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  • Writing to Reach You

    The South Street Players production of A.R. Gurney’s ‘Love Letters’ in Robbinsville tells the story of a bittersweet correspondence between a staid, dutiful lawyer and a lively, unstable artist. By: Matt Smith Constance Carey (top) and Anthony Cipriano star in a South Street Players production of A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters. The show will be staged…

  • Board member resigns

    New Hanover Township official, Wayne Wharton resigns from three community positions. By: Eve Collins    NEW HANOVER – A township official has resigned from three positions he held in the community, including president of the school board.    Wayne Wharton, a resident of Gradlyn Drive in Cookstown, has submitted his resignation from the Land Use and Development…

  • Just peachy!

    Proceeds from annual festival go to mission projects. Elsie Olmstead of Pennington holds her plate of peaches as the ice cream is added during the Peach Festival held at Pennington United Methodist Church Friday evening.

  • New Web site seeks to improve Hopewell Borough communication

    Luke Visconti: "It’s there for anybody who wants to post anything about Hopewell Borough." By John Tredrea    A recently established private Web site — www.hopewellborough.com — is providing a growing number of Hopewell Borough residents with an opportunity to share information and points of view.    The aim of this new site, not affiliated with borough…

  • ‘The Star-Spangled Girl’

    Princeton Summer Theater concludes its season with this Neil Simon play. By: Stuart Duncan    By the time Neil Simon wrote The Star-Spangled Girl in 1966, he had a nice list of successful hits and awards behind him: Come Blow Your Horn, Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple and Sweet Charity, plus the book to…

  • Penn Brook takes fourth in division

    Pennington-based swim team has strong showing at PASDA championships By: Jim Green    Despite having barely more than a quarter of its members on hand, the Penn Brook Club swim team managed to post 16 first-place finishes at the Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association Division 3 championships July 29 at Rutgers University.    The Pennington-based club…

  • Garden dedication set for Saturday

    Point Breeze Garden at Hilltop Park will officially open on Saturday, Aug. 16. By: Scott Morgan    BORDENTOWN CITY — It has taken almost two years of preparation and research, but this weekend, area flower buffs will learn just what grew in Joseph Bonaparte’s garden.    On Saturday, the Point Breeze Garden at Hilltop Park above the…

  • Editorial: Brace yourself for an electric sticker shock

    EDITORIAL: Utility rates in New Jersey are ready to skyrocket.    The transition is over, let the rate hikes begin.    In 1999, the state began to phase out regulation of the rates electric utilities charge their industrial, commercial and residential customers and set a cap on the rates that could be charged to residential customers that…

  • Camperversity offers slate of diverse cultures

    Enrollment still open for final few sessions. By: Lea Kahn    Sitting on the edge of a railroad tie on the playground at the Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center, the children watch intently as organic farmer Mikey Azzara shows them how to plant vegetables.    Mr. Azzara carefully shows the children how to tie up a tomato plant.…