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  • Dey Road farm is preserved

    Middlesex County Farmland Preservation Program to secure development rights By:Matthew Kirdahy    The owners of a soybean and corn farm on Dey Road in South Brunswick want to make sure their property is a farm forever.    The development rights to the 52.6-acre farm were purchased Friday for $1.3 million through the Middlesex County Farmland Preservation Program.…

  • Law restricts flexibility of school budgets

    EDITORIAL: Effort to control property taxes will likely backfire    Last week, as the Hillsborough Board of Education sought to use some money set aside but not needed for the tuition of a special education student who moved, board members ran straight into a state-devised set of hurdles.    Part of a new law called "S1701" for…

  • Accident forces road closure

    Irate drivers and frustrated businesses spend Saturday waiting for repair work to finish By:Roger Alvarado    Traffic was at a virtual standstill along the intersection of Route 206 and Amwell Road on Saturday after a pickup truck struck a utility pole forcing that portion of the road to be closed for repairs for approximately 20 hours,…

  • Anything Floats contest set Saturday in Plainsboro

       PLAINSBORO — If you are boatless, paddleless and sailless, you can participate in the township’s annual Anything that Floats contest at Waters Edge Park on Saturday.    The ninth annual contest, which is set to begin after technical inspections are conducted at 10 a.m., will live up to its moniker: People can float in any and…

  • Chevrolet builds a small sport-utility vehicle that finally gives the competition a reason to look over its shoulder

    The bold and brash Equinox also represents an important tactical change for General Motors By: Malcolm Gunn    The dictionary defines "equinox" as that twice-yearly occurrence when the amount of daylight and darkness are equal. It also seems an appropriate name for Chevrolet’s boundary-busting vehicle that balances between the traditional sport-utility and minivan camps.    The bold…

  • Police, town, ready for a night out

    Event at Woodlot Park stands up to crime By:Allison Busacca    Residents and police will combine work and play Tuesday when they spend a night out on the town to stand up to crime.    They’ll be doing it during the 19th annual Night Out, to be held 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Wood Lot Park.…

  • Village finds male role models for programs

    Father figures important to young children. By: Lea Kahn    Fathers and mothers have differing points of view and approaches to life — but many of the children growing up in Eggerts Crossing Village don’t know that, because they are being raised solely by their mothers.    That’s why Fred Vereen, executive director of the affordable housing…

  • Recrossing at Crosswicks, Part 4 of 4

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING From Henry Charlton Beck’s 1939 "The Jersey Midlands," we conclude the story of Crosswicks’ early days with a macabre tale about a man with five wives and more.     Just at this point, one of us came upon the name of Still in a tattered old book loaned for examination. It was a…

  • July 29, 6:19 p.m.: Unconventional wisdom and Dispatches

    It’s Kerry’s night, though I doubt too many are watching. By: Hank Kalet    It is, as the Boston Globe points out, John Kerry’s night.    The senator from Massachusetts is set to give his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight (Thursday), and it is up to him now to set the tone and define…