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  • Audi lets the sun shine in on its 2003 A4 Cabriolet

    DANA POINT, Calif. – Southern Orange County in California is development run amok. Hillsides that were barren less than five years ago now sprout orange tile roofs covering cookie-cutter houses so close together that you can high-five your neighbor just by opening a window. The temperate climate that’s creating a megalopolis from Ventura to San…

  • Falcon football holds on for a dramatic win over Blair

    When Blair comes to Peddie next November, it will be the 100th renewal of this storied prep football rivalry. By: Neil Hay    It may be 12 months away, but it will be quite a long time before the 99th meeting between the Falcons and Bucs will be forgotten.    In a battle reminiscent of a heavyweight…

  • HoVal qualifies for states

    Cross Country By: Mike Molaro    Last Saturday’s outstanding performances at the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II Meet at Holmdel Park were just Step One in the three step plan of the Hopewell Valley Central High School girls’ and boys’ cross country squads.    Placing five runners in the top seven, the Lady Bulldogs won the CJ…

  • Drainage easement spending is approved

    Borough Council authorizes payments for easements to accommodate the drainage improvement project on Greenview Avenue, Humbert Street and Jefferson Road. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council took action on a long-delayed drainage project Tuesday.    The Borough Council voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance authorizing payments ranging from $1 to $33,400 for the easements to…

  • Frances R. Wann

       Frances R. Wann, 77, died Thursday, Nov. 7, at home.    Born in New York City, she lived in Monroe before moving to Cream Ridge 10 years ago. She retired as a cafeteria manager for Carl Sandburg School in Old Bridge.    She is survived by her husband, Willard F. Wann; a son and daughter-in-law, Willard and…

  • Neighbors object, but Hulfish North detailing continues

    Plans call for 97 townhouses to be built atop and in front of the existing Hulfish Street parking garage in Princeton Borough. By: Jennifer Potash    As a subcommittee of the Princeton Regional Planning Board works with Palmer Square to bring its decade-old Hulfish North expansion plans into compliance with currents codes, a group of nearby…

  • Margaret Smith Murdoch

       Margaret Smith Murdoch, 93 died Friday, Nov. 1 at her home.    Born in Garden City, Kan., she lived in Greenwich, Conn., and various countries in South America before moving to Monroe in 1976. During World War II, she was employed as a secretary for the State Department. Previously, she was employed by the F.D.I.C., Washington,…

  • Screaming Color

    Kim Robertson has shed her ‘good-girl art’ and delved into the real thing. By: Susan Van Dongen Works by Kim Robertson are on view at the Atelier Gallery in Frenchtown. Above, "I Take a Grenade to this Art City," and below, "Dog on Beach with Ice Cream."    Somewhere inside Kim Robertson’s tidy, American realist paintings…

  • Jeannette Freccia

       Jeannette Freccia, 88, died Saturday, Nov. 9, at her home.    She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived there before moving to Monroe in 1983. She was a member of the Antonians of St. Anthony of Padua R.C. Church, Hightstown and the Brooklyn and the Italian American clubs of Rossmoor. She was a member of…