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  • Tangents: Life should be three rings of fun

    TANGENTS by John Saccenti: Send in the clowns By: John Saccenti    Forget vacation, I want to join the circus. And so should you. So should everyone.    Ditch your computer, throw away your cell phone and forget about crunching numbers, or meeting sales goals and have more fun than a barrel of monkeys.    Get some tights.…

  • Governor will have chance to make good on ‘pay-to-play’

    ANALYSIS: A groundswell of support or politics as usual? By: David Campbell    A state ban on "pay-to-play" practices that extends to the municipalities may not be the poison pill that some state legislators think.    But it remains to be seen whether Gov. James E. McGreevey’s vow in his annual message to veto any state legislation…

  • Questions and answers on weight management, diabetes care

    HEALTH MATTERS By: Paulina Duker    Diabetes is a disorder that is caused by decreased production of insulin or decreased ability to use insulin. Insulin, a hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreas, helps the body use glucose for energy. "You cannot maintain a healthy weight range if you continue to increase the amount…

  • Upper Freehold budget calls for 2-cent tax rate hike

    Public hearing on proposed spending plan set for April 3. By: Scott Morgan    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee last week introduced its preliminary budget for the coming year, which calls for an estimated 2-cent increase in the municipal tax rate.    This year’s preliminary budget, as introduced March 6, is $5.8 million, nearly $200,000 more…

  • NIT could provide PU some consolation

    Tigers wait for bid after falling to Penn in finale By: Justin Feil    One day after the regular season ended with 74-67 loss to Pennsylvania on Tuesday, the Princeton University men’s basketball team received a bit of consolation.    Three Tiger players — Ray Robins, Judson Wallace and Kyle Wente — were named to the honorable…

  • D&R Greenway benefit to honor Wendy Benchley

       Delaware & Raritan Greenway, central New Jersey’s regional land trust, will present "A Tribute to Wendy Benchley" on Saturday, March 22, from 4 to 6 p.m. in The Glass House, Rocky Hill.    Ms. Benchley is being honored by D&R Greenway and friends and community leaders from all walks of life for her commitment to and…

  • Mary Petrick

       BELLE MEAD — Mary (Skakandy) Petrick died Friday March 7, at the Pavilions at Forrestal in Plainsboro. She was 91.    She was born in Seredne, Czechoslovakia. After coming to the United States, she lived in New York City for some time before moving to Manville where she lived for six years. She then moved to…

  • Low numbers but high quality for SBHS this year

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    For the first time since South Brunswick added swimming to its sports lineup, there were fewer girls than boys out for the swimming program. With a roster of 17, the Lady Vikings went 3-6 in a rebuilding year, but it turned out there was a silver lining in that cloud.    "Unfortunately,…

  • Letter: Mayor-council form not right for town

    To the editor:     In "Dispatches," Hank Kalet agrees that our Township Manager Barbara Sacks was right when she declared that some of Councilman Ted Van Hessen’s requests were directives and directives need to come from the council as a body, not from individual councilpersons. In addition, he makes two good suggestions:    One, "that Ms.…