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  • LIFESTYLE: Styling and sashaying

    Area residents find friendship, fun in square dancing. By: Ken Weingartner     "Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance." — Martha Graham    When Huey Lewis found a Top 10 hit in the mid-1980s with the pop song "Hip to Be Square," he had it only partially correct.    For a group…

  • ‘Read My Lips’

    As soon as good people go bad and bad people get good, the thriller aspect and rough-housing in this paean to Jean-Luc Godard kick in.   [Unrated] By: Bob Brown    A larcenous boy meets a needy girl. He’s brutal and lacks smarts; she’s vulnerable but cunning. By pooling their resources and compromising their values, they can complement…

  • One Wall at a Time

    Lower Makefield, Pa., painter Jo-Ann Osnoe and the secret life of reflections. By: Daniel Shearer Jo-Ann Osnoe’s "Swan Lake" (above) was inspired by a view at her mother’s house in Connecticut.    Many painters would agree watercolors can be the most maddening of mediums.    Lower Makefield, Pa., resident Jo-Ann Osnoe, by no means a newcomer to…

  • Community Day set for Aug. 17

    Second event hopes to build on success of last year’s By:Alec Moore    Residents can expect to be treated to a day of food, folks and community spirit at Manville’s second annual Community Day.    The communitywide celebration will kick off at 3 p.m. Aug. 17 in the Lost Valley section of Lincoln Park.    Recreation Director Rich…

  • Soothing and Abrasive

    Prog rockers Ken Palmer and Rob Burger of Brainstatik will perform a free outdoor concert in Crosswicks Aug. 3. By: Susan Van Dongen    The residents of Crosswicks, a sleepy Colonial town about 10 miles southeast of Trenton, are proud of their 200-year-old homes and the Quaker Meetinghouse with a Revolutionary War-era cannonball lodged in its…

  • Elite girls miss great chance for big win

    Short-handed Bound Brook forfeits game By: Rudy Brandl        Ron Klementovicz and the Manville Elite softball team didn’t want to take the forfeit. They would have much rather played the game.    Summer softball is all about sharpening old skills, learning new things and gaining confidence through improved play. None of those things happens when you…

  • Governor’s order servesto eclipse citizens’ rights

    EDITORIAL: New rules put residents further in the dark about government operations    New Jersey officials seem to have a knack for pulling defeat from the clutches of victory — especially when issues touch on keeping the public informed.    Last month, a new version of the laws controlling the release of information went into effect, after…

  • School district gets land for expansion

    Upper Freehold Township provides 26-acre parcel for athletic programs. By: Scott Morgan    UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee last week transferred a 26-acre parcel of land to the school district, completing a deal made several years ago with the Hovnanian Enterprises construction company.    According to Superintendent Robert Connelly, the land will be used to accommodate…

  • Dem response was hyprocritical

    To the editor:     I disagree with Frank Gambatese on the issue of campaign spending. I take exception to his allegations that Republicans have not been honest in our approach to fund-raising.    His attempt to deflect the issue of his party’s overspending by referring to a previous Election Law Enforcement Commission fine was hypocritical, in…