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  • ‘Afghans for Afghans’

    Princeton youngsters take up knitting for a worthy cause.    It started with a book club and a young boy who wanted to learn how to knit.    Last November a local French book club was reading "Visage Volé" (Stolen Face), the story of an Afghan woman who lived first under communist tyranny, then under the repressive…

  • Man nabbed on theft charges

    Man caughter after embezzling more than $100,000 from former employer. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — A 53-year-old borough man was charged Tuesday with theft by deception and forgery after South Brunswick police said he embezzled more than $100,000 from his former employer, Risk Enterprise Management on Route 130.    Leslie Sperling of Hickory Court was charged…

  • Husband continues wife’s fight with cancer

    The Christina S. Walsh Breast Cancer Foundation is holding a benefit at City Streets Caf&eacute in East Windsor on Feb. 20. By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — During her two-and-a-half-year battle with breast cancer, Christina Walsh continued to try to help others.    She went to work every day as a learning disabilities consultant in the…

  • Knights holding court

    Church group set for membership drive. By: Leon Tovey    JAMESBURG — Today is the first Friday in Lent and thanks to the St. James Council of the Knights of Columbus, local Catholics will have the opportunity to spend a night on the town without the temptation to violate the church’s injunction against eating meat on…

  • Feb. 11, 5 p.m.: Wading into a sea of absurding

    Much ado about nothing: The right turns the nutty professor into a liberal whipping boy. By: Hank Kalet    Slate captures the complete absurdity of the current rage du jour — that nutty professor from Colorado. Wade Churchill is a lot of things — loud, extreme, illogical — but he should not be seen as the…

  • Montgomery seniors captivated by Chinese New Year

    Year of the Rooster marked at senior center. By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — It may sound strange, but Shimin Tang plays the gourd.    The gourd flute, that is.    With the scent of fried niangao and red bean dumplings drifting into the room, Mr. Tang played his unusual flute to a captivated audience during the Montgomery…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Cranbury Library is the place to be

    AROUND CRANBURY By Lorraine Sedor Library offers tons of activities, from movies to the Reading Buddies Club.    The Cranbury Public Library presents high school movie night on Saturday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. The feature film is "Mean Girls" starring Lindsay Lohan. Admission is free and refreshments are provided. This event is for high school…

  • Convention could find sustainable tax solution

    GUEST OPINION, Feb. 11 By: George S. Hawkins I have attended scores of local hearings over the last seven years, and the most startling lesson I’ve learned is this: If you have kids, New Jersey’s towns don’t want you.    I don’t mean our elected officials don’t value children. They just don’t want them moving into…

  • Enslaved for 10 years, native of Sudan tells his shocking story

    "Freedom" is a very precious word to Francis Bok. By: David Campbell    Francis Bok was enslaved for 10 years in his native Sudan before fleeing to the United States, where today he is an abolitionist and author who travels the county speaking out against slavery. At an address presented Tuesday at Princeton University, he urged…