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  • LETTER: Delgado best for schools

    To the editor:     Harry Delgado has done an exemplary job as a member of the South Brunswick Board of Education, which merits his reelection to another term!    In the 10 years that I have known and worked with Lt. Delgado, he has demonstrated leadership, integrity, independence, a keen insight into what it takes to…

  • DISPATCHES: War without reason, war without end

    DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet: As Iraqi war continues, comparisons to Vietnam and Lebanon cannot go unnoticed. By: Hank Kalet    It is becoming more and more difficult to ignore the comparisons.    There were the lies at the beginning and the hubris throughout.    And there is the growing death toll, eroding a president’s credibility. Read Hank Kalet’s…

  • ArtFirst! exhibit to open at medical center

    By:    ArtFirst!, an international juried exhibition and sale of original and fine crafts by professional artists with physical and mental disabilities, opens with a Gala Patrons Preview Party on Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. throughout the main floor corridors at University Medical Center at Princeton. The show will run from April 19 through May…

  • Polls to open on school boards, budgets

    School district polling locations for Bordentown Regional, Chesterfield, Florence, Mansfield, New Hanover, Northern Burlington, North Hanover, and Springfield are listed. By: Eve Collins and Scott Morgan    On April 20, area voters will decide the fate of seven local school district budgets. Following are a list of polling places and the hours they will be open.…

  • ABIS students, parents say this teacher is tops

    Maggie Balzano is school’s Teacher of the Year. By: Marnie Kunz    Laughter floats down the hallway from her room. A re-creation of ancient Egypt and of a Buddhist shrine cover an entire wall. The sixth-graders sit transfixed, smiling, as she asks for a volunteer to play Buddha.    It’s just another day in the classroom of…

  • PERCEPTIONS: America can handle the truth

    President needs to be more forthcoming with answers. By: Steve Feitl    I had no intention of writing a political column this week.    It would have been much more desirable to write about the Mets’ first home game at Shea Stadium on Monday or a follow-up to my legends and lore column of a week ago.…

  • HHS nine opens with three exciting wins

    Team sweeps annual Diamond Classic By: John E. Powers        Three tight games, three tight wins for the Hillsborough High School baseball team, which has opened the season like a club primed to reach the high expectations a lot of observers have put in front of them.    The defending Skyland Conference Delaware Division champions swept…

  • Township rethinks employee raises

    North Hanover Township officials consider 2.5 percent increase in salaries of municipal employees. By: Eve Collins    NORTH HANOVER — Municipal employees may see a slight raise in their salaries after all, with township officials discussing the issue in a recent budget session.    Members of the Township Committee met April 8 to discuss whether it was…

  • From Crosswicks to Cabbagetown, Part 1

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    Former Star Ledger writer Henry Charlton Beck’s "More Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey" was first published in 1937. Although criticized by other historians for his sources, Beck’s folksy narrative is alluring and often thought provoking. In his later years he resided at Hillcrest Farm, presently Washington Township’s history center.     Many worthy…