• LAWRENCE: Freshman wins school’s Poetry Out Loud contest

    LAWRENCE: Freshman wins school’s Poetry Out Loud contest

        Adam LeCompte, a freshman at Lawrence High School (LHS), won the school’s Poetry Out Loud (POL) contest on Jan. 9.     He now advances to represent LHS at the New Jersey Region 3 competition on Feb. 3 in Red Bank. Adam recited Lisel Mueller’s “The End of Science Fiction“ and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “The…

  • Historical Society to focus on architectural trends

    Historical Society to focus on architectural trends

    On Jan. 25 at 1 p.m., the Lambertville Historical Society will hold a brief business meeting followed by a presentation by architectural historian and LHS board member, Vanessa Zeoli. The program is “Lambertville in Maps: Tracing Architectural Trends Through the 19th and 20th Centuries.” The meeting and program will be held at the Lambertville House,…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Canal hosting walk

    The Delaware & Raritan Canal Watch will conduct a free walk along two canals, the D&R Canal and the Delaware Canal, on Sunday, Jan. 25. Participants should meet at 2 p.m. at the caboose behind the Lambertville Station restaurant, 11 Bridge St., for this 2-mile guided walk. See the lift lock and the outlet lock…

  • PLAINSBORO: Middlesex County suspends e-cycling

    PLAINSBORO — Electronics recycling is currently suspended in town and in most municipalities in Middlesex County. During the past several years Plainsboro and most towns in the county have contracted with Middlesex County for the recycling of electronics (computers, televisions, printers and accessories), but due to unforeseen circumstances the county is no longer providing this…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Tomson chosen as mayor again

    HILLSBOROUGH: Tomson chosen as mayor again

    Burchette also re-elected as deputy mayor By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Hillsborough’s local government will play the same hand in 2015. Newly re-elected Douglas Tomson and colleague Greg Burchette were again voted mayor and deputy mayor, respectively, Monday night by their Township Committee colleagues in an expeditious, 40-minute annual reorganization meeting. Mr. Tomson, who was…

  • Kindergarten program changes addressed

    Nancy Andreski, Pennington The following letter was written to Thomas Smith (schools superintendent) and Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education members. I am a parent who wants to have my kindergartner home for half the day to provide my own enrichment activities and give her time for downtime, free choice play, and field trips to…

  • Peapack-Gladstone Bank Announces New Hires and Promotion

    By Rosanne Schwab Kim Czyzewski, a resident of Hamilton Township, New Jersey, has joined Peapack-Gladstone Bank as Vice President, Trust Officer. Kim will be instrumental in providing personalized client service through trust administration and account management in the Bank’s wealth management business. She has worked in the financial services industry for 16 years previously with U.S. Trust,…

  • LAWRENCE: Schaeffer joins Hall of Fame

    LAWRENCE: Schaeffer joins Hall of Fame

    Third-generation owner of Mrs. G Appliances & Sleep Center     Debbie Schaeffer, the chief executive officer of Mrs. G TV, Appliances & Sleep Center, was inducted into the NJBiz 2014 Hall of Fame at its annual Business of the Year awards last month.     Ms. Schaeffer, who is the third-generation owner of Mrs. G, is…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Lighting the ‘Angelversary’ sky

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Lighting the ‘Angelversary’ sky

    Family, friends honor the memory of fallen soldier with lantern ceremony By Elizabeth Johnson, Special Writer     BORDENTOWN — A tribute to Army Spc. Benjamin Moore was held on Jan. 12 at St. Mary’s cemetery in Bordentown.     Spc. Moore was killed in action on Jan. 12, 2011 while on duty in Afghanistan.     Friends…

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