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  • Jan. 10, 4:30 p.m.: The wrong kind of malpractice reform

    The president’s fix misses the mark. He should be focusing on bad doctors and not lawsuits. By: Hank Kalet    President George W. Bush wants us to believe that lawyers are responsible for an explosion of lawsuits that he says are driving up malpractice premiums for doctors. I suggest he read today’s Boston Globe editorial. He…

  • OBITUARIES: Irene C. Lynch

    Irene C. Lynch    Irene C. Lynch, 79, died Friday, Dec. 31, at home.    Born in Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y., to parents John and Catherine Wamsganz, she was employed for many years by R.H. Rhodes as a secretary.    Ms. Lynch was a wonderful wife, mom and grandmother. She traveled through Europe and Southeast Asia, residing in Karachi,…

  • Harpists to light up the new year

    Innovative harpist duo to perform free concert at Monroe Township High School Richard P. Marasco Center for Performing Arts. By: Melissa Hayes    MONROE — In celebration of the new year, the Cultural Arts Commission is sponsoring "Harps Afire," a free event featuring two professional concert harpists.    "It’s very unusual to have a free concert of…

  • OBITUARIES: Virginia Selma Green

    Virginia Selma Green    Virginia Selma Green, 86, of East Road, Tiverton, R.I., formerly of Grace Hill Road in Monroe, died Saturday, Jan. 1, at Heatherwood Nursing and Sub-Acute Rehabilitation Center in Newport, R.I.    She was born in Perth Amboy. Ms. Green, a graduate of the Perth Amboy High School Class of 1936, had been a…

  • Township assigned COAH consultant

    New firm to work on affordable housing plan over next few months. By: Josh Appelbaum    The Township Committee appointed the planning firm Clarke Caton and Hintz and a professional planner to help deal with new affordable housing regulations, Monday.    The firm assigned Mary Beth Lonergan to Cranbury. Mayor Becky Beauregard said Ms. Lonergan will work…

  • Old factory to become warehouses

    Former factory on Half Acre Road to be demolished. By: Josh Appelbaum    The Rockefeller Group Development Corp. is demolishing two buildings at the former Carter-Wallace pharmaceutical factory on Half Acre Road to make way for the construction of more than 800,000 square feet of warehouse space in the commercial district’s foreign trade zone.    The new…

  • OBITUARIES: Barbara K. Mangan

    Barbara K. Mangan    Barbara K. Mangan, 78, died Thursday, Dec. 30, in Hospice Care at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Worcester, Mass., she lived in Concord, Mass., Chicago and Atlanta before moving to Concordia in 1984.    She was a 1944 graduate of Rutland High School and attended the School of Fine Arts…

  • Southern Kitchens

    Low-Country cooking is naturally featured in Savannah Related Story: Beyond ‘Good and Evil’ By: Carolyn Foote Edelmann    What more memorable gifts emanate from a Southern city than its regional foods? Low-Country cooking is naturally featured in Savannah: crab, okra, unique spices, sausage. Oysters grow on every piling, oyster roasts prime events. Engraved invitations lure guests…

  • Committee will meet less often in 2005

    New schedule to give committee members more time to work on resolutions for township. By: Josh Appelbaum    The Township Committee has amended its meeting schedule to reduce the number of monthly meetings from three to two, and they will start a little earlier.    The committee adopted a resolution Monday setting a schedule for meetings to…