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  • A full table

    Thanksgiving baskets sought for homeless, low-income families. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Thanksgiving would be very bleak for Natasha Conway and her two children, if it were not for the baskets of food prepared for families like her own by the volunteers of HomeFront.    For the past five years, Ms. Conway, 31, has depended on Lawrence-based…

  • Letters to the Editor, Nov. 3, 2005

    A street for Stewart To the editor:     Growing up in Pennington in the 50s and 60s, Newt (Stewart) was a man (mailman) who was part of the fabric that made up the town. He was always there with a smile and a kind word. He took his lunch break at the drop box at…

  • ‘Move It and It’s Yours’

    Passage Theatre Company revisits this musical comedy. By: Stuart Duncan    Seven years ago, Passage Theatre Company staged a gentle, charming musical, Move It and It’s Yours!, at Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College. It was a funny, heart-warming tale of a young man, living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan,…

  • Pennington officials plan vote on new building bid

    New facility would be built on land Pennington owns off North Main Street in Hopewell Township, just outside the borough line By John Tredrea    A vote on whether to accept a bid to build a new 11,200-square-foot Public Works facility is expected at Monday night’s regularly scheduled Pennington Borough Council meeting.    The new facility —…

  • City endorses affordable housing plan

    Plan will give Bordentown City legal protection from builders By: William Wichert    BORDENTOWN CITY — With developers watching and the courts waiting, city officials have taken steps in the last week to finalize the municipality’s affordable housing plan for the next 10 years.    The Housing Element and Fair Share Plan was adopted by the city…

  • Grand Illusion

    Spencers Theatre comes to Peddie School in Hightstown By:Susan Van Dongen    With his sensitivity and insight into human behavior, illusionist Kevin Spencer would have made a great shrink. In fact, not too long ago he was pursuing an advanced degree in clinical psychology, but only half-heartedly. Mr. Spencer really wanted to be a magician —…

  • Pennington parking law change is expected

    Amendment addresses issue of cars parked on Academy Street and South Main during borough-sponsored holiday concerts at Howe Commons By John Tredrea    A proposed ordinance amendment that would allow holiday parking on all of Academy Street and a portion of South Main Street is scheduled for an adoption vote at the Pennington Borough Council meeting…

  • MHS boys play another scoreless tie

    Soccer season ends this week By: John E. Powers        The sun was setting last Friday afternoon as the Manville High School boys’ soccer team waited – and waited – for their opponents from Roselle. At about 4:50, the Rams’ bus pulled in and for two 30-minute halves, followed by two five-minute "overtime" periods, the…

  • Boys team closes year with win

    Lawrence boys soccer By: Jim Green    If there’s one thing that can be said without question about this year’s Lawrence High School boys soccer team, it’s that it never quit.    The results might not have been perfect, but the effort always was there, as evidenced by the Cardinals’ 2-1 Mercer County Tournament consolation win over…