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  • Olympic rowers set Princeton ‘Ergathon’

       A fund-raiser with members of the U.S. Olympic Rowing Team will be held Saturday at Writers Block.    Writers Block, located off Paul Robeson Place, is a garden where 11 teams of architects and writers have collaborated to create pavilions, or "follies" — small structures that may be architecture or sculpture, or both.    Princeton’s rowing tradition…

  • Karen A. Veltre

       Karen A. (Adamo) Veltre, 58, died Monday, Oct. 11, at the home of her cousin in Monroe.    Born in Jersey City, she lived in the South Amboy and Sayerville areas, graduating from Sayerville High School. She later lived in South Brunswick and Toms River before moving to North Las Vegas, Nev., three years ago. She…

  • Falcons eager for New Brunswick challenge

    By: Ken Weingartner    To say the New Brunswick High football team is explosive might be the understatement of the year. The Zebra are more like gazelles, rolling up points at a head-spinning rate.    New Brunswick is 4-0, has won 16 straight since the end of the 2002 season, and is ranked No. 10 in the…

  • Board mulls no school in summer

    Pending Board of Education approval, Monroe schools could be phasing out summer school programs and replacing them with Saturday school and after-school enrichment program. By: Melissa Hayes    MONROE — Monroe schools will be phasing out summer school and replacing the program with a Saturday school and an after-school enrichment program if the Board of Education…

  • Shea and Wrigley

    "Shea," and "Wrigley" are 10-week-old spayed male kitens in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about dopting "Shea," "Wrigley," or another dog or cat, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html

  • Forgotten Lore

    An Edgar Allan Poe impersonator will bring ‘The Raven’ to life just in time for Halloween. By: Hank Kalet TIM COX    Tim Cox has been in love with the writing of Edgar Allan Poe since he was a kid.    "I can remember finding a collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s works in my father’s library when…

  • Writers Block folly seeks home at park

    A plan to move one of the displays to a permanent home in borough. By: Jennifer Potash    Writers Block may be closing at the end of October, but something of its spirit could live on elsewhere in the borough.    The popular urban garden, replete with "follies," is located off Paul Robeson Place. But there are…

  • Voting rights should belong to all citizens

    EDITORIAL    It’s a safe bet nobody ever expected the campaign of Daryl M. Brooks, the Green Party’s nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives from the 12th Congressional District, to be anything more than a blip on the political radar screen in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 2 election.    Instead, with three weeks…

  • Sun powers borough house

    Hightstown resident expects to save $750 a year in electricity costs by using a solar electric system in his home. By: Michael Ross    HIGHTSTOWN — Chuck Joseph slashed his electric bill by nearly half this month with a home utility modification funded largely by the state.    Atop his Hausser Street home is a $37,000 solar…