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  • TOWN TALK: Grants for playground

    News and views from the mayor of Plumsted Township. By: Ron Dancer    The Township Committee, at its Sept. 23 meeting authorized the filing of four grant applications. The first requests $65,203 from the Livable Communities Fund of the state Department of Environmental Protection for providing a basketball court and playground equipment at the new municipal…

  • BOOK NOTES: Real genius

    Front page news a couple of weeks ago spotlighted the MacArthur so-called "genius grant" that went to a Princeton University associate professor of molecular biology. By: Joan Ruddiman    Front page news a couple of weeks ago spotlighted the MacArthur so-called "genius grant" that went to a Princeton University associate professor of molecular biology. Bonnie Bassler…

  • Kids for Cancer Careraise $1,682 in annual walk

       Don’t underestimate the power of children.    That was the message 10-year-old Katie Krampf of Hopewell wanted to give adults when she launched Kids for Cancer Care, the newest and youngest fund-raising arm of Cancer Care, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people and families who are coping with cancer.    The fledgling chapter’s young members…

  • SPRINGHOUSE FARM JOURNAL

    Plants with funny names By Heather Lovett    Maybe I’m just a kid at heart, but I love plants with funny names like turtlehead. As a child, I took pride in learning to recognize jack-in-the pulpit, butter-and-eggs, Indian pipe, blue-eyed grass — all names that give a charming and useful identifying clue, and hint at a…

  • Are Dems running away from record?

    To the editor     Well, I noticed this weekend that it’s time again for that perennial fall flower to bloom, signus politicus.    What was interesting about this year’s blossoming was the difference between the signs of our local candidates. The Republican sign is a bit busy, but it tells us everything we need to know…

  • Fackler Road bridge construction underway

    The 106-year-old Fackler Road bridge, which has been closed to motorists for nearly three years, should be open by the end of this year, according to Mercer County officials. By: Lea Kahn    Work on a new bridge started earlier this month, said Mercer County spokeswoman Holly Westergren. The project is expected to take 90 days…

  • Cards take step in right direction

    Boys Soccer By: Steve Feitl If Lawrence High School boys soccer coach Keith Fithen were to write a progress report on his Cardinal squad, the title would be, "Lawrence needs to step up and take advantage of the chances it is given."    Forgive him if the title isn’t very catchy, but the subject matter is…

  • Firefighters honor their own

    Group traveled to Washington D.C. to honor their own By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    When firefighters run into burning buildings, they do so with the knowledge that they might not come out alive.    That’s why the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in Emmitsburg, Md., holds an annual memorial service to honor those firefighters whose attempts to rescue…

  • Helen Babich

       MANVILLE — Helen Babich died Saturday, Oct.5, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 89.    Born in Vintondale, Pa., she was a resident of Manville since 1929.    Ms. Babich worked for many years in the clothing industry at the Stanhope Corporation in Raritan before retiring.    She was a member of the Holy Ghost Carpatho-Russian Orthodox…