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Boy, 10, ensures hundreds of Mercer residents will have winter coats

HAMILTON, N.J. — For many, the frigid temperatures at this time of the year are unbearable and one just cannot be warm enough, and so a boy name Max Frost has decided to help keep area residents very warm. Max, who is

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Black women’s group blesses families for Christmas

TRENTON, N.J. — Just in time for Christmas, The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) — Mercer Section, and Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church of Trenton, held a food and toy drive at the church Friday, with hopes to make the holidays happy

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Fashion show models show off their new bodies

HAMILTON, N.J. — Physicians and staff at Robert Wood-Johnson University Hospital Barnabas Health (RWJBH) in Hamilton hosted their annual Bariatric Fashion Show last week at RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, to showcase their patients’ weight loss success stories. There were about 20

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Pickleball sport now at Mercer County Park

WEST WINDSOR, N.J. — Local officials and the Tennis Center in Mercer County Park welcomed the unique sport of pickleball to four new ‘’pickleball only’’ courts during a ceremonial ribbon cutting Nov. 17. The Mercer County Park Commission, County Executive Brian M.

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Detox facility to open at Catholic Charities in City

TRENTON, N.J. — Citing a great need for another detox facility in Trenton, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton, decided to start a program by the end of this year. Lisa Thibault, communications manager at the Trenton nonprofit, recently quoted a news source

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‘The Bag Project’ packs pride for homeless kids

PRINCETON, N.J. – For homeless kids in New Jersey who receive bags filled with goodies when at local homeless shelters, it lessens the effects of their traumatic experiences and offers a degree of comfort. Anupa Wijaya, executive director and founder of The

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Rider celebrates 150 years of women

LAWRENCE, N.J. — Rider Women’s Leadership Council (RWLC), organized a networking session, a women’s giving challenge, and a panel discussion for an audience of mostly women on Rider’s Lawrenceville campus, yesterday. The council is celebrating 150 years of women at Rider University.