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  • Excitement at AHS

    BUZZ IN THE HALLS by Pam Koharchik: Academic, athletic competitions highlight events. By:    There’s much excitement in the halls of Allentown High School this week, as two competitions — one academic and one athletic — will take place at the end of the week. On the academic front, it’s Model UN weekend at Rutgers, while…

  • A piece of history

    A lock of Napoleon’s hair is returning to France By: Jennifer Potash    For the most part, the contents of safe deposit boxes are a fairly staid affair — jewelry and deeds to property.    How about a lock of Napoleon’s hair?    For more than 40 years, a remnant of "the Little Corporal," as his detractors called…

  • Giving thanks as we look to brighter days

    Editorial Thanksgiving may be the most confounding of holidays in this country.    Historians are rewriting the myth of our first Thanksgiving to reflect the realities of the conflicts between the indigenous people and the European settlers left out of children’s school books. While a meal did take place, a second feast did not — relations…

  • Speed limit postings OK’d

    Millstone drivers will see signs on Carrs Tavern and Witch’s Hollow roads. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — Drivers will have to pay more attention to their speed on a couple of township roads.    The Township Committee last week voted to post speed limits on three sections of Carrs Tavern Road and one section of Witch’s…

  • For the week of November 15

    By: Teresa Zucaro Stivaletta    VASTO, Italy — Teresa Zucaro Stivaletta, 77, died Sunday, Nov. 10.    Wife of the late Luigi Stivaletta, she is survived by two sons, Nicola and Domenico of Vasto; three daughters, Lidia Porfirio of New Egypt, and Lina Scampoli and Elena Stivaletta of Vasto; nine grandchildren in Italy and two grandchildren in…

  • Township displayedlittle hospitality

    To the editor    On Wednesday evening, Nov. 7, North Brunswick Township High School played a NJSIAA consolation game with Hillsborough High School.    Our school band performed a pre-game show, and the host school, Hillsborough, performed a wonderful halftime show, with both respective bands displaying proper band courtesy during each performance.    After the shows, our band,…

  • Phil Kramer Photographers, La Mezzaluna

        Please view the print ads in this holiday magazine. Princeton Holiday Calendar Princeton Holiday Greetings Historic South End: Shops & Restaurants Alchemist & Barrister AuCourant Opticians Blue Point Grill Bowhe & Peare Cranbury Station Gallery De Luxe Travel Edith’s Exquisite Lingerie Garden Theatre in Princeton Graves Design Hamilton Jewelers Hedy Shepard Hulit’s Shoes J.…

  • State historical society seeking Sept. 11 mementos

       The New Jersey Historical Society, a statewide museum and library headquartered in Newark, is beginning a project to record and preserve New Jersey’s response to the events of Sept. 11.    "Changed Lives: Understanding New Jersey in the Aftermath of September 11th" will collect stories and objects that demonstrate the impact of these events upon the…

  • Anthony Kralovich

       MANVILLE — Anthony F. Kralovich passed away Sunday, November 11, at home. He was 86.    Born in Manville he was raised in Hillsborough and had been a resident of Manville most of his life.    Mr. Kralovich retired in 1980 from American Cyanamid formerly in Bound Brook where he was employed as a chemical operator for…