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  • Senator backing wage tax cut act

    Letter to the editor By: To the editor:     Our economy needs a boost. Over the past two years, more than two million Americans have lost their jobs. Today, the unemployment rate stands at 6 percent, the highest rate in eight years.    Mortgage foreclosures are at a record high. The stock market has lost about…

  • Artist captures Jamesburg’s past and present

    A new mural is proudly displayed at Borough Hall By: Jamie Simpson JAMESBURG — Splashed on the wall of Borough Hall are vibrant colors and images, all portraying the rich history of Jamesburg.    Four months of research and eight months of painting led Monroe Township resident and artist Bobby Duncan to his finished masterpiece, a…

  • Geese Police again hired to patrol school grounds

    The school district was cited last year by the Health Department for an excessive amount of geese droppings. By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — The school board on Monday approved using the Geese Police to control the population of geese at Drew, McKnight and Hightstown High School.    The company uses border collies to frighten the geese.…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the Feb. 14 issue By: Bush’s affirmative action fight ironic To the editor:     The Bush administration has filed a brief before the United States Supreme Court against the University of Michigan’s affirmative action admission policy. It is ironic since George W. Bush was the recipient of an affirmative action policy at Yale. After…

  • Orleans Homebuilders’ Delancey Place earns Community of the Year accolade

    Evesham community beat the competition in the "Best Attached Home Under $200,000" category    Orleans Homebuilders’ Delancey Place received the prestigious "Community of the Year — Best Attached Community" at the recent Builders League of South Jersey MAME Awards. The community, located in Evesham, beat the competition in the "Best Attached Home Under $200,000" category. The…

  • Slover makes sure MHS is heard from at Greater Middlesex Conference meet

    Falcon junior earns two medals swimming as an individual By: Carolyn M. Hartko    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Monroe Township High School may not have a swimming team, but it does have a talented high school swimmer.    Junior Lisa Slover won two medals at last weekend’s Greater Middlesex Conference’s Girls Swimming Championships. Slover started with a bronze…

  • Viking hoop seasons come to a close

    By: Rich Fisher    And so ends another winter season for the Cranbury School basketball teams.    The Viking boys stumbled at the end of the year, losing three straight and finishing 4-8 for the season. But coach Jay Gilligan felt the record did not tell the whole story.    "I’m going to miss these 8th-graders, they were…

  • Movie Timetables

    Going to the movies tonight? Find out where and when the show you want to see is playing. Movies and times are valid from Friday, Feb. 14 through Thursday, Feb. 20. Because of the possibility of last-minute schedule changes, it is wise to call the theater before leaving home. Please note: In the event that…

  • Slow Down for a downtown java taste

    Former Hightstown council president Mike Vanderbeck and his wife now own a coffee shop on Main Street. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — Amid the memorabilia, the knickknacks and the Americana, there is a photograph labeled, "Hightstown Circa 1900." Outside the J.D. Mount Wallpaper, Toys and Stationery store (that’s Main Street, folks), a horse and buggy…