• HIGHTSTOWN: Rise needs help for Backpack Drive

    HIGHTSTOWN: Rise needs help for Backpack Drive

    Konah Mustapha, 11, who is entering sixth grade, is one of the 96 children who received a backpack on the last day of the Rise Summer Academic Enrichment Program. 

  • MCCC Gallery to Host Panorama Photography Exhibit Sept. 2-25

    MCCC Gallery to Host Panorama Photography Exhibit Sept. 2-25

    By Wendy Humphrey “Panorama – MCCC” opens the new season at the Gallery at Mercer County Community College (MCCC). The exhibit features panoramic photographs by 18 photographers who used a specially designed 1×3 panoramic camera built by Thomas Roma, the Director of Photography at Columbia University.  The show has been previously exhibited in New York City,…

  • EAST WINDSOR: New playing fields open at Disbrow Hill

    EAST WINDSOR: New playing fields open at Disbrow Hill

    By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer EAST WINDSOR — Mayor Janice S. Mironov, along with the East Windsor Police Athletic League, celebrated the opening of the new East Windsor Township Disbrow Hill Playing Fields with an inaugural soccer game on Aug. 12. The grant-funded project was undertaken by East Windsor Township to accommodate a growing need…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Schools preparing for a new year

    By Ed Birch, Special Writer The district is getting ready for the new school year, officials said during Monday night’s Board of Education meeting. In his report, new Superintendent Gerard Jellig told the board that new staff training for all first, second, and third year teachers was conducted from Aug. 18-21, and the first Administrative…

  • Unity Bank Reaches the Top 10 in SBA Lending Program

    By Yankee Public Relations CLINTON, N.J. (August 28, 2014) – Unity Bank’s U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) lending program has grown substantially in the last year, according to the most recent data released by the SBA’s New Jersey District Office. The bank surged into the top 10 on the loan volume report, ranking number nine…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: SVY swimming team names Dan Roth as coach

    HILLSBOROUGH: SVY swimming team names Dan Roth as coach

    Somerset Valley YMCA swim coach Dan Roth has been promoted to director of competitive aquatics for the Bridgewater branch and head swim coach for the YMCA’s nationally-ranked swim team. Roth replaces Matt Donovan, who left to accept the position of director of competitive aquatics and head coach for the YMCA of Broward County in Florida.…

  • EAST WINDSOR: New playing fields open at Disbrow Hill

    EAST WINDSOR: New playing fields open at Disbrow Hill

    Prior to the start of the inaugural soccer game on the new Disbrow Hill playing fields between the East Windsor P.A.L. Lightning and East Windsor P.A.L. Rockets, the team cap´tains and game referees pose with Mayor Janice Mironov. From left, in back, are game referees Al Grupper, Mark Mit´telstadt and Carl Jantz; from left in…

  • MONROE: Open house attracts volunteers

    MONROE: Open house attracts volunteers

    By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer MONROE — Over 100 people came to Recruitment Day, an open house at the Monroe Township Fire Company No. 1, for games, live music food, and most importantly to become picked to serve as a volunteer firefighter. In its ninth year, Deputy Chief Lonnie Pipero said Recruitment Day “makes our…

  • MONROE: League calls for sharing charter school data

    By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer MONROE — On Monday, the Monroe League of Women called for all charter schools in New Jersey to share ideas with the state’s public schools in an effort to foster more progressive education. "When legislation was passed in ’95 to open charter schools in the state, the commissioner of education…

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