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  • Ten file for fiveschool board seats

    Hudes, Meiser seek re-election,but Sheridan, Taylor will leave By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Ten candidates will vie for the five contested seats in April’s school board elections.    Two current board members — Joan Sheridan and Joanne Taylor — have decided not to seek re-election, leaving current board members Neil Hudes and board Vice President Blair Meiser in the…

  • Lady Raiders drop another SCT final to Immaculata

    Girls can’t recover from early deficit By: Rudy Brandl    MARTINSVILLE — The Hillsborough High girls knew they couldn’t afford to keep relying on second half comebacks to continue their long winning streak. Sooner or later, that pattern of falling behind early was bound to bite them in a big basketball game against a formidable opponent.…

  • Geraldine Ann Bulauskas

       MANVILLE — Geraldine Ann Bulauskas died Feb. 18. She was 63.    Born in Somerville to her late parents Anthony J. and Josephine C. (Gregorski) Bulauskas, she was a life long resident of Manville.    Survivors include several aunts, uncles and cousins.    Funeral services were held Feb. 22 at Fucillo and Warren Funeral Home, Manville. Burial was…

  • Five hopefuls filefor four townshipschool board seats

    Two Brandon residents seek 1-year term By: Ruth Luse    Five Hopewell Township residents are running for the four open seats on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education.    Those filing by the 4 p.m. Feb. 25 deadline were Edward Gainsborg of Pennington-Washington Crossing Road, Bill Hills of Elden Way and Carl Swanson of Lambertville-Hopewell Road…

  • Afghan leaders’ ask world to not abandon them again

    By: Jeff Milgram    American troops should stay in Afghanistan "until the last terrorist is gone," Abdul Wahid, an official of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Planning, said Monday following a three-day workshop at Princeton University.    "You have to give the people security," Dr. Wahid said.    The workshop, held under the auspices of Princeton’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination,…

  • Six candidates viefor board openings

    Incumbents Dorothy Bradley, Lisa Galasso and MaryLou Cebula file fro re-election By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Two candidates for the school board will come away empty-handed as six have signed up to contest the four seats open this year.    Four candidates have declared themselves for the three three-year positions, with incumbents Dorothy Bradley and Lisa Galasso being joined…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the week of February 28. By: Thanks for return to fire commission To the editor:    We would like to thank everyone who showed his or her support on Feb. 16 by re-electing us to the Millstone Township Board of Fire Commissioners. We are proud of our accomplishments and look forward to serving on the…

  • A look at Linda Konover Meirs, 1884-1972

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By:    With the kind permission of Ruth Holmes Honadle, Upper Freehold historian and co-author with her son, George, of "Twixt Crosswicks Creek and Burlington Path," the fascinating history of her great aunt Linda is presented here. This heartwarming story of an extraordinarily well-decorated War…

  • O Superwoman

    Multi-media artist Laurie Anderson gets a grip on Happiness by hanging out at McDonald’s. She will mix minmalist music and storytelling at McCarter Theatre March 15. By: Susan Van Dongen    Perhaps there really is something in those McDonald’s "Happy Meals" that gladdens the heart. Performance artist Laurie Anderson found a certain kind of bliss beneath…