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  • Community remembers longtime Cranburian

    James Christiansen died on Monday, Nov. 15. By: Josh Appelbaum    Friends and family remember James Christiansen, who died Monday at his home in Cranbury, as a friendly, hard-working man who gave back to the community, lending his time and energy to various charitable and fraternal organizations in town.    Born in Woodbridge, Mr. Christiansen, 84, moved…

  • Diplomat sees slave trade as a pressing 21st-century issue

    University speaker says new abolitionist movement is needed to combat modern-day slavery. By: David Campbell    A senior adviser to outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday that a new abolitionist movement is needed to combat modern-day slavery around the globe and here in the United States.    Ambassador John R. Miller, who is director of…

  • Farm program could be even better

    EDITORIAL THE STATE WE’RE IN by Michele S. Byers    You’re probably tired of countless polls and endless opinion surveys, a continuous chatter from recent elections … so, here comes another one!    The Eagleton Institute of Rutgers University just released a poll commissioned by the New Jersey Conservation Foundation to find out about the public’s expectations…

  • It all adds up at JFK school

    Students crunch numbers with the help of hand held computers. By: Melissa Hayes    JAMESBURG — Third grade students at John F. Kennedy elementary school are taking part in Math Amigo, a pilot program on math performance.    Students in Karen Harris’ class will be receiving hand held computers loaded with math programs as part of a…

  • Somewhere under that sporty wrapper is all the goodness of a well-equipped minivan … just don’t call it that

    Just don’t call it a minivan. Mazda prefers the term "large sport wagon." By: Jason Stein    Mazda has lived and thrived off its "zoom-zoom" marketing strategy, a rollicking symbol of the company’s desire to make your daily drive more about fun than merely sitting and steering.    It makes perfect sense for the RX-8 sports car,…

  • Fire damages Hightstown Diner

    A kitchen blaze on the night of Nov. 13 forced evacuations and has left the Hightstown Diner closed. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — Dining room patrons and restaurant employees were forced to evacuate the Hightstown Diner on Saturday night after a fire from a broiler ignited in the kitchen of the borough landmark.    The fire…

  • OBTIARUES, Nov. 19, 2004

    Helen R. Gruen, Joseph W. Richards, Linda E.M. Olson, Timothy R. Barron, Sylvia B. Gifis, James Christiansen, Benedict Yedlin Helen R. Gruen Princeton resident     Helen R. Gruen died Saturday in Princeton Care Center. She was 90.    Born in Newark, her family lived in the Ironbound section on one of the last dairy farms in…

  • Rawther Remarkable

    With 50 Years of ‘Eloise’ Behind him, Illustrator Hilary Knight Brings the Plaza Princess to Frenchtown. By: Susan Van Dongen    On a certain day in early November, it’s a coincidence to be speaking to Hilary Knight, the notable illustrator and one-half of the talent behind the Eloise books. The author and other half of the…

  • Meals-on-Wheels serves help to needy

    The Allentown/Upper Freehold Meals-on-Wheels program provides people with bundles of groceries and hot meals every day at no cost. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    Imagine the loneliness and helplessness a person feels when he or she has no way to get a hot meal or no one to share it with.    Upper Freehold and Allentown residents…