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  • EDITORIAL:Tough choices for officials on open spaces

       "Buy land," Will Rogers once observed. "They ain’t makin’ any more of the stuff."    In his own inimitable way, the sage of Oologah, Okla., was on to something long before it registered in the collective mindset of folks in central New Jersey. As long as the population continues to grow but the land mass does…

  • Three Vikes reach MOC

    Potts, Ivey and Ayeni advance from Group IV By: Carolyn M. Hartko    South Brunswick High School had three representatives in this year’s Meet of Champions for Track and Field held Wednesday evening at South Plainfield’s Frank Jost Field. One girl and two boys advanced from the All-Group IV Championships held this past weekend at Egg…

  • Hot Hot Hot

    Fire eaters take note – this small nursery in Hunterdon County offers hundreds of varieties of chile and sweet pepper plants. By: Ilene Dube Staff photos by Frank Wojciechowski Janie Lamson and Fernando Villegas, chile pepper growers at Cross Country Nurseries in Rosemont, are in the heat of their season.    If your tongue is lolling…

  • St. Joe’s defeats Vikings in GMC tournament finals

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    Coaches often argue that strength of schedule should be taken into account when seeding a post-season tournament. That certainly would have made a difference in this year’s Greater Middlesex Conference Boys’ Lacrosse Tournament where St. Joseph’s, a team that entered the tourney with a 3-13 record, sliced through three GMC opponents…

  • Andreyko, Friedman jump into Meet of Champs

    Melendez, Humphrey, Kain also score in Group 4 By: Rudy Brandl    Franklin Andreyko only marked one jump, but it was enough to send him to the NJSIAA Meet of Champions for a third straight year.    Andreyko, once considered a favorite to win the state long jump title, placed third at Saturday’s State Group 4 Championships…

  • Candidates to square off in area primaries

    Candidates for Upper Freedhold and Plumsted Township Committee seats are profiled. By: Lauren Burgoon Tuesday’s polling locations for Upper Freehold and Plumsted are listed below this article. The results will be posted on this Web site that night.    Candidates for Township Committee seats in Upper Freehold and Plumsted are set to square off in the…

  • Relay for Life nets $62,000

    The total this year topped last year’s effort by more than $20,000. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Schoolchildren and rock ‘n’ rollers — and all ages in between and beyond — pooled their resources and came together to make last month’s regional benefit for the American Cancer Society a huge success, topping last year’s…

  • ‘Jekyll & Hyde’

    Bucks County Playhouse presents this musical tale of two men in one. By: Stuart Duncan    Originally produced in 1990 at Houston’s Alley Theatre, Jekyll & Hyde became an instant success with audiences and critics alike.    It went on to break box-office records, and its scheduled run was extended four times during that first summer. In…

  • Senior Menus-June 3, 2004

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $3.13. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.    Thursday, June 3 — Cranapple juice, honey pork…