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  • Magic Dust

    Jean Hanff Korelitz’s new novel, a children’s book, is sprinkled with enchantment. By: Ilene Dube Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski    The Interference Powder Jean Hanff Korelitz has sprinkled into my palm causes the crinkly skin to shimmer.    Interference Powder is real, explains the author of the new middle-grade reader, Interference Powder (Cavendish, $15.95, function popUp(URL,NAME)…

  • Seminar to offer college financing tips

    Program to be held Wednesday at South Brunswick High. By: Rebecca Tokarz    South Brunswick High School is hosting a seminar Wednesday to help parents find new ways to finance their children’s college education.    The seminar will take place in the South Brunswick High School auditorium at 7:30 p.m.    The program is co-sponsored by Fairleigh Dickinson…

  • Viking girls swim team has stars, but is still rebuilding

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The new wing was not the only thing under construction at South Brunswick High School last winter. The girls’ swim team was also building itself back up after losing some key people from the 2002 squad. However, unlike the steel and concrete project, the Vikings still have a long way to…

  • Back Timberlane fields project deserves aid of community

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    Tonight (Dec. 4) the Hopewell Township Committee is expected to continue discussing whether or not to introduce a bond ordinance to pay for some drainage work for the Back Timberlane athletic fields project.    On Nov. 20, the committee’s debate on the topic ended in a 2-2 split on the proposal, which…

  • Benjamin Gryzeski

       MANVILLE — Benjamin J. Gryzeski died Friday, Nov. 28, at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 89.    Born in Newark, he lived in Manville for the past 30 years.    Mr. Gryzeski worked for Western Electric Company in Kearny, retiring in 1979.    He served in the U.S. Army in Europe and Africa during World War…

  • Hopewell Valley school officials hail judge’s rebuff of pigskin plea

    State Office of Administrative Law Judge Joseph Martone ruled that the school district did not legally flout a 2001 ballot question, in which voters rejected funding football for the 2001-2002 school year. By John Tredrea    Relief and satisfaction marked the reactions of officials of the Hopewell Valley Regional School District to a state judge’s denial…

  • McGinley enjoys banner rookie year

    Girls soccer coach earns county recognition. By: Mike Molaro    There isn’t much John McGinley would’ve changed about the script of his first season as head coach of the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls soccer squad.    He probably would’ve revised the part about the Lady Bulldogs (14-5-2) falling in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic…

  • Search for Pennington clerk-administrator under way

    The new hire will replace Karen Waldron, who was not reappointed recently. By John Tredrea    Pennington Mayor Jim Loper said during Monday night’s Borough Council meeting that the borough would have a new clerk administrator by the "beginning of the year."    The new hire will replace Karen Waldron, who worked in Pennington for three years.…

  • Charter school to hold open house on Sunday

       Princeton Charter School is now accepting applications for students who will be in kindergarten through grade eight in September 2004. There will be 18 spaces for kindergarten students, 24 spaces for fifth grade and a few spaces in other grades.    The school will host open houses for prospective students on Sunday and again on Saturday,…