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  • Bases remain open despite budget cuts

    Fort Dix, McGuire Air Force Base and Lakehurst Naval Air Station will remain open amid deep cuts in the U.S. military budget. By: Scott Morgan    The area’s three military bases were spared last week when the Department of Defense announced Fort Dix, McGuire Air Force Base and Lakehurst Naval Air Station would remain open amid…

  • Bulldogs look forward to re-match with Ocean

    Hopewell boys tennis By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys tennis team is in the exact spot it was in last year in the Central Jersey Group III sectional tournament.    But, this year, it comes into itssectional semifinal with Ocean in a different role.    Last year, the top-seeded Bulldogs were beaten…

  • THIS WEEK: Tuesday

       Tuesday    Tea: The Fifty Plus Group will present Totally Tea: An 18th Century Tea Experience on Tuesday, May 24, at 1 p.m. at Congregation B’nai Tikvah, 1001 Finnegan’s Lane in North Brunswick.    The presentation will present tea lore, history, songs, poetry, a living history display and demonstration featuring Stacy Flora Roth, a freelance museum educator,…

  • MHS track, repair work on board’s agenda

    Most projects to be completed over summer, if approved By:Donna Lukiw    A number of school facilities projects are slated for approval at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.    The projects include a new gym floor at Manville High School, and repairing gym bleachers at Alexander Batcho Intermediate School (ABIS).    "We expect the projects to start at…

  • Scout lends helping hand

    Millstone Girl Scout opens Project HOPE (Helping Our People Everywhere) to help neighbors recover from catastrophes. By: Lauren Burgoon    MILLSTONE — Seven years ago Lipica Shah and her friends in a Girl Scout troop watched as several Millstone families fought to reclaim their lives after house fires. The girls decided then that there should be…

  • Author of teaching texts to give MCCC keynote Thursday

       WEST WINDSOR — Angela Provitera McGlynn of Princeton, a faculty member at Mercer County Community College for 34 years and author of numerous articles and books, will deliver the keynote address at the college’s graduation ceremonies Thursday.    A professor of psychology, her writing and research have focused on college teaching strategies, classroom environment, motivation, women’s…

  • Five Kids First pols make November ballot

    Carl Glassman was the only Kids First candidate not to make it on the ballot. By: Linda Seida    In the race for an opportunity to win six seats on the New Hope-Solebury Board of School Directors, Republican voters heavily favored the incumbents while Democrats opted for change and cast their votes for the challengers in…

  • Senior Menus-May 19, 2005

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $4.45. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.    Thursday, May 19 — Grape juice, veal parmesan,…

  • ‘A Chorus Line’

    Academy Theatre in Bordentown presents Michael Bennett’s Broadway tale. By: Stuart Duncan    The Academy Theatre in Bordentown, right next to Mastoris Diner, a landmark for truckers up and down the East Coast, is enjoying a growing audience base. Not only a larger one, but younger than many groups. The current production of A Chorus Line…