Category: archives
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PERCEPTIONS: A fix for Arnold’s budget woes
Available revenue is at the new governor’s fingertips. By: Steve Feitl I admit I found the recall debacle in California to be rather humorous. It was definitely a black eye for the state, but at least it wasn’t happening here in the great state of New Jersey. I don’t even mind that action connoisseur Arnold…
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Town needs leaders with integrity
To the editor Since January 2003, residents of Hillsborough have written, phoned, e-mailed and spoken to me directly at events and on the street to express their dissatisfaction with the conduct and behavior of the Republican Majority at the Township Committee meetings. Citizens in large numbers have been watching the Hillsborough Township meetings every two…
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Bound Brook requests regionalization talks
But school officials are only interested in sharing services By:Beth Kressel Manville school board members said they would be willing to explore a sending/receiving relationship with Bound Brook if Manville High School was at the receiving end. The school board discussed the issue after receiving a letter from the Bound Brook school board asking to…
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Oct. 16, 5:40 p.m.: Dispatches
The crazy world of the Cubs By: Hank Kalet Read this week’s Dispatches on the Cubs. (Good piece from Thomas Boswell in The Washington Post.
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For the Oct. 16 issue
William J. Schmitt, John S. Henry, Doris Broadway, Marlene Flanigan, Henry Luning Sr., Helen Hughart, Esther Brown, Shirley Ayers. William J. Schmitt JACOBSTOWN William J. "Willee" Schmitt, 51, died Oct. 7 at the Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he was a resident of Bucks County, Pa. before…
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Oct. 16, 5:41 p.m.: Fixing health care
Time for a single-payer system. By: Hank Kalet Marie Cocco in Newsday uses the official announcement that Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio Democrat, is running for president to remind readers that we need to fix our broken health care system. The prescription the only logical prescription, really is to create a national, single-payer system…
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Stonybrook Morris Men seek dancers
The Stonybrook Morris Men, a Princeton community-based group of boys between the ages of 8 and 13 who perform English Morris Dancing, is seeking new dancers. Morris Dancing is a living tradition of music and dance combining athleticism, musicality and fellowship in a colorful and exciting show. Morris has been an ancient ritual and long-standing…
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Girls advance in tennis team state tourney
RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl The Hillsborough High girls’ tennis team advanced to the Central Jersey Group 4 semifinals with a 3-2 home victory over Manalapan last Thursday. Hillsborough posted straight-set victories at second and third singles and second doubles to offset a pair of tough three-set losses at first singles and first doubles. The…
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Furious Joy
Off-Broadstreet Theatre in Hopewell is staging Tim Slover’s almost-true-to-life ‘Joyful Noise,’ a romp through the politics, scandals and conniving behind the creation of George Frideric Handel’s ‘Messiah.’ By: Matt Smith TimeOff 25th anniversary event Joyce LaBriola and James Boyd star in Joyful Noise, on stage at Off-Broadstreet Theatre in Hopewell Oct. 17 to Nov. 22.…
