• BORDENTOWN: National Guard Army Band comes to town

    By Amy Batista, Special Writer    The 63rd New Jersey National Guard Army Band educated, entertained and inspired at the Bordentown Regional High School on July 2.    The band performs concerts throughout the state for the public as well as military ceremonies, according to Chief Warrant Officer 3 Durinda Garrison.    ”We are the governor’s band,”…

  • PRINCETON: Twelve people apply for administrator job

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Twelve people had applied as of Monday afternoon to become the next administrator of Princeton, the top employee in municipal government. Monday was the application deadline for job seekers, in what was advertised as a regional search for candidates. Reagan Burkholder, the consultant helping officials with the search, cited…

  • Plumsted firefighters, EMTs make first heroin overdose save using Narcan

       Township firefighters and emergency medical technicians successfully tested their training on Narcan by reviving a victim of a drug overdose with the antidote.    The emergency medical division of the Plumsted Township Fire District made their first heroin overdose reversal using the antidote Naloxone, more popularly known as Narcan, on Saturday, June 14. They had…

  • Moving pictures by young talent

    Moving pictures by young talent

    “Life’s a Dive” is one of two documentaries that will screened during the Princeton Student Film Festival. 

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  • PRINCETON: Wait and run

    Waiters Race has thrills and spills By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer John Ryan Fry was the man to beat at the annual waiters race in Palmer Square Thursday afternoon. "I think there’s an arrow in my back," said Mr. Fry, the two-time defending champion in the men’s bracket. For the fourth year in a…

  • Moving pictures by young talent

    Moving pictures by young talent

    Princeton Student Film Festival has international flair By Anthony Stoeckert, Packet Media Group The Princeton Student Film Festival is back, giving future Spielbergs and Tarantinos an opportunity to showcase their work. The festival, which will return to the Princeton Public Library, July 16-17, will showcase movies made by students from ages 14 to 25. Each…

  • Masjid (Mosque) Al-Wali hosts first Drive Against Hunger, prepares and distributes 300 Meals

    Masjid (Mosque) Al-Wali hosts first Drive Against Hunger, prepares and distributes 300 Meals

    By Shazah Sabuhi On Sunday, July 13th, 50 volunteers came together at Masjid Al-Wali in Edison to prepare over 300 meals as part of its first Drive Against Hunger. The project was a collaboration with The Hunger Van, which is a service provided by Muslims Against Hunger. Zamir Hasan, Founder and President of Muslims Against…

  • FLORENCE: Town shows its patriotic spirit

    ‘Little Toot’ owner Joseph Varga featured but not as before By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor    This year, the 2014 Patriotic Day parade was bittersweet for Joseph Varga.    After 37 years of driving his mechanized train in the parade, he saw his “Little Toot” placed upon a cart to be pulled along the route while he…

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