma made national headlines earlier this year as the company’s first South Asian doll. On top of that, the Girl of the Year was local, an 11-going-on-12-year-old Indian girl living in Metuchen, Middlesex County. Hillsborough Middle School student Arusha Bhargava played a pivoting role in the development of the 2023 Girl of the…
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