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  • Opera Festival’s director resigns

    By: Jeff Milgram    After three years, Opera Festival of New Jersey and its general director, Karen Tiller, have parted company.    Her position has been divided in two, and Opera Festival, based at McCarter Theatre, is expected to announce the hiring of a new executive director and artistic director today, said Meg Frantz, director of marketing…

  • Years in borough foster dedication

    Election forum letter To the editor:    My recent vote of "no" on the acquisition of the GPU Energy property is just one more example of the decision-making process which I have used while serving 11 years on the Hightstown Planning Board and the last three years on the council. Every question which comes before me…

  • Leroy G. Breese

       HIGHTSTOWN — Leroy G. Breese, 62, died Oct. 18 in Sterling, N.Y.    Born in Hightstown, he was a lifelong resident.    He was a Marine Corps veteran and enjoyed hunting and fishing.    Son of the late Elmer and Hazel Breese and brother of the late Elmer, Lois Peterson and Ray, he is survived by his wife…

  • Summit knocks MHS girls’ tennis from Group II states

    By: Bob Nuse    As they have all season, the Montgomery High girls’ tennis team battled right to the end.    This time, they came up a bit short. But that can’t dampen the feeling of accomplishment they team has after a strong run through the state tournament. After winning the Central Jersey Group II title with…

  • Council seeking lower speed limits in Jamesburg

    Mayor Tony LaMantia says the limit on all roads in the borough should be 25 mph. By: Nick D’Amore    JAMESBURG — The Borough Council is continuing to work with the state Department of Transportation to lower the speed limits on all roads coming into the borough.    Mayor Tony LaMantia said he wanted all roads in…

  • Great Scott is second in Mercer County boys XC

    WW-PS senior is top area finisher; PHS boys jump 10 places to sixth By: Bob Nuse    HAMILTON — Brian Scott went into Tuesday’s Mercer County Boys’ Cross Country Championship meet feeling like he was one of five or six runners with a shot at the individual championship.    When the race was over, he had beaten…

  • Anil T. Bharvaney

       EAST WINDSOR — Anil T. Bharvaney, 41, was lost in the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. He was attending the Risk Waters Group’s Financial Technology conference at Windows on the World.    He was senior vice president of equities trading with Instinet Corporation and traveled globally on business.    Born in India, he grew…

  • DISPATCHES: We need to help refugees of new war

    "What is needed is a broader approach to solving the refugee crisis that includes a long-term plan for providing food in the region." By: Hank Kalet    The pictures are grim, but not unexpected.    We’ve seen them before, the masses of mothers and fathers, sons and daughters trudging across the desert, through the mountains or valley,…

  • Are legal costs insured or not?

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    In an article published in the July issue of Twin Rivers Today (and I believe written by Scott Pohl) we were told (about the lawsuit) that "…through May 21, 2001, the cost of this lawsuit to Twin Rivers has been over $87,000 — over $85,000 this year. The…