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  • We Are All One

    A Festival of Faiths finds our common thread in the performing arts. By: Susan Van Dongen Bala Devi Chandrashekar shares her connection to divine consciousness during her sacred dance performance.    TimeOff 25th anniversary event  When Bala Devi Chandrashekar dances, she’s trying to be provocative — but not to provoke the base elements of human…

  • District says it’s on track with report recommendations

    Progress report expected at school board meeting. By: Lea Kahn    School district officials are on track to meet the recommendations contained in a special school board report on the district’s special education program, according to Schools Superintendent Max Riley.    Assistant Superintendent Bruce McGraw was expected to report on the administration’s progress in meeting those recommendations…

  • Hopewell Valley district sets reception for school board, new superintendent

    Date is Monday, Sept. 15, from 6:45-7:30 p.m. at Stony Brook Elementary School, 20 Stephenson Road (in Brandon Farms), Hopewell Township.    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District will host a reception to give the public an opportunity to meet current school board members and the new superintendent of schools, Nick Lorenzetti.    Valley residents are invited…

  • Hunters fulfill important role

    To the editor By:    Every year about this time, we read letters about the horrors of hunting season, how frightened deer run to our highways fleeing hunters only to sacrifice themselves to our cars and SUVs. That is a gross misrepresentation of reality.    For those of you willing to look at both sides of the…

  • Images of the past

    Book captures the early years of Plumsted and New Egypt in collection of photographs compiled by Bordentown City resident. By: Sarah Winkelman    PLUMSTED — Children with woolen caps and heavy coats pose beside a horse-drawn "school bus" in 1913.    Young members of the Presbyterian Church’s Sunday school program gather on the steps of the church…

  • Township manager resigns

    Barbara Sacks to move to a position in Clifton. By: Sharlee DiMenichi    Township Manager Barbara Sacks submitted her resignation Friday.    Ms. Sacks, who has worked for South Brunswick since November 2002, plans to become city manager of Clifton. Friday is Ms. Sacks’ last day of work in South Brunswick.    Ms. Sacks’ contract mandated that she…

  • With experienced lineup back, this could be the year for Vikes’ volleyball team

    By: Rich Fisher    Four years ago, South Brunswick High volleyball coach Nancy McDonald decided to take her lumps with a bunch of freshman in the lineup, and hope that the ensuing years would smooth those lumps into the cream of the Middlesex County crop.    "This should be the year," McDonald said. "This is a senior…

  • Caldwell ready for year two

    Football By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley Central High School football program begins its second year of play tomorrow, when the Bulldogs freshmen team plays host to Hightstown at the Hopewell Valley Pop Warner complex.    The junior varsity club will play at Hightstown on Monday afternoon, as the Bulldogs prepare for their first year…

  • Lawrence’s historic Gulick House faces demolition

    Developer plans to move forward with or without house. By: Lea Kahn    Hoping to buy time for the historic William Gulick House, the Historic Preservation Advisory Committee has denied the property owner’s request to demolish the house.    Attorney Steven Rother, who represents Lawrenceville Realty Co., asked the HPAC Monday night for permission to knock down…