Category: archives
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Advocate leaves a legacy of caring
People with disabilities lost one of their most active advocates July 13 with the death of Joyce Indik, 44, of Monmouth Junction. By:Nick D’Amore People with disabilities lost one of their most active advocates July 13 with the death of Joyce Indik, 44, of Monmouth Junction. Those who knew Ms. Indik consistently described her as…
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Our Favorite Things
Devotees transform ‘The Sound of Music’ into an interactive event à la ‘Rocky Horror.’ By: Sally Friedman A pedestrian walking along Chestnut Street in Philadelphia on a recent evening would surely have wondered about the unusual patrons gathering outside the Prince Music Theater. Some women and men, too were sporting little sprigs of…
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Portobello’s
This Italian restaurant transcends its Yardley, Pa., shopping-center location with quality ingredients and professional preparation. By: James d’Esterre Portobello’s Lower Makefield Shopping Center 676 Stoney Hill Road Yardley (215) 321-7775 www.portobellos.baweb.com Food: Very good Service: Good to very good Cuisine: Italian Ambiance: Good Prices: Moderate Hours: Daily 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Essentials: Visa, Mastercard, American Express…
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Foreign film: "Not One Less"
Thursday, Aug. 9 At 7 p.m., the South Brunswick Public Library will present the film "Not One Less," featuring the Mandarin language, as part of their International Film Festival. Fliers describing the movie can be picked up at the information desk. Registration is not required, but space is limited. Call the library for more information…
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My Views on the World We Live In
Student talks about how world problems can be solved By:Mike Lapointe I think that everything in the world should be free. It would make the world a whole lot easier when things need to be done. First of all, we would build robots to do everything for us, so that no one would need a…
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On gardening and coexisting with varmints in a wildlife management area
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By: Ruth Luse While Heather Lovett the writer of Springhouse Farm Journal was busy touring the gardens of Scotland (after leaving her lovely Hopewell Township gardens to the weeds for a while in June), I and many other really amateur gardeners were busy preparing their own gardens here at home. How…
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Children make own fun in Community Ed camps
On average about 300 kids per day participate in Community Education summer camps, which allow working parents to have a place for their kids to keep busy from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. By:Nick D’Amore On the side of Indian Fields School, first- and second-graders swarm onto the playground swinging, climbing, sliding and filling the…
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Programs to help special, gifted students
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 week. By:Vanessa S. Holt One program is being developed with the aim…
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Airport open house gives kids a chance to fly for free
Airfares are low this summer, but a deal offered at Hillsborough’s Central Jersey Regional Airport Saturday will be tough to beat. By:John Patten As a way of introducing local youth to the Young Eagles program offered by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), about a dozen local pilots gave free rides to kids between the ages…
