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  • Programs to help special, gifted students

    Bordentown school officials expect to launch projects this year By:Vanessa S. Holt    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — New programs will be available in the Bordentown Regional School District this year to help students of all ability levels – from young special education students to gifted high school students seeking to earn college credits, school administrators said this…

  • ‘Kismet’

    The Bucks County Playhouse offers a fun version of this ‘Arabian Nights’-based musical. By: Stuart Duncan    It has been 18 years since Bucks County Playhouse last staged Kismet. There may even be a few folks around who remember the show opened in early December 1953, during a newspaper strike in New York.    Producer Charles Lederer…

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  • Bruce Stearns

       EWING — Bruce A. Stearns, 58, died Friday, July 27, at his vacation home in Wolfeboro, N.H.    Born in Dover, N.H., he was a longtime Ewing-area resident.    He received a bachelor’s degree from University of New Hampshire in 1967. Also, he did postgraduate work there and at Boston University.    He was the executive director of…

  • John David Easton

    John David Easton, 68, died Saturday at The Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Trenton, he was a longtime Hopewell Township resident. He graduated in 1955 from Princeton University, where he was a member of the Cannon Club and lettered in both basketball and baseball. He served in the Navy. He retired in 1995 after…

  • When township tools fail, officials call on family business

    The owners of Schilke Construction Co. of Hillsborough are usually the first to lend a helping hand. By: Alec Moore    HILLSBOROUGH — When the township’s Department of Public Works is in a tight spot, Doug and Diane Schilke, owners of Schilke Construction Co. of Hillsborough, are usually the first ones to lend a helping hand.…

  • East Windsor eyes foreign trade zone

    A foreign trade zone license gives a company cash-flow advantages by delaying the paying of duty on imported goods until they are shipped to buyers. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — Expanded use of foreign trade zones in the township could be an important "marketing tool" to attract new businesses, according to a discussion at…

  • ‘Kismet’

    The Bucks County Playhouse offers a fun version of the ‘Arabian Nights’-based musical. By: Stuart Duncan    It has been 18 years since Bucks County Playhouse last staged Kismet. There may even be a few folks around who remember the show opened in early December 1953, during a newspaper strike in New York.    Producer Charles Lederer…

  • East Windsor district upgrades Internet access

    By upgrading the lines that connect the district’s schools to the Web, administrators are hoping more teachers will take advantage of it. By: Michael Arges    EAST WINDSOR — A cartoon Tazmanian Devil marks the cyber-entrance to "Mrs. Ogintz’s Resource Room," a Web site designed by McKnight School fifth-grade teacher Ellen Ogintz for her students. The…