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  • Stockton OKs parking restrictions

    Council establishes limits in business district. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — A new ordinance restricts parking on several streets in the business district to prevent day trippers from blocking lines of sight in some places and keeping parking to themselves for inordinate amounts of time in others.    The ordinance also calls for a fine of…

  • Birthday open house slated

    Grace V. Scheetz to fete 90th    In celebration of her 90th birthday and 45 years on East Welling Avenue, Pennington, Grace V. Scheetz’s three children, seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren invite all her friends and acquaintances to an open house at her home on Sept. 18 from 1-5 p.m.    In 1914, when she was born,…

  • Sept. 28 referendum addresses music program needs

    GUEST OPINION By Linda Mitchell    Citizens of Hopewell Valley: Do you expect a significant decline in the cost of gasoline? Do you expect the price of electricity to drop? Do you expect healthcare costs to take a surprising nosedive? Your Board of Education doesn’t either.    The fixed costs for running a district, along with the…

  • Finding boredom in a world of distractions

    EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK by Vanessa S. Holt    When was the last time you were really, seriously bored?    Not the kind of bored you get in a waiting room, counting holes in the tiles of the suspended ceiling and paging through a Reader’s Digest from 1982. I mean the rainy Sunday afternoon kind of boredom, where you…

  • Potential apparent for SBHS cross country

    By: Redd E. Patrick    After more than a decade of being recognized as one of the top programs in Middlesex County and Central Jersey, the South Brunswick High School boys cross country finally team had to face a rebuilding situation after the 2002 season.    A year ago, the young Vikings suffered a rare losing season,…

  • Little school gets big boost from state

    Stockton structure to be placed on historic register. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — Not a great many modern amenities exist in the Stockton School.    Seven classes, from kindergarten through sixth grade, share just three rooms.    The Victorian structure on Main Street has stood on the same site serving the town’s children since 1872, when it…

  • Lawrence gets $1.8 million for use on motel site

    Money will be used for 62 affordable housing units. By: Lea Kahn    In a groundbreaking move — for Lawrence Township, at least — township officials have agreed to accept money from another municipality to provide affordable housing in Lawrence.    Township Council agreed Tuesday night to accept $1.8 million from Manalapan Township to pay for construction…

  • Keeping Score

    McCarter Theatre opens the season with Steven Dietz’s play about Vietnam War buddies, ‘Last of the Boys.’ By: Susan Van Dongen TIMEOFF PHOTOS/FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI Joseph Siravo (left) as Ben and Tom Wopat as Jeeter rehearse a scene from ‘Last of the Boys.’    Playwright Steven Dietz liberally sprinkles a sense of rock ‘n’ roll-flavored humor throughout…

  • Grants provide school with funds for extra programs

    Grants supplied to Springfield Elementary School will be used to add several new programs to advance students’ education. By: Scott Morgan    SPRINGFIELD — For Superintendent Helena Kosoff, the grants Springfield Elementary School has in the queue for the coming school year are much more about advancing the education of her students than about saving money…