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  • Portable heater, cigarettes blamed in separate fires

    Houses left uninhabitable By:Beth Kressel    Neighbors congregated on nearby porches and stood in clusters across from 101 South 18th Avenue at noon Nov. 24, hours after the second fire in less than a week caused major damage to a borough home.    Blankets left too close to a portable heater caused the Monday morning blaze that…

  • ‘Scrooge’ performance expands to two new venues

    The Bordentown Ballet Theatre will present its fifth annual performance based on Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol". By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The large room in the dance studio is lined with young ladies in pink tights and black leotards. Some are beginners with tiny feet in little dance slippers and others wearing professional pointe…

  • AHS provides model school-to-work program

    Allentown High School embarks on its sixth year of program to aid seniors transition from school to work. By: Sarah Winkelman    This is the second in a three-part series to be published monthly featuring school-to-work programs at area schools.     ALLENTOWN — In an effort to recapture the "lost senior year," high schools across the…

  • Hopewell Valley football petition ruling expected on Monday

    When the document is released it is expected to go first to the Hopewell Valley Regional School District and the petitioners. By Ruth Luse    Judge Joseph F. Martone’s decision on the Hopewell Valley football petition probably will be released Monday, a spokesman for the state’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) said Tuesday.    There will be…

  • South Brunswick school vote may increase tax rate by 2.43 percent

    School board unveils estimate in preparation for Dec. 9 referendum. By: Rebecca Tokarz    Taxpayers could see a 2.43 percent increase in their school taxes if a $46.42 million plan to upgrade and expand the district’s elementary schools is approved by voters Dec. 9.    According to Assistant Superintendent for Business Jeff Scott, the district’s proposal carries…

  • New Egypt High takes Group I loss in stride

    New Egypt High School field hockey team competes in Group I state finals game at The College of New Jersey. By: Kyle Moylan    If the New Egypt High School field hockey players were heartbroken by the result of Sunday’s Group I state final at The College of New Jersey, they sure did a great job…

  • Allentown — its rise and progress, Part 3

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    The following unpublished history by Charles R. Hutchinson is from Book 4 titled "Local History." Acquired in 1929 by the New Jersey Historical Society from his estate, the collection represents not only a valuable genealogical resource but documents this entire region’s early history. This week’s installment continues the history of the old meeting…

  • Patrolling South Brunswick’s classrooms

    School program uses police officers in security and educational roles. By: Rebecca Tokarz    As South Brunswick Patrol Officer Joseph Halmi walked through the halls of Crossroads South Middle School on Nov. 17, he was stopped by some students from his Drug Abuse Resistance Education classes.    One sixth-grader excitedly approached Officer Halmi and quickly ran down…

  • Faiths come together in unity

       Speakers at the 31st annual Thanksgiving Interfaith Service expressed gratitude for religious freedom, remembered Holocaust victims and requested divine intervention to help resolve the conflict in the Middle East. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Speakers at the 31st annual Thanksgiving Interfaith Service expressed gratitude for religious freedom, remembered Holocaust victims and requested divine intervention to help…