An 18-year-old Bronx, N.Y. resident is facing multiple charges after allegedly trying to pass off counterfeit bills at two businesses on May 15, according to the East Windsor Police Department. Police were called to ShopRite at the Town Center Plaza on Route 130 to investigate reports of a person attempting to pass off a counterfeit […]

A 50-year-old Monroe Township resident was charged with shoplifting for allegedly taking two bottles of alcohol valued at $146.98 from Bottle King on Route 130 on May 20. The suspect was processed and released. A 20-year-old East Windsor Township man was charged with hindering apprehension for allegedly giving false information to a police officer after […]

Fox Chase Cancer Center announced the hiring of John C. Ruckdeschel, MD, FACP, FCCP, as a professor in the Department of Hematology/Oncology. From 1991 to 2002 he was the inaugural CEO of the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, and from 2002 to 2009 he served as CEO of the Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit. […]

Galina Astashkina, a deeply beloved mom, grandmother, wife, and friend, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2025, at the Capital Health Medical Center in Hopewell, NJ, after a nearly 2-year battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 72. Galina was born in Moscow, Russia, and immigrated to the United States with her husband Anatoliy and their […]

Linda J. (Alcorn) Bloom, 76, of Monroe, NJ, peacefully passed away on May 15, 2025, surrounded by her loving family in the comfort of her home. Her life, marked by kindness, hard work, and a profound love for her family, will forever be cherished in the hearts of those she leaves behind. Born on August […]

Christopher Langley Fuges of Moorestown, New Jersey, and formerly of Hopewell Valley, New Jersey, died peacefully and surrounded by his family on April 6, 2025, following a short illness. He was 84 years old. He was a loving husband of 57 years to Claudia Louise Fuges. Chris is also survived by his daughter, Christin Ohrel […]

By Anish A. Sheth, MD   Getting a colonoscopy can be a daunting idea. However, the reality is that a colonoscopy is a routine outpatient procedure that is the best way to prevent colorectal cancers. By screening for precancerous polyps and existing cancerous lesions, colonoscopies can help you identify problems in the colon and rectum […]

There were a number of Memorial Day events across the Northeast, kicking off with Father Judge’s annual ceremony at its Vietnam War memorial. Judge honored its 27 graduates who died in Vietnam, while also recognizing the graduates of North Catholic – a fellow Oblates of St. Francis de Sales school that closed in 2010 – […]

by Alison Mitchell, Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Once there was a superabundance of horseshoe crabs; armadas of females blanketed the beaches of the Delaware Bayshore. Through the 1990s, New Jersey’s horseshoe crab breeding and coinciding red knot shorebird migration was a spectacular natural phenomenon. “On the sand, there were around 50,000 horseshoe crab eggs per square meter,” says Larry […]

Clothing sale at thrift shop The Classroom Thrift Shop, 4301 Tyson Ave., sponsored by the women of Temple Menorah Keneseth Chai, is having a half-price spring and summer clothing sale. Hours are weekdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The shop is closed Sundays. Donations are accepted. Call […]