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  • Efforts begin to protect the Sourland Mountain region

    GUEST COLUMN By Kathleen Bird    A unique, smart growth effort aimed at protecting the Sourland Mountain region’s fragile ecosystem and precious natural resources is about to begin.    The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, through its Office of Smart Growth, will provide $80,000 in a "smart future" grant for the work, which is slated to…

  • Obituaries for week of Oct. 2

    Benjamin Shimberg    Benjamin Shimberg, 85, died Sept. 24 at Capital Health System-Fuld Campus in Trenton.    He was a senior research scientist at Educational Testing Service, where he performed landmark studies on the licensing of diverse professions.    He was author or co-author of hundreds of professional articles and books, including: Occupational Licensing: Questions a Legislator Should…

  • Hedden and Bruno reach MCT semis

    Girls tennis By: Jim Green    During a season in which the Lawrence High School girls tennis team has suffered greatly from the loss of its top player — senior co-captain Katie Stracquatanio — to mononucleosis, one characteristic of coach Alice Leon’s squad has remained constant: it never gives up.    That fighting spirit was best displayed…

  • Amrhein surpasses her goal with ease

    By: Rich Fisher    Rachael Amrhein had a modest goal heading into the tennis season.    "I just wanted to make the JV," she said.    The sophomore failed to make that goal, only because she surpassed it. Amrhein made the Vikings varsity and worked herself all the way up to second singles. Not bad for someone who…

  • Homeowners seek surge compensation

    Bordentown City residents seeking remuneration from PSE&G for electronics equipment lost during hurricane. By: Scott Morgan    While many area folks finished cleaning up after Hurricane Isabel last week, some Bordentown City residents are seeking compensation for lost electronics equipment, not from the Fates, but from Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G).    Jim Brimmer is part…

  • A Hopewell Harvest Fair moment

    The tomato toss Photo by Robyn C. Stein Dan Saunders of Hopewell gives a helping lift to Benjamin Morreale, 2, of Pennington, who is trying to knock over a ketchup bottle with his finger at the tomato toss booth during Hopewell Harvest Fair on Saturday.

  • Memory in Motion

    Mason Gross Performing Arts Center’s current production balances poem-like soliloquies with often-frantic movements of the actresses. By: Matt Smith Blair Brooks (left), Yvonne Campbell (center) and Danielle Thompson appear in the Rutgers Theater Company production of for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf.    Each moves with natural grace and determination, bounding…

  • Editorial: Law leaves children behind

    EDITORIAL: New testing legislation creates more problems than it fixes.    Parents may start seeing some alarming letters in their mailboxes.    As part of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, school districts are supposed to send out letters to parents informing them whether their students and teachers pass federal muster or are in danger of…

  • Parents reveal ‘vision’ for Lawrence district

    Special education meetings lead to list of values. By: Lea Kahn    Parents of special education students told school district officials Monday night that they believe in professional development programs for all teachers, and they also want the district to focus on their students’ needs.    They also told school district officials that they expect the Child…