• PENNINGTON: Electorate OKs fire siren

    By John Tredrea, Special Writer The voters have spoken. As a result, Pennington Borough will get a new fire siren. In a special public election held Tuesday on whether to buy and install a new emergency siren in Pennington, at a cost not to exceed $15,000, six yes votes were cast and zero no votes…

  • $1.8M Grant Enables Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Scientist to Explore Lung Cancer Development

    $1.8M Grant Enables Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Scientist to Explore Lung Cancer Development

    By Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey New Brunswick, N.J., November 18, 2014 – A protein associated with poor survival in lung cancer patients will be further explored by investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey to uncover its role in lung cancer development and metastasis. A recently-awarded $1.8 million grant (R01CA190578) from the…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Pitt’s Cady runs with nation’s best

    Junior Alexandra Cady, of Hillsborough, was 81st in 22:22 and fourth on her Pitt cross country teams Nov. 14 as the Panthers had their best showings at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals since at least 2006. Pitt’s women finished 11th, while the men took 12th place this season in the meet at Penn State. For the…

  • Lancer Indemnity Company Hires Mickey Wind As Underwriter

    Lancer Indemnity Company LONG BEACH, NY– (November 18, 2014) – Lancer Indemnity Company,a standard lines commercial property and casualty insurance company, proudly announces the hiring of Mickey Wind as Underwriter. In this position, Wind will focus on new business accounts and will continue to build on years of experience and involvement in analyzing Main Street commercial…

  • Lions ask support for ‘Operation Fruitcake’

    Lions White Cane Committee The Hopewell Valley Lions Club warmly thanks the Pennington Quality Market and its generous customers who helped make this fall’s White Cane Sale a success. Almost $1,000 was raised. This will go to support the efforts of the New Jersey Lions Eye Bank. This Lions organization supplies corneas for corneal transplants.…

  • PRINCETON: PHS girls return to MOC race

    Bond runs XC to second in group By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Getting to the finish line as the Princeton High School girls cross country team’s fifth finisher at the Group III state championship was quite an achievement for Julie Bond.    The Little Tigers senior almost didn’t get to the start line.    ”I felt…

  • MANVILLE: CoPart asks to add more hours to auto lot

    3,400-used car business lies on Manville border By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Hillsborough Planning Board members sent CoPart auto salvage representatives away again last Thursday night, and urged the auto resale business for a second month to think harder about its request to extend hours, especially following major storms. CoPart, which owns land that can…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: ATV reported stolen from Amwell Road home

    Hillsborough police said an Amwell Road resident reported that an all-terrain vehicle, with an estimated value of $5,500, was stolen from the front of his residence sometime overnight Nov. 7. In other items: Rebecca Clauss, 23, of Manville, was charged Oct. 14 with drunken driving after her vehicle was stopped by police on Amsterdam Drive.…

  • HUNTERDON: Prosecutor says IRS doesn’t ask for taxes over phone or email

    Taxpayers should be wary of unsolicited calls from individuals demanding payment while fraudulently claiming to be from the IRS. According to Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns III, "There are clear warning signs about these scams. Taxpayers should remember that their first contact with the IRS will never be a phone call from out of…

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