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  • Tips about gourmet camping, sort of …

    We would roast chickens on a stick stuck in the ground right by the fire By: Faith Bahadurian Staff photo by Name    Do you like to rough it? Then your idea of good campfire food might be dehydrated or freeze-dried something, where you just add boiling water and mix when it’s time to eat. This…

  • Student advancing fast in science

    17-year-old’s research leads to new discovery about skin cancer. By: Audrey Levine    Her scientific research on caffeine and cancer led to important knowledge about preventing skin cancer. She is an accomplished pianist who also enjoys swimming and Rollerblading.    All this after moving here from China three years ago speaking little English. And she is only…

  • Summer refrain: Beware con artists

    Police warn of door-to-door scams. By: Scott Morgan    A pleasant-looking man shows up at the door and tells you that he can help. He has noticed the fallen tree limbs in back of your house and offers to clean them up. So you take him out back to get a better look. His cell phone…

  • Board reviews year’s successes, problems

    Special meeting lets school board take stock By:Donna Lukiw    Board of Education members commented on their accomplishments and their disappointments at Tuesday’s special meeting set aside for a self-critique session.    The meeting also served as a chance to set goals for the new school year with Carole Larsen, New Jersey School Boards Association field service…

  • Test results take a jump

    Students’ scores outpace standards By:Donna Lukiw    Manville students showed improved scores on the state’s standardized tests across the board, according to data discussed at the June 28 Board of Education meeting.    All four Manville schools met or exceeded minimum proficiency requirements on the third-, fourth-, eighth- and 11th-grade tests in math and language arts taken…

  • Road improvements given green light

    Road improvements projects are in the works at the Route 206 intersections at Hedding Road and at Mansfield Road East in Mansfield. By: William Wichert    MANSFIELD — As motorists hit the pavement in the coming weeks, they can expect to see some changes to the safety conditions along Route 206 and to the quality of…

  • Council OKs railroad payoff agreement

    By:Melissa Edmond    The Borough Council last week approved a lump sum payment to Norfolk Southern Railway Co. to replace annual payments for a sewer line on railroad property.    Since the early 1990s, the borough paid the railroad $545.86 annually for pipeline crossings of the railroad at the far eastern end of town near the Raritan…

  • Hopewell Township Democrats reorganize

    Carol Kleis is new chairwoman    At its June meeting, the Hopewell Township Democratic Committee elected Carol Kleis as its 2005-06 chairwoman. Ms. Kleis, a longtime resident of Titusville, will serve with Ken Zeldis (vice chairman); Steve Hyland (treasurer), and Lois Brown (secretary) to lead the municipal wing of the Mercer County Democratic Committee.    "I am…

  • Two nabbed in drug bust

    Two Dayton men are arrested for possession of cocaine and Ecstasy. By: Joseph Harvie    A two-month investigation by township and county law enforcement agencies led to the arrest of two Dayton men and the seizure of $3,600 in cocaine, Ecstasy, two semi-automatic guns loaded with hollow point bullets, cash and a car.    Kazi Islam, 20,…