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  • Training and flexibility for summer success

    FROM ROOSEVELT by Linda Schuster    We hold eager expectations of summer all year long — the shore, the pool, the sun. The outlook is for a ton of fun. We hope to make the most out of the span between spring and fall activities.    It’s protected space. And that means preparing adequately for maximum pleasure.…

  • AROUND CRANBURY: Residents reveal best summer reads

    By: Lorraine Sedor    The Gourgaud Gallery, located in Cranbury’s Town Hall on Schoolhouse Lane, will feature the art of Cranbury School student artists during the month of July in an exhibit titled "Young at Art." The exhibit will open with an artist’s reception in the gallery on Thursday, July3 from 6 to 8 p.m.    Gallery…

  • Suggested summer reading fun

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman    For years, as a teacher, a reader and reviewer, I have relied on Suzanne Manczuk for book ideas. No one reads more — or knows more — about books. In particular, she is an acknowledged expert on middle-level literature. However, her current position as a reviewer for a professional library…

  • Imagine…Resort living in Upper Freehold

    With 10 different home styles and an active lifestyle, K. Hovnanian offers all of the ingredients that make the Four Seasons lifestyle a winner    Although Nick and Lynn Scalera don’t actually live at a resort, it’s hard to convince their friends otherwise.    The Scaleras live at K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Upper Freehold, a park-like…

  • County OKs Cranbury horse farm preservation

    The Middlesex County freeholder board voted June 19 to preserve the 32-acre horse farm on Dey Road. By: Matt Kirdahy    Another farm in Cranbury is set to be permanently preserved as farmland, bringing the total of preserved farmland in town to about 1,700 acres — all saved since the Farmland Preservation Program began in 1990.…

  • Celebrating the Fourth in style

    CRIMSON COMMENTS by Rose McGlew    The Fourth of July is our country’s birth date and boy, are we celebrating! For the second year, we’re having about 35 people over. Most of them are family. Some of them are staying for the whole weekend. This is a sleepover birthday party that really stretches the limits.    As…

  • PERSPECTIVES: Celebrate with family and remember the message

    PERSPECTIVES by Steve Feitl: Putting the "independence" back in the Fourth of July. By: Steve Feitl    This Friday is Independence Day. Perhaps you know it a little better as the Fourth of July.    While they are the same holiday and the same date on the calendar, they seem to represent two very different things. In…

  • Graduating seniors bid 2003 goodbye

    The Northern Burlington County Regional High School Class of 2003 held commencement exercises on June 25. By: Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — Sitting in the sunlight on the football field at Northern Burlington County Regional High School on June 25, the graduates of 2003, many of them wearing sunglasses to shield their eyes from the bright…

  • Biselli da Baldassari

    Veal Saltimbocca, Penne Carbonara and other Italian specialties top the offerings at Chambersburg’s Baldassari Regency. By: Faith Bahadurian Biselli da Baldassari In the Baldassari Regency 145 Morris Ave. Trenton (609) 392-1280 www.baldassari.com Food: Very good Service: In-training Prices: Moderate to expensive Cuisine: Italian-American Ambiance: Over-the-top ornate Hours: Lunch: Wed.-Fri. Noon-2 p.m.; Dinner: Sat.-Sun. 5-10 p.m.…