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  • Council not happy with aquatic study

    By: Sharlee DiMenichi    Part of a payment for a township aquatic center feasibility study will be withheld, council members said Tuesday.    Plans for the center include an eight-lane indoor pool, a 15,000-square-foot outdoor pool, eight water slides and a river-like tube ride. The proposed project would take 26 months to build. Councilman Frank Gambatese said…

  • Letters to the Editor, Dec. 5, 2002

    Hurray for Lawrence Hopewell Trail! To the editor:     The creation of a 20-mile bicycling and walking trail to connect business, residential, and recreational areas is brilliant and all the participants should be congratulated.    I’d like to say a special thank you to the people at Bristol-Myers-Squibb who initiated this project. This trail will be…

  • Progress made by leaps and bounds by South Brunswick gymnastics team

    By: Rich Fisher    The improvement of the South Brunswick High gymnastics team was evident, even from afar.    First-year coach Michele Buccellato realized that at the Greater Middlesex Conference Meet, when she was approached by a Bishop Ahr coach.    "He came up and complimented our girls on how much they improved the program this year and…

  • YW St. Nicholas Project matches families, needy kids

       Community members — individuals, families, and businesses alike — are invited to share their bounty with others who are less fortunate this holiday season.    The "St. Nicholas Project," sponsored by the YWCA Princeton for the third year in a row, provides holiday presents to help local low-income families create the magic of Christmas in their…

  • Area native brings youthful music to Lawrence

    Laurie Berkner performs at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville on Wednesday By: Dave Hemmer    She has been called a "Sheryl Crow for kiddies" and "the Ani DiFranco of kids’ music," but attempting to compare the effect that singer-songwriter Laurie Berkner has on children is futile.    The wild-haired, nose-ringed, guitar-swinging songstress, is acclaimed for having the…

  • Garage band organizes benefit

    Members of a local punk rock band organized an eight-band concert to benefit two families whose New Road home was destroyed by a fire on Sept. 28. By:Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Members of a local punk rock band want to help some friends.    The band, Something Missing, has organized an eight-band concert to benefit two families…

  • FORUM: Should NJ Transit convert a freight line through Dayton and Monmouth Junction into a commuter rail line?

    Should NJ Transit convert a freight line through Dayton and Monmouth Junction into a commuter rail line?

  • Muslims have renewed spirit for the Night of Power

    By: Sharlee DiMenichi    Too excited for drowsiness, local Muslims celebrated the Night of Power on Sunday by cramming into the Islamic Society of Central Jersey mosque and praying until morning to commemorate the night on which Mohammed received the Quran (also known as the Koran).    Rows of the faithful extended from the worship room into…

  • County may preserve Plumsted horse farm

    TOWN TALK by Ron Dancer By:    The annual Holiday Tree Lighting will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. at the Oakford Lake Park Gazebo. Santa Claus will make a special guest appearance for the children.    Preserving More Land: The Ocean County Board of Freeholders announced at its workshop meeting on Nov. 26…