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  • Conectiv to tell its story

    Information session on power plant proposal to be held Monday. By: Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — The company that has proposed a 550-megawatt power plant on the Delaware River waterfront announced this week it will hold an "open house" information session from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the township Senior Center on Municipal…

  • Locomotive Breath

    With three New Jersey performances in the coming weeks, Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson talks about what it’s like to spend three decades as a rock star. By: Daniel Shearer IN a genre largely comprised of imitators, Ian Anderson, the flamboyant multi-instrumentalist and frontman for the British rock band Jethro Tull, has managed to accomplish…

  • High Anxiety?

    Let your child know you’re there to listen By: SALLY FRIEDMAN Illustration by Judy Martin BACK TO SCHOOL CLICK TO VIEW PRINT ADS   FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="2" COLOR="#333333">Alef Beit Sefer – Temple Beth-El   FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="2" COLOR="#333333">All Bright Country Day School   FACE="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" SIZE="2" COLOR="#333333">Allstar Dance Academy   FACE="Arial, Helvetica,…

  • Bordentown’s weed forest disappears

    Business group president says Conrail must repair fences along tracks as well. By: Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN CITY — Members of the Downtown Bordentown Association (DBA) told city commissioners Monday night that something had to be done about the 10-foot-high weeds growing along the rail line that runs through Bordentown. To their surprise, most of…

  • ‘It Happens to Everyone’

    Reading about other kids with similar problems can bring hope to those with school anxiety. By: LORETTA SHERMAN Concerns such as meeting new classmates and teachers, attending a new school, boarding a school bus for the first time or forgetting one’s lunch may be some of the worries that keep children awake. BACK TO SCHOOL…

  • Police Blotter

    Lambertville    Aug. 5 at about 1 p.m., police were called to York and North Franklin streets for a complaint from a road rage incident.    Police said Jennifer Gutowski, 26, of Stockton said Janice O’Reilly, 41, of Morrisville, Pa., had followed her from Hopewell. Ms. O’Reilly pulled alongside her on York Street and proceeded to throw…

  • Footprints: Diseases impetus for local boards of health

    By:Iris Naylor    The 1880s was a time when sickness roamed the Delaware valley and made no distinction between the very old and the very young or, for that matter, the in-betweens.    Cholera was a grave threat as were diphtheria, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, yellow fever and malaria.    To help control the dread diseases, the State…

  • Stay Connected

    New Jersey colleges and universities are popular picks. What Every College Student Should Know By: ZOE MILGRAM Photo from "A Portrait of Rutgers," courtesy Rutgers University. A student studies on a bench in early fall outside the College Center at Douglass College.      COLLEGE is often an excuse for young people to move away from…

  • Canvas Rhythm

    Painter Lee Rumsey celebrates the worlds of dance and music. By: Matt Smith    Lee Rumsey’s career as an artist got a bit of a late start, but don’t tell her.    "I’m not sure if I like to think of it that way," contends the 60-year-old Ms. Rumsey, who didn’t start painting until her late 30s…