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  • Meeting set to start superintendent search

    West Amwell Elementary School asks the public to attend a forum to determine what background, training and experience is necessary for a new head of the school. By: Mae Rhine    WEST AMWELL — West Amwell Elementary School is asking parents and other members of the community to help it find a replacement for Superintendent Tony…

  • Mansfield preserves historic window

    Stained glass was from demolished church By:David Koch    MANSFIELD — The sun has not shone through the old stained-glass window of the First Presbyterian Church of Columbus for a long time. Built in 1883, the church was demolished in 1981 because it was a safety hazard.    The stained-glass window was preserved as a memory of…

  • Footprints: Stockton in the dark in 1935

    By: Iris Naylor    Stockton had a big problem in 1935.    It had no street lights.    Actually, the borough did have street lights. It did not have the money to keep them lit.    The mayor saw no inconvenience to the public since it was May, the beginning of summer when, he said, daylight hangs on until…

  • Residents begin worthwhile cause

    Environmental commission will benefit city By:    With a one-square-mile city such as Bordentown, it may seem odd to some that residents there currently are talking about forming an environmental commission.    In actuality, it is a smart move. It is crucial for the little city to protect what’s left of the natural resources around it.    And…

  • ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’

    Mason Gross sings Otto Nicolai’s best-known opera. By: Stuart Duncan    When Otto Nicolai took over as the principal conductor of The Imperial Opera of Vienna in 1842, his contract stipulated that he should write a German opera. He searched for a suitable comic libretto and decided finally on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. But…

  • West Amwell School staff to volunteer at ground zero

    By: Mae Rhine    WEST AMWELL — Fifteen members of the West Amwell Elementary School faculty will be at ground zero Feb. 16.    They will take supplies brought in by students and their families since Sept. 12, including gloves, hats, chapstick, etc.    They also will bring a check for $300 for the Coins for America fund-raiser…

  • ‘Working’

    Playhouse 22 has fun with this concept musical based on a novel by Studs Terkel. By: Stuart Duncan    Working is one of those concept musical revues that uses anywhere from six to a dozen performers, dresses them alike, puts up a pair of stairs, a few ramps and lets them loose to sing, perhaps delivering…

  • Brown to complete board member’s term

    Entwistle leaves for personal reasons By:David Koch    FLORENCE — A new face will be added to the Florence Township Board of Education for the next several months.    Robert Brown, a former board member, will finish out Joseph Entwistle’s term on the school board.    School board member Newell Kehr said Mr. Entwistle resigned earlier this year…

  • Seniors, disabled could get property tax relief

    Income limits for qualified seniors and disabled residents have been raised. By: Sue Kramer    Some New Jersey senior citizens and disabled residents may be in for a pleasant surprise, thanks to former acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco.    And the good news gets even better because before he left office, the former acting governor signed a property…